NEW PARASITIC MITES. 



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Thei"e is, however, a short but blunt posterior spur on the fourth 

 coxa. Legs furnished with hairs and bi'istles, there is a short 

 spine ventrally at the distal end of the tarsi of the posterior 

 legs. 



Text-fii>ure 24. 



Lifonyssns madagascariensis, sp. n., $ . Ventral view. 



Length of body (not including capitulum), 5 -TD-'Qe mm. 

 Host : LeiiUiir iiiongoz var. albifrons, Diego Suarez, Madagascar 

 {G. Melow) ; ex the Hon. N. C. Rothschild's coll. 



LiPONYSSus STERNALis, sp. B, (Text-figs. 25, 26.) 



^ . Dorsal shield large and undivided, it is much narrowed 

 anteriorly, in the middle the sides are straight and parallel, 

 posteriorly it is rather abruptly narrowed to form a short tail- 

 like portion which is truncated posteriorly. Anterior hairs on 



