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Hermannia 



CM. A., fast-. 29 t. 4 ] 1855 Hermannia crassipes, Mcolet in: Arch. Mus. Paris, v.7 

 p. 469 t. 9 f. 4 | 1882 H. c, Haller in : Jahresh. Ver. Wiirtemb., v. 38 p. 306. 



Im. Black, rough, coarsely clotted. Cephth. almost as broad at base 

 as Abd. Psstg. org. long, filiform. Intlam. hair thick, spatulate, slightly 

 curved. Legs thick, rough, with whorls of spatulate hairs Genual nearly as 

 long as Tibia Abd. very convex, raised dots on Dors, of Abd. about 90 to mm 6 

 longitudinal rows of thick spatulate white hairs on Dors, of Abd. — Nph. 

 Yellow-brown, dull. Cephth. and legs granular. Cephth. with median longi- 

 tudinal sulcation and mamilliform elevation on each side. Psstg. org. and 

 Intlam. hair as in Im. Abd. less convex than in Im. Dors, of Abd. covered 

 with wavy wrinkles mostlv transverse. Hairs on Dors, of Abd. as in Im. — 

 m . L. ca. 820 |u. 



On moss and wood. England, France, Germany, Sweden. 



5. H. granulata ffic. 1855 JJ. Mcolet in: Arch.. Mus. Paris, v.7 p. 469 t. 9 

 f. 6 | 1883 H. g., Berlese, A. M. S., fasc. 9 nr. 4. 



Im. Like H. arrecta except, that there is a quadrangular chitinous 

 plate on Cephth., and Dors, of Abd. coarsely granular. L. ca. 750 |u. 



In moss and wood. France, Sicilia. 



6. H. nanus (Me.) 1855 Nothrus n., Mcolet in : Arch. Mus. Paris, y. 7 p. 458 

 t, 7 f . 5 | 1888 Hermannia n., Michael. Brit. Orib., v.2 p. 455 t. 43 f. 1—7 j 1892 H. 

 nana, Berlese, A. M. S., fasc. 63 nr. 1. 



Im. Dark reddish brown, rough, dull, coarsely pitted, long and 

 narrow. Cephth. conical, deeply excavated for insertion of legs. Psstg. on 

 chitinous mammillae. Psstg. org moderately long, slightly thickened toward 

 distal end. 2 longitudinal ridges on Cephth. Dors, of Abd. very arched 

 with 8 longitudinal rows of white rod-like hairs. — Nph. Very like Im., 

 but Abd. white. — Im. L. ca. 500 ju. 



In moss. England, France, Italy. 



7. H. ovulum (Haupt) 1882 Nothrus o., Haupt in: Ber. Ges. Bamberg, v. 12 p. 21. 



Im. Said to be like Nothrus gibbus (i. e. H. convexa), but smaller, and 

 hairs on first 3 joints of legs setiform, not clavate; and only 2 rows 

 of about 3 hairs each on Dors, of Abd. but a marginal row of 4 hairs is 

 present. L. ca. 250 |u. 



In moss. Germany. 



8. H. reticulata Thor. 1871 H. r., Thorell in : Of'v. Ale. Forh.. v. 28 p. 696 j 1879 

 H. r., L.Koch in: Svenska Ak. Handl., v. 16 p. 112 t. 3 f. 21 | 1888 H.r., Michael, 

 Brit. Orib., v. 2 p. 458 t, 42 f. 1—7. 



Im. Black or dark brown, rough, dull. Cephth. finely and regularly 

 reticulated. Psstg. org. with very short peduncle and short pyri- 

 form head. Intlam. hair short spatulate. Legs reticulated, Genual as long 

 as Tibia. Abd. elliptical with a projecting post, lobe, rather long, covered 

 with irregular ridges forming very irregular reticulation; ridges composed 

 of coalesced dots; surface between ridges finely granular. 4 longitudinal 

 rows of spatulate hairs on Dors, of Abd. and 3 pairs on post, margin. 

 Ventral surface finely reticulated. — Nph. Like a Nothrus; light yellow 

 brown, leathery, rough; legs and Kost. reddish, chitinous. Cephth. and legs 

 resemble Im. Abd. oblong, constricted a little before post, margin, post angles 



