770 



MR. STANLEY' HIRST ON SOME 



with a pair of very stout cones or tubercles ; the other segments 

 of the legs a,re provided ventrally with similar stout cones and 

 also a few spinules. 



Length (including capitulum) 'OS mm. 



Host: A bird {Craspedo'pliora magnifica), New Guinea. Pro- 

 fessor Trouessait's collection. 



Rhinonyssoides, gen. nov. 



Closely allied to JRhinouT/ssus Ti'ouessart, but the chelicera is 

 very difierently shaped, consisting of a short stout basal jnoition 

 and a long thin distal style, the latter has a veiy minute lobe 

 near the distal end, which is very slightly curved, being in the 

 form of a minute claw-like denticle (text-fig. 17 6). 



Text-fioure 17. 



Rhinonj/ssoides trouessarti, sp. n., ^ . Ventral view. 

 a. Palp from below. b. Chelicera. 



Rhinonyssoides trouessarti, sp. n. (Text-fig. 17.) 



5 . Body shaped as in Rhhwnysstis, the abdomen not elongated 

 however. Anterior hairs on venter short but quite fine. A 

 number of hairs ai'e situated posteriorly on the venter ; they are 

 longer than the anterior pairs of hairs and are fairly slender, the 



