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SOME BRITISH EARTHMITES. 



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



Kirton-in-Lindsey. 



Labidostomma luteum Kramer, a curious and very beautiful 

 mite, was described by Dr. P. Kramer in the ' Erstes Heft ' of 

 the ' Archiv fur Naturgeschichte ' for 1879, with some good 

 figures. As it was so very different from any known genus of 

 mites, he called it Labidostomma, and on account of its beautiful 

 orange yellow colour, gave it the specific name luteum. It was 



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Labidostomma luteum Kramer, (x 60). 



1. — Dorsal aspect. 

 2.— Ventral ,, 



3.— Palp. 

 4.— Mandible. 



subsequently minutely described by A. D. Michael, F.L.S., 

 in a paper published in the ' Journal of the Quekett Micros- 

 copical Society ' for August i88o (Vol. VI., page 107). He 

 found it in moss, in the Spring of 1878. I found it on May 3rd, 

 1879, in moss, and circulated a specimen in the Postal Micros- 

 copical Society, and my short notes were printed in that 

 society's journal for 1883, page 245. Since that time I have 

 not met with it until February last, when I found a single 

 specimen in mites kindly sent to me by Mr. Musham of Selby, 



1912 June I. 



