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TROMBIDIUM BUCCINATOR. 
C. F. GEORGE, M.R.C.S., 
Kirton-tn-Lindsey. 
Many years ago I found this particular mite, and mounted it 
in balsam, so far as I can remember, without previous prepara- 
tion ; the mount was, of course, not over satisfactory, and is not 
now in a condition to be properly examined. I had hoped to 
have obtained another specimen for further examination and 
dissection, but having waited so long without that desired 
result, and not meeting with any figure or description which 
1.—Tvombidium buccinator (entire creature) X “30, 1°60 mm. 
2.—Hairs, or papillae, much enlarged, 0°04 mm. 
3.—Palpus 0°55 mm, 
seemed to apply to it, I thought it ought to be recorded, 
especially as 1t may excite the interest of some other acarologist, 
who might find a specimen (which I should be pleased to 
examine), who may have met with it; or a figure and descrip- 
tion, by some author whose work I am not acquainted with. 
The mite is smaller than the usual specimens of T. holoseri- 
ceum, and its hairs or papilla are very handsome, their colour 
a deep crimson lake. Much of this colour still remains in this 
old mount; the eyes and crista cannot be made out satisfac- 
torily, but the papilla, which are its distinguishing character, 
can be fairly well seen. They are trumpet-shaped, but differ 
from any musical instrument in having the distal circular 
Naturalist, 
