HYPOPIDjE, 



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Trichodactylus xylocopse. 



CASE tories ; but in several true Hypopi the last legs likewise terminate 

 in a long hair, and the other more 

 important characters indicate that its 

 nearest relations are with them. 



Another species was described in 

 1845 t)y Dr. Gros in the Bull. Soc. 

 Imp. Mosc. S. 397, under the name of 

 Scutacarus femoris. He found it, he 

 says, in the nests of Hornets, and 

 beside the mites of Hister unicolor. 

 The description shows that it belongs 

 to this genus. 



Another form which may perhaps also be connected with Hy- 

 popus is the 



Genus Homopus {Fiirst). 



No. 6. Homopus elephantis {Fiirsf. Kratz-milben, 222), (Symbiotes elephantis, 

 GerL). — 6. Magnified sketch of ditto, copied from Furstenberg's figure. 



The only claim that this has to 

 be called "elephantis," consists in 

 its having been found on the hide 

 of a stuffed elephant; but we do 

 not even know how long the skin 

 had been stuffed. Gerlach thought 



Homopus elephantis. 

 Copied from Furstenberg's fii^ure. 



it an itch mite, and named it Symbiotes elephantis ; but it 

 wants the suckers to the tarsi and the transversely striated skin ; 

 and in Furstenberg's figure it is provided with chelate mandibles 



