TERRRSTRIAL A.CARI OF THE TYNE PROVINCE 37 



H. — Sub-family Bdellinae. 



Mandibles elongate minutely chelate. Palpi simple 

 antenniform, second and fifth joints longer than 

 the rest, the latter usually setate, rarely with 

 terminal claw instead of tactile setae. 



1. Apical joint of palp forming a claw ,. 



,, ,, setate, blunt 



2, Eyes 4 ... 



Eyes 5 



SCIRUS, Herm., 1802. 



Seines. 



2 



Bdella. 



Cyta. 



Mandibles long and slender. Palp not elbowed, 



terminal article acuminate. 

 Type: sefi'rosfris, Herm. 



70. Scirus setirostris, Herm. 67. 



Small, pink. Usually among hay litter in barns and 

 stables, but also at the roots of grass. I have 

 also taken it from a squirrel's drey. 



Lancashire. 



CYTA, Heyden, 1828. 



A fifth (median) eye near the base of the rostrum. 

 The third joint of palp hardly distinct from the 

 second. Palp elbowed. Mandibles short and 

 broad. 



Type : latirostris, Herm. 



71. Cyta latirostris, Herm. 66, 67, 68. 



In detritus of all sorts, inland or maritime. 

 Yorkshire, Cheshire, Flintshire. 



72. Cyta caeruleipes, Duges. 67. 



Ninebanks, in moss. Distinguished readily by the 

 purplish hue of the legs. 



BDELLA, Latr. 



Eyes 4. Palp elbowed; article iii quite distinct. 



Type : rubra, Latr. (= longirostris, Herm. or vulgaris, 

 Herm.) 



