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like. Legs slender with clavate joints. Many hairs on legs imbricated. 

 Abd. almost globular, 2 rows of curved, black, imbricated hairs on Dors, 

 of Abd., and a pair on post, margin. — Nph. Light flaxen, polished. Psstg. 

 org. long, curved, setiform, often have particles of matter attached. Abd. 

 oval with bifid point posteriorly from which spring 2 long hairs, a pair of 

 long, black hairs on ant. margin and 2 rows on Dors, of Abd. Cast shrunk 

 skins of Dors, of Abd. carried concentrically on hind part of Abd. — Im. 

 L. ca. 650 ju. 



In thatch and moss. England, Italy. 



15. D. tenuipes Michael 1885 D. t., Michael in: J. K. micr. Soc, ser. 2 a 5 

 p. 395 t. 7 f. 10 | 1888 D.t., Michael, Brit. Orib., v.2 p. 420 t. 36 | 1896 Belba t., 

 Berlese, A. M. S., Crypt. II p. 39. 



Im. Brown with a purplish shade, often dusted with white powder. 

 Cephth. very like D. tecticola, but projection between legs 1 and 2 rounded 

 and without anterior point. Psstg. org. short with rod-like peduncle 

 and rough bluntly conical head. Legs very long and slender, pair 4 

 twice as long as body. Abd. almost globular. Hairs on Dors, of Abd. 

 black, almost straight, deminishing in length from before backward. — Nph. 

 Like that of D. tecticola but legs longer. Psstg. org. like those of Im. and 

 cast skins of Dors, of Abd. carried not flat but in a pyramid, supported by 

 an internal column. — Im. L. ca. 670 |u. 



In thatch. England. 



16. D. verticillipes Nic. ? 1840 Nbthrus pollinosus, C. L. Koch, 0. M. A., 

 Fasc. 29 1. 12 (Nph. aut Im.) | 1855 Damaeus verticillipes. Nicolet in: Arch. Mus. Paris, 

 v.7 p. 462 t. 8 f. 2 | ?1888 D. v., Michael, Brit. Orib., v. 2 p. 412 t. 37. 



Im. Usually covered with white or grey powder; when cleaned dark 

 red-brown, smooth not polished. Cephth. with large, hit., trifid projection 

 bearing leg 2. Psstg. near together, trumpet-shaped. Psstg. org. long 

 setiform with undulated distal ends, often matted up or broken. Intlam. 

 hah* setiform, curved ; a shorter more curved hair on outside of each Psstg. 

 Legs short for genus; joints with thin proximal ends and sudden, almost 

 globular, enlargements; each joint with a whorl of curved hairs. Abd. 

 almost globular without markings; projecting points between legs. 2 hairs 

 standing forward from ant. margin, 2 rows of hairs on Dors, of Abd. Cast 

 skins of Dors, of Abd. often carried, earliest posteriorly. — Nph. Very like 

 Im., but yellowish white, soft, very finely reticulated ; legs a little shorter. Abd. 

 a little longer than Im. Hairs on Dors, of Abd. black. — Im. L. ca. 360 |u. 



Berlese (1896, A. M. S., Crypt. II p. 38) identifies this species (as well as D. papillipes 

 Nic.) with Nothrus pulverulentus C.L.Koch. — It is doubtful, if the species of Nicolet 

 and Michael are identical, if not Nicolet's has not been refound. 



England, France. ? Germany. 



Div. II. Sp. 17 21. Ung. trid. *) 



17. D. bicostatus 0. L. Koch 1835 D. &., C. L. Koch, C. M. A., fasc. 2 1. 12 | 

 1886 D.b., Berlese, A. M. S., fasc. 33 nr. 5 | 1877 Belba bicostata, Canestrini & Fan- 

 zago in : Atti 1st. Veneto, ser. 5 v. 4 p. 103. 



*) The genus Damaeus is divided by Berlese, only this group being retained 

 in the genus, but this is not permissible, because Koch's type of the genus is auritus 

 a mond. species. A.D.Michael. 



