Ewing—New Acarina from India. 115 
Body almost twice as long as broad, strongly constricted in front 
of the shoulders, sides almost straight, and on the dorsal side evenly 
rounded behind. Dorsally, abdomen sparsely clothed with minute 
hairs. On the ventral side, the ventral plate projects beyond the dorsal 
margin of the abdomen immediately behind the anus. Anus small, 
circular and situated about twice its diameter from the posterior mar- 
gin of this ventral plate. 
Second pair of legs of the male enlarged and with a prominent tooth- 
like projection on the femur. The coxae of the posterior pair of legs 
are nearer together than the coxae of the other two_legs. 
Length, 0.78 mm.; breadth, 0.42 mm. 
In moss. I was unable to find any living specimens 
of this species, for all of the specimens evidently had 
been dead before the moss was collected, as they were 
mostly in bad shape and were only empty shells. By. 
putting together some seven or eight of these dead, shell- 
like specimens all the important characters could be ob- 
tained. Nilgiri Hills, South India. 
Gcamasus Latreille. 
Peritreme more than twice as long as broad; legs of the first pair 
provided with claws; dorsal shield entire; genital opening of the male 
at the anterior margin of the sternal plate; legs of the second pair 
in the case of the male frequently enlarged and armed with chitinous 
tubercles; epigynium of female triangular. 
One species. 
Gamasus dentatilinea n. sp. 
Pl AAA: £35: 
Female. In general appearance a very light yellowish brown. 
Mouth-parts prominent; epistoma large, rectangular; from each lateral 
anterior corner there projects a prominent, sharp cusp; palpi about 
one-half as long as the first pair of legs, last segment equal in length, 
but much narrower than the penultimate; from the inner, distal edge of 
the penultimate segment there arises a sharp spine almost as long as 
the segment itself; antepenultimate segment slightly longer and wider 
than the penultimate; mandibles long and stout, and when extended 
they may reach beyond the tips of the palpi, constricted at their middle 
where there is a very long bristle at each side equal to one-half the 
total length of the mandible; chelae of the mandibles stout, almost 
straight, and each with a row of subequal, sharp teeth which extends 
the entire length of the same on its inner margin, hence the name, 
dentatilinea. 
Abdomen almost twice as long as broad; margin slightly concave in 
front of the shoulders and broadly and evenly rounded behind. Ab- 
