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LINCOLNSHIRE FRESHWATER MITES. 



C. F. GEORGE. M.R.C.S., 



K'i rton-in ■ I.indsey , Lincolnshire. 



Pionides ensifer (Koenike) Sig Thor. This small but very 

 remarkable mite has been the subject of much thought to 

 systematic writers and students of water mites. In 1895 it was 



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Pionides enure.- (KcEiiike) Siof.Thor. 



described by Koenike under the name of Piona ensifera ; in 1897 

 Piersig- described it as Piotta eiisiformis, and in 1901 as Lamiuipes 



1903 November 



