68 Mites Injurious to Domestic Animals. 



Famiia LISTROFHORIDAE. 



The mites of the family Listrophoridae live in the fur ,.of 

 various mammals (bats, shrew mice, weasels, rodents.'^etc). The 



Fig. 56. 



Dtrmanyssus gaUinae (p. 87). — Venlral view of female, X 104. 

 (Original.) 



lips or some of the legs are modified so as to form organs for 

 clasping the hairs of the host. Many species are compressed 



