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pair of ditto; behind the epiandrium a pair of ditto. Lateral 
hair very long, reaching the end of the abdomen. Its accom- 
panying hair three times smaller, a little before and more 
inward of it. 
Mandibles large, though of normal shape. 
Maxillae. The pair of subeapital tubercles is visible 
though indistinct. The proximal margins of the head on both 
sides well chitinized. Moreover maxillae and palps normal. 
Legs shorter than width of abdomen; genu and tibia 
provided with dorsal low crests. Legs III and IV apt to be 
bent or crooked like a pair of clasping organs under the 
abdomen, the femora with short distal posterior thornlike 
process ; their tarsi ending in a rather strong claw. 
Habitat: Totanus flavipes. 
Patria: probably the same as that of the bird. 
Found: by Dr. E. L. Trouessart on a bird-skin of Guyana. 
Type in collection Trouessart. 
8. Sammonica interifolia (Trt. et Mégn.). 
This beautiful species is also inhabiting Totanus totanus 
(L.). I found it among other Acarides in a preparation, made 
by Dr. E. L. Trouessart of parasites of that bird. 
9. Sammonica doryphora Oudms. 
(With Plate XII, fig. 42—43). 
1904, Nov. 1. Sammonica doryphora nov. sp. Oudemans in 
Entom. Bericht. N°. 20. p. 192. 
Male (Fig. 42, 43). Length 560 «. Colour brown. 
Shape elongate, at least three times longer than wide, taper- 
ing from the shoulders rapidly forward, slowly backward. 
Texture smooth on the shields; skin finely wrinkled. 
Dorsal side (Fig. 42) wholly protected by two shields, 
only with a narrow band of soft skin between them. Hairs: 
