
352 RECORDS OF THE S.A. MUSEUM 
In my remarks (loc. cit.) it was stated that the species was close to P. fusico- 
mum (Berl.), cited by Sig Thor as the genotype, and that it mainly differed in 
the dimensions of the front tarsi and metatarsi. For fusicomum Berlese gives 
the tarsus as 190 long by 110, high and the metatarsus I as 113 long, giving the 
following ratios, tarsus length: tarsus height = 1-73, tarsus length: metatarsus 

Fig. 37. A-D. Platytrombidium paranum (Hirst). A, Crista and eyes (X 200); B, palp 
(X 200) ; C, front tarsus and metatarsus (xX 200); D, dorsal setae (x 860). E-H. Platytrom- 
bidium fusciforme sp, n. E, Crista and eyes (X 200); F, palpal tibia (x 200); G, front tarsus 
and metatarsus (x 200); H, dorsal setae (x 860). 
length = 1-6. In pritchardi the tarsus and metatarsus are relatively longer and 
give the following ratios 2-17 (2-1) and 1-44 (1-5) respectively (the type figures 
in parenthesis). The ventral setae are similar in size and form to those on the 
dorsum. 
Loc. Two specimens from Davis’s bush, Manurewa, New Zealand, May, 1934 
(E.D.P.). 

