NEW OR LITTLE- KNOWN ACARI. 



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Family Demodicid^. 



Demodex cniROPTERALis, sp. n. (Text-fig. 11 A, B & 0.) 

 $. Tliis species differs from the small form of Demodex 

 {D. soricinus) sometimes present in tlie skin of the long-eared 

 bat in its much lai^ger size and stronger legs, the latter being 



Text-figure 11. 



A. Bemodex chiropteralis. Ventral view. B & C. Enlarged view of foot and of 

 capitulum of same. D. Demodex meleiiniis, $ ; ventral view. E. Dorsal 

 view of capitulum of same species. 



very strongly chitinised, and furnished with unusually large 

 claws, the genual joint, or articulation, is very pronounced, and 

 the distal half of the limb readily movable. Vulvar opening 



