Oudemans, Notes on Acari. 43 



outer long lateral hair as long as two thirds of the width of the 

 body at that level, and the inner short lateral hair half as long 

 as the long one. — Epigynium more than semicircular, nearly 

 horse-shoe-shaped , yet its ends do not converge. — Vulva not 

 transversal , nor longitudinal , but a simple round imagination 

 forwardly as is distinctly shown by the direction of the finely 

 wrinkled skin. — Anus terminal. 



Mandibles (Fig. 4) normal. 



Maxillae (Fig. 6) with a pair of short coxal hairs behind 

 the triangulär median slip , which partly Covers the tridentate 

 lingua. Malaeor trophi blunt with wavy distal edge. Tibia 

 with central dorsal (Fig. 4) and proximal ventral hair (Fig. 6). 

 Tarsus with central dorsal hair and ditto ventral olfactoric hair, 

 and ventral oval marking. 



Legs (Fig. 4). Legs I : genu with proximal and distal 

 hair ; tibia with distal inner hair and distal dorsal tactile hair ; 

 tarsus with 3 dorsal hairs (of which one is olfactoric) one ventral 

 and two distal smaller ones. — Legs II : genu with a proximal 

 hair and a distal short rod ; tibia with a distal little protuberance 

 on which a long tactile hair ; tarsus with a central small pro- 

 tuberance on which a tactile hair and a smaller one , and three 

 distal short hairs. — Legs III: tibia with a distal ventral and 

 a distal dorsal hair ; tarsus distally with one dorsal and 4 

 ventral hairs. — Legs IV : tibia distally with a dorsal tactile 

 hair ; tarsus distally with an outer tactile hair , two dorsal 

 smaller ones and one inner bristle. — Ambulacral suckers small, 

 narrower than the legs. 



Habitat: In the squills of Pavo cristatus. 



P a t r i a : Probably the geographica! distribution is the same 

 as that of the bird. 



Found by Prof. Heller in Kiel. 



Type in collection Oudemans. 



2. Megninia pavonis Oudms. (Fig. 7 — 17.) 

 1905. Megninia pavonis nov. sp. Oudms. in Entern. Bericht., nr. 21, p. 210. 



This species is closely allied to M. cubitalis (Megn.). 



Larva (Fig. 7 — 8). Length 185 f.i. — Colour white 

 or pale. — S h a p e elongate, two and a half times longer than 

 wide, immediately recognizable as a larva of an Analgid, as the 

 anterior legs already show the outer and ventral triangulär out- 

 grows, and the posterior legs already show their short femur and 

 their being gradually narrower towards the tarsus. — Textur e. 



