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Body fairly narrow ; the part of the ovipositor projecting 

 beyond the collar-like sheath longer than the sheath 



itself S. poduroides Hirst 



(Malvern Hills.) 

 Body wider ; sheath of ovipositor longer, the part pro- 

 jecting beyond the sheath shorter than the sheath 



itself 8. ventriosus, sp. n. 



(Hindhead, Surrey.)* 



Family Iarsonemidj:. 

 Pygmephorus tarsalis, sp. n. (Text-fig. 14.) 

 ? Pigmephorus stercoricola Berlese, Redia, 1911, vii. p. 184. 

 5 . Tarsus of first leg ending in a large conical protuberance 

 situated above the claw, which is moderately developed. Striated 



Text-figure 14. 



Pygmephorus tarsalis, sp. n., $ . 

 A> Dorsal view. 13. Tarsus of first leg much enlarged. 



sensory (so-called olfactory) hairs on first tarsus all slender, and 

 none of them are especially large ; the distal one is not very 

 long, being very slender ; the two proximal ones are placed close 

 together, they are club-shaped, and one of them is longer than 



