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STANLEY HIRST. 



long ; tarsi of first and second legs abruptly narrowed, especially the former, and the 

 distal end of these segments is very slender. Third tarsus not very long, but 

 gradually narrowed. There are numerous feathered hairs on the legs and the following 

 plain hairs and processes are also present on them : — One of the hairs on the femur 

 of the first leg is very long and fine and apparently not feathered ; patella of this. 

 limb with two or three plain hairs above ; tibia with two plain setae, one of them 

 being apical and somewhat rod-like and evidently corresponding to the larger rod- 

 like process on the tarsus ; a very minute hair or spine is also present on each of the 

 last three segments of this leg. Hairs on the second leg somewhat similar to those 

 on the first ; apparently, there are two plain hairs on the patella and two plain hairs 

 or setae on the tibia ; the rod-like hair on the tarsus is slender and not so much 

 curved as that on the first tarsus ; the very short hair seems to be present only on 



Fig. 6. Sehdngastia indica. Hirst ; ventral aspect of palp and body. 



the tarsus of this limb. Some of the hairs on the third leg are plain or inconspicuously 

 feathered, others are distinctly plumose. Colour (in spirit) white, sometimes yellowish. 

 Length of body {distended specimen) '325 mm. 



India : Calcutta, numerous examples from Nesohia (Gunomys) bengalensis,. 

 22.m,16 (C.Paiva). 



ScHoNGASTiELLA, gen. nov. 



The larval form described below has a scutum rather closely resembling that of 

 Typhlothrombidium, Oudms., in shape, but furnished with four pairs of hairs instead 

 of five. Ocular shield obsolete, but a distinct circular eye is present on each side in 

 the usual position. 



Schbngastiella bengalensis, sp. nov. (figs. 7, 8). 



Dorsal surface. Scutum tongue-shaped, being much longer than wide (length 

 •08, width '056 mm.) ; it begins to diminish in width near its middle (at the level 

 of the third pair of hairs) and the posterior extremity is bluntly pointed. Numerous 

 very fine punctations are present on the surface of the scutum and there are four pairs- 

 of hairs on it, including the pseudostigmata, which have the enlarged end practically 



