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from the centre of the principal spaces, arises one of the long' 

 and strong- curved hairs ; these are not quite so long in pro- 

 portion as those on E. mollis^ the colour of the mite is a deeper 

 orange, and altogether it is a very striking creature, and has 

 been well figured in Berlese's g-reat work ' Acari Myriapoda 

 Scorpioni Italia, &c. ' 



Fig-. 2)-—Epicrius cauistrinii. Haller. 



This is another extremel)' handsome species of this family. 

 I have not had the pleasure of finding it, and so have not seen 



Fig. 2.—Epicrius geometricus. Canestrini and Fanzago. 



it alive. The drawing was made by Mr. Soar, from a fine mount 

 kindly given to me by Mr. Michael, who found it in Cornwall. 

 In this mite it will be seen that there are somewhat similar 

 spaces on the dorsum, as in E. jsivonie/ricns, though diflcring in 

 size and pattern, and bordered by ridges, instead of the dis- 

 tinctly separate papilla; ; the mite also seems to be much lighter 

 in colour than the other two, but this may be due to preservative 

 solution, (jr mounting media, &c. 1 should very much like to 



Naturalist, 



