Oudemans, ]^otes on Äcari. 



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oval spot ; is it an appendage ? is it a rudimental tarsus- , and 

 are the other joints genu and tibia ? 



Legs (Fig. 1). Legs I: slender, longer than the width of 

 the body. Genu dorsally with one distal hair. Tibia with one 

 distal tactile hair. Tarsus with one hair, one olfactoric hair, 

 one inner distal hair, and one outer distal hair which distally is 

 I clavate. Legs II: slender, shorter than the width of the body 

 and relatively narrower. Genu without hair , tibia and tarsus 

 like in leg I. L e g s III : slender , as long as the width of the 

 body ; femur and tibia proximally constricted. Genu distally with 

 Short hair. Tibia distally with tactile hair. Tarsus with three 

 distal hairs of which the inner one is distally clavate. Ambulacra 

 small, narrower than the legs. 



Fig. 4 — 6. Pterolichus pavonis Oudms. $. 



Female (Fig. 4 — 6). Length 435 /Li. — Colour pale 

 brown ; shields slightly darker , especially the posterior dorsal 

 shield. — S h a p e diamond shaped , broadest between legs II 

 and III ; posteriorly a little excavate in the middle. — Textur e 

 like in the larva. 



