260 BRITISH TYROGLYPHID^. 



hairs stand more upright than those of the female. A 

 pair of long spinous hairs, similar to those of the 

 female but not quite so long, are found on the abdomen. 

 The penis (PL XI, fig. 22) is long and rod-like ; it is 

 placed between the epimera of the third pair of legs, 

 and reaches beyond those of the second pair. The 

 first arid second epimera are similar to those of the 

 female ; but the second and third epimera are united 

 together and to the sternum by a narrow chitinous 

 band. There are a pair of small fine hairs by the 

 anus, another by the penis, and two other pairs be- 

 tween the epimera. 



The Legs are larger in proportion in the male than 

 in the female, and the two front pairs are thicker than 

 the hind pairs. The arrangement of the hairs on the 

 legs is almost similar to that of the female, but the 

 pectinated hairs on the two front pairs of genuals are 

 much larger and stronger in the male. 



The Nymph and Larva. The fully grown nymphs 

 indicate sex, but are without the bursa copulatrix or 

 penis ; the general appearance resembles that of the 

 adults ; but the plumose hairs are more like those of 

 the adult male than those of the female, though smaller 

 and less plumose; the epimera are like those of the 

 female. The young nymphs resemble the larva. The 

 larva has the hairs so slightly pectinated that they do 

 not appear plumose ; it is short in the body, and in 

 other respects resembles the nymph. 



Habitat. The species is usually found in the hay 

 and fodder in stables, etc. ; when found it is generally 

 abundant. It has been recorded in Italy. 



GLYCYPHAGUS PALMIFER* (Fum. and Kob.). Pis. XII, 



XIII. 



Glyciphagus palmifer, 1868. Fumouze and Robin, ' Recherches,' 



p. 69, pis. 811. 

 1888. Can., ' I Tiro,' p. 21. 

 1888. Can., ' Pros.,' p. 390, pi. xxvi, fig. 1. 



* Palma, a palm tree or leaf ; fero, I carry. 



