NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN ACARI. 



981 



(Text-figs. 8, 



AnCYSTROPIJS (MERISTASris) MACROGLOSSI, sp. 11 



9, &10 6.) ^ 



$ . ]^ois!il surfjice not rlivided into two divisions, but there is a 

 short transverse line situated just behind the pointed posterioi- 

 end of tlie scutum; the latter is shaped very much like that of 

 A. lateralis. Number an(l distribution of hairs on dorsal surface 



Text-figure 8. 



Ancystrojptm {Meristaspis) maoroglossi, sp. n., ? . Ventral view. 



exactly the same as in ^. lateralis. Jugular plaque well-developed 

 and transversely elongated, being even wider than in A. lateralis. 

 Sternal plate smooth and sha])ed as shown in text-fig. 8 ; there are 

 three pairs of hairs on its surface and also the usual two pairs of 

 minute punctations. Genital ojjerculum situated just behind the 

 sternal plate, its anterior margin overlapping the hinder margin 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1923, No. LXIV. 64 



