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MR. STANLEY HTRST ON 



euryale, Grotto of Pietralbello, Ponteleccliia, Corsica (collected by 

 S. Hirst, 17. iii. 1922), and fx"om the same host at Ajaccio 

 (S. Hirst, 5. iii. 1922). 



PAiiATETRANycHus iNDicus, sp. n. (Text-flg. 16.) 



S- P«/jo with the terminal finger (A in text-fig. 16«) stout,, 

 bnt rather sliort, being shorter than the stift" rod-like setse 

 situated near it. Dorsal sensory finger (B in text-fig. 16 a) club- 

 shaped and about as long as the terminal finger. When seen 

 from the side, the ventral part of the claws of the anterior legs 

 seems to be a strong curved claw-like process, but if exiimined 

 carefully, it is seen to be subdivided into several parallel teeth, 

 which are rather stout in the case of the fii'st leg, those of the 

 second leg being weaker. Ventral part of claw of posterior legs 



Text-figure 16. 



a. Palp of male, 

 of female 

 anterior le<?s of male, 



Faratetranychus indicus, sp. n. 



h & c. Eud of collar trachea showing variation in shape. 

 e. Claw of posterior leg of male. f. Penis, g & h. 



d. Palp- 

 Claws of 



divided into six quite fine hairs as in all the legs of the female 

 sex ; the dorsal claw-like part is longer than in the anterior legs. 

 The hard chitinized part of the penis is short and strongly curved, 

 its end being shaped rather like that of T. telarius (= T. althcece 

 of Hanstein, Zacher, and some other recent authors), one of the 

 barbs being quite weak. 



5 . Body elongate-oval, the body -^ the head-plate being about 

 twice the greatest width of the former. Terminal finger of palp 

 (labelled A in figure d) of female short and very wide. Collar 

 trachea normally ending in a single elongated terminal cell 

 (text-fig. 16i); in one specimen, however, the end consists of 

 two cells lying side by side, one being more elongated than 

 the other (text-fig. 16 c). Claws of legs of female similar to 

 the posterior ones of the male, consisting of a long slender 



