108 A. iS. Packard, Jr., on Insects inhalntmg iSalt uater. 



maxillary palpi are stouter and the relative lengtli of to 

 joints \ery different; the cLiw^ are \er\ dilleivnt, the Msot 

 eacli claw bein^ large and of ec^ual si/e, and there is iio bnkh 



baiophilons spec! 

 Hydrachna form. 



studying a frchh-water mite elo^eh alh. a to // immn'^n \vliu 

 is described below,* I am led to coii-ui- t ,■ -ill ^atu mite 

 as the type of a new genus, ThalassuKi' im / \ iiii iln lollo.\i3c 

 differential generic characters ; acoiiK.il h. a .li-tin. t liomtlio 

 rest of the body, maxillary palpi .") joini. A « u h ( inhiij.^ m aa 

 incurved spine, (the 5th joint) MhhI'm. - I i^.. Innuintr an 

 ensiformbeak nearly asloi'u .1- iIm \\\' ( im- oiu tht iii'p^r 

 hook minute, a single row ol hi - -'i • k iim.. i -i li ni tlieb»\er 

 hook, forming a brush. Otlu i u i-( ( iom i\ AU d tw ll\<hauini 

 The body IS globular, con\LX abox^, \\ilh tlu alnK-mtn rb 

 tuseh rounded behind; the skin being minutch huLMtecl. It 

 is blackidi when ah\c, with the liead and edge oi the biw 

 wdiitc. The head is minute, conical, subacute^ ixnnted m front 

 The maxillary palpi are o-jomted, a little more than twicer- 

 long a.- the head, an.] i". .u't <>ii. l.-mth ,- h-ii- a- the forelegi 



entire palpu"'^; tli( Im utl: > Imii_ , r i- t u- k 1 1 u' H 111) minute ^ 



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e bod>. Hodv orange i 





