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B 
Fig. 10. A-E. Microtrombidium karriensis Wom. A, Crista and eyes (X 200); B, palpal 
tibia and tarsus (X 200); ©, front tarsus and metatarsus 2? (X 200); D, same ¢ (X 200); 
E, dorsal seta (X 860). F-I. Microtrombidium hirsutum sp. n. F, Crista and eyes (X 200); 
ee palpal tibia and tarsus (X 200); H, front tarsus and metatarsus (X 200); I, dorsal setae 
x 860). 
Other specimens: South Australia: Belair, 1935-1938, from May to July, in 
moss; Blewet’s Springs, near Clarendon, June 1944; Tasmania: Mt. Wellington, 
Sept. 1935, Dee. 1937. 
Remarks. ‘This species is closely related to M. pusillwm (Hermann, 1804) 
Berl., 1912, from Europe, of which Berlese (1912) has described the varieties 
columbianum from North America and balzani from South America. Our spe- 
