TI'.RUF.STRIAL ACARI OF 'I'HF. TYNP; PROVINCIi: 67 



3. Broad oval, rounded behind ... ... ... ... nitidissiniKs. 



Narrow elongate, truneate behind ... ... ... hypiidcvi 



4. Anal shield trigonous equilateral ... ... ... obloiigits. 



,, ,, base (front margin) longer than 



sides ... ... ... ... ... ... .• ovatJilits. 



96. Hypoaspis lojigipes, Halb. 



Ireland, r single $, habitat imknown. 



97. Hypoaspis Iiypiidaei, Oud. 



I have not seen this species, which is certainly not at 



home in its present company.* 

 Neighbourhood of London, on rats (Hirst). 



98. Hypoaspis ovafitlns, Halb. 



Ireland, in flowers of Campamda, 



99. Hypoaspis oblongus, Halb. 691 /x. 67. 



West Allendale, in various habitats. 

 Ireland, under bark of decayed trees. Scotland 

 (Evans). 



roo. Hypoaspis nitidissimus, sp. n. 870 //,. 67. 



Oval, but well-shouldered, pale yellow brown, 

 broadest behind the middle. Dorsal scutum faintly 

 reticulate in wide mesh, pretty densely clothed 

 with longish hairs, a little longer and stronger on 

 the hind margin. Genital shield of female rather 

 long (400 (U,) narrowed in the middle and widest 

 behind the constriction, rounded before and behind, 

 lightly reticulate, with two traverse rows of 4 setae 

 in the posterior part. In a line with these setffi 

 there is a semi-elliptic scutellum on either side. 

 Anal scutum small, rounded, a little wider than 

 long. 

 West Allendale, Leicestershire. Usually in barns. 



loi. Hypoaspis bombicoiens, Can. 67. 



In nests of Bombi {smithiamis, pi-atonini) and 



occasionally travelling on the bees. 

 Essex, in a wasp's nest (Nicholson). 



* Taken in barns and byres in West Allendale since this was written. 



