NEW PARASITIC MITES, 



801 



(from Java) in this respect, but Opsomala ci/lindrica, the host 

 of the new species described above, is confined to the Mediter- 

 ranean Region. 



Le7igth of body 122-171 fx, its width 40-49 /x. 



Host : A number of specimens from the wings of Ojisomala 

 ci/lindrica Marsch., Ekron, Palestine, 15. iii. 1921 (/. Aharoni). 



The specimens were red in colour when alive. 



Fam. Tetranychid^. 

 Genus Paratetranyohus Zacher. 

 Paratetranychus trinitatis, sp. n. (Text-figs. 42, 43.) 

 S . Hairs on body quite short, they are distributed as shown in 

 the figure, some of them seem plain, but others are furnished 



Text-figure 42. 



Faratetranychus trinitatis, sp. n., $ . Dorsal view. 

 a. Traces of palp. b. Penis from the side, greatly magnified. 



with inconspicuous accessory hairlets. Anterior eye distinct 

 although small, the posterior is inconspicuovis and easily over- 

 looked, being more weakly chitinised. Penis curved at the end 



