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[Neuroptera. 

 Myrmeleonitda. 

 234. Mieromus australis Hag-en. — An ant lion said to attack the 

 coffee louse {Aphis coffea) in Ceylon (Nietner). 



ACARINA = MITES. 



235. Tetranychus bioculatus Wood-Mason. — The red spider of tea 

 planters, a red mite not unlike a small spider in appearance, which 

 attacks the leaves of tea {Camellia theifera) bushes both in India 

 and Ceylon, often seriously interfering with the yield of tea. 



236. Teiranycfms sjh — Said to do much damage to stored poppy 

 {FajMver somniferum) seed in Behar (Scott). 



237. Tjjphlodromus carinatus Green, or the five-ribbed tea mite. — 

 Said to attack the leaves of tea [Camellia theifera) bushes in Ceylon 

 (Green). 



238. Acarus cofea, Nietner. — Said to attack the leaves of coffee 

 {Coffea araiica) bushes in Ceylon (Nietner). 



239. Acarus ^/).— Said to injure the leaves of the opium poppy 

 {Papaver somniferani) in Behar (Scott). 



240. Acarus translucens (Nietner), or the Yellow tea mite. — By Green 

 said to attack young tea {Camellia theifera) snoots in Ceylon ; by 

 Nietner thought to prey on some of the Scale insects which attack coffee 

 {Coffea arabica) in Ceylon. 



