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264 INSECTS AFFECTING DOMESTIC ANIMALS. # 
THE KAR Mire. 
(Chorioptes auricularum Lucas et Nicolet.) 
This species, represented by varieties canis, felis, cati, and furonis, is ' 
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Fig. 156.—Myobia musculi: a, young; b,female; c,mouth and front legs more highly magnified; 
d, tarsus and claw of posterior leg—all magnified (copied from Murray’s figures after Claparéde). 
THE CHORIOPTES OF THE HORSE AND OX AND GOAT. 
(Chorioptes symbiotes Verheyen. ) 
This mite, unlike the itch mite, does not burrow into the skin, but 
adheres to the surface or to hairs by means of remarkable sucking 
organs attached to the legs. From this vantage ground it pierces the 
skin and feeds upon the serous fluids. 
