NEW PARASITIC MITES. 



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Host : A bat found in a cave neai' Lal-ce Besbik. Salonika 

 (27. V. 1918), Dr. James Waterston. 



Text-fiii'ure 26. 



Liponysaus sternalis, sp. n., $ . Ventral view. 

 a. Anterior angle of sternal plate greatly- enlarged. 



LiPONYSSUS /ETHioPicus, sp. n. (Text-fig. 27.) 



5 . Dorsal shield &h&^eA as shown in text-fig. 27, being elongated 

 and comparatively narrow ; it is widest opposite the interval 

 between the second and third legs, being narrowed anteriorly, 

 whilst posteriorly it is still narrower gradually decreasing in 

 widtii, and being rather drawn out and tapering, the end bluntly 

 pointed. Hairs on its surface numerous; they are not vei'y 

 long and are usually plain, but some of them have a few incon- 

 spicuous hairlets. Hairs on uncovei-ed part of dorsum also 

 numerous; they are not much longer than those on the scutum, 

 some of them are slightly bifid at the end and furnished with 



