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in the middle; the second ocellus from the front in the inner row is also 

 smaller than the others; front of the head between the eyes elevated and 

 beanng: a tuft of long hairs. 



Antemicg long, slender, elbowed at the second joint, nearly as long as 

 the body; basal joint short, but slightly longer than the terminal; second 

 joint shorter than third, the portion beyond the elbow usually somewhat 

 longer than the two basal joints; third joint usually longest, the terminal 

 half composed of seven or eight short sub-segments; terminal joint short 

 conical, narrower than the club-shaped end of the third joint; composed 

 of about ten sub-segments, the three basal of which are about the same 

 width and obscure; fourth and fifth wider and well defined; sixth and 

 seventh narrower and somewhat obscure; each segment bears a whorl 

 of hairs, and, as there are three whorls on the portion beyond the seventh 

 segment, probably it represents three more; when walking the basal por- 

 tion of the antennae is projected upward and outward from the head, the 

 apical portion beyond the elbow outward and downward. 



Legs long, claws prominent, the longer curved and bearing two teeth 

 on its inner face below the middle; smaller claw slender over half the 

 length of the other. 



Suckers nearly as long as the body, cylindrical white, covered with 

 papillae; tentaculum cylindrical, prominent. 



Sprinq^ rather long and slender, about three-fourths the length of the 

 body; terminal segment less than half the length of the second, lanceo- 

 late, unarmed, concave below, and bearing on each edge of the concavity 

 a row of about forty teeth; the teeth increase in size outward, and at the 

 end join in a common tubercle. 



Hairs are sparsely found on all parts of the body. Under a high power 

 those on Jhe second joint of the spring, which we especially examined, 

 were barbellate. 



Measurements made from live specimens; 



(a) Total length 1.9 mm.; head, .8 mm. long, .8 mm. broad, .4 mm. 

 deep from front to back; antennae, 1.7 mm. long; joints in the ratio of 7: 

 22;25;6 nearly; body, 1.6 mm. long, .8 mm. broad, .9 mm. deep; spring, 

 1.06 mm. beyond body; segment in ratio of 5:6:2; tentaculum, .4 mm.; 

 sucker, 1.5 mm.; hairs on back, .16 mm.; claw, .09 mm. 



(6) Total length, 2.16 mm.; head, .8 mm. long, .8 mm. broad, .4 mm. 

 deep; antennae, 1.73 mm. long; segments in ratio of 2:7:10:2; body, 1.76 

 mm. long, 1.07 mm. broad, 1.07 mm. deep; last two segments of body, 

 .4 mm.; spring, 1.52; segments in ratio of 8:8:3; beyond body, 1.04 mm.; 

 sucker, 1.6 mm.; hairs, 1.6 on back and terminal segments; tentaculum, 

 .4 mm.; claw, .1 mm. Other specimens were fully 2.5 mm. long. 



Hab. — Under rubbish along the Penobscot from May to No- 

 vember. During the fall in the woods upon agarics and boleti; 

 under the loose bark of stumps, also under boards and rubbish 

 in meadows and pastures. We found them under boards as late 



