NEW OR LITTLE-KNOWN ACARI. 



985 



Ancystropus (Meristaspis) lateralis Kolenati. (Text-figs. 

 12 cfe 13.) 



Plr.ropm lateralis Kolenati, Parasiten der Cliiroptei-en, 1856, 

 p. 29. 



Meristaspis lateralis IvoXemxti, Sitzb. K. Ak, Wien, 1858, xxxiii. 

 p. 84. 



2 . Dorsiom divided into a large anterior and a shorter 

 posterior portion by a well-defined transverse line, situated just 

 above and behind the last pair of legs. Dorsal shield ill-defined, 



Text-figure 12. 



Ancystrojpus {Meristaspis) lateralis Kolenati, $ . Ventral view. 



but shaped as shown in text-fig. 12, the posterior end being 

 rather sharply pointed. This shield reaches backwards as far as 

 the transverse line. Hairs on dorsum short and few in number ; 

 there are several liairs near the anterior and antero-lateral 

 margin, viz. a median pair and three hairs on each side a little 

 further back, also a hair on each side opposite the gap between 

 the third and fourth legs. On each side of the pointed posterior 

 €nd of the scutum there is a short hair. There is also a pair of 



