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these pseudo-parasites, a few other nymphal mites, apparently 

 conspecific with tlie foregoing, were found on the left side of 

 the tliorax, among the hair on the antei-ior border of the meso- 

 pleui'a, 



Pantophthalmiis variegatus, sp. n. (Text-fig. 9.) 



5 . — Length (four specimens), including ovipositor and facial 

 beak, 29-5 to 36-25 mm.; width of head 7*5 to 9-2 mm. ; width 

 of front at vertex 1*4 to ]*5mm.; greatest width of abdomen 

 (across hind border of second tergito) 9*8 to 13'0 mm. ; length of 

 wing 25-0 to 28*5 mm. . 



Strongly marked species, tvith, in $ sex at any rate, dorsum 

 of thorax vinaceous-buff, conspicuously striped and spotted with 

 hlach or hlaclcish-hroion, and with dorsum of abdomen ochraceous- 

 orange or orange- rufous, with sharply defined blade lateral borders, 

 in each of xohich are four transversely elongate, silvery -white spots, 

 the fourth pair of spots less conspicuous than the others and some- 

 times indistinct ; facial beak prominent bttt not sharp pointed; 

 tvings strongly infuscated, m,ummy-broiun at base, then sepia- 

 coloured or fuscous, with ochraceous-bu.for cream-buff marlcings as 

 shoivn in text-fig. 9 ; hind femora incrassate towards tips, with very 

 small terminal spine, subfemoral spine liJceivise small, difficult to 

 distinguish among the hair. 



Head : front (frons) warm bufi", of moderate and uniform 

 width; in middle line, just above bases of antennte, a narrow, 

 short, somewhat sagittate, brownish streak ; ocellar tubercle black, 

 bluntly ovate, sharply defined and conspicuous ; face dark seal- 

 browa (facial orbits narrowly olive-buff), below facial beak with 

 an ochi-aceous-orange transverse band, extremities of which turn 

 upwards on each side of base of beak, a similar but piler (light 

 ochraceous-buii) band, about half_ the depth of the former, 

 immediately. above bases of palpi; jowls and basioccipital region' 

 mummy-brown or cinnamon-brown, clothed with similarly 

 coloured hair; facial beak of moderate length, blunt (not sharp- 

 pointed) at tip, which is shining black or blackish-brown, 

 proximal three-f6urths of beak enveloped, except below, with a 

 matt, dark seal -bi'own, smooth (not transversel}'' rugose) covering ; 

 occiput light buff ("immediately adjacent to posterior orbits 

 ochraceous-buff), clothed with glistening, ochraceous-buff hairs, 

 which become brownish towards , tips ; first and second seg- 

 ments of palpi sepia-coloured or dark brown, clothed witli 

 reddish-brown or dark brown hair, and together longer than or 

 at least as long as distal segment, latter blackish-biown or black 

 (s(3pia-coloured at base), moderately swollen beyond proximal 

 fourth, and sparsely clothed, at least on outer side and at base, 

 with short, reddish-brown hairs ; antenoue warm buff, second 

 segment with a circlet of russet- coloured hairs at distal extremity, 

 third (compound) segment slender, showing but little increase of 

 depth at base. Thorax : dorsum of main portion (scutum) 



