THE 



LEPIDOPTEPvINE MITK 

 Generic Character.. 



Eight Legs. 



Two Eyes, fituated on the fides of the head, . 

 Two Tentaculd, jointed, and fliaped like feet. 



Specific Character. 



OVATE SHARP- FRONTED SUBFERRU- 

 GINOUS ACARUS, with incraffated brif- 

 tles on the body and thighs, and extremely * 

 long fetiform feet. 



This very remarkable infedl, which has probably 

 never before been defcribed, and of which a micro- 

 fcopical figure is here given, was difcovered, toge- 

 ther with feveral others of the fame fpecies on the 

 lower furface of the wings of a moth. They were 

 affixed fo clofely as to appear rather like natural 

 fpecks than extraneous objedis, and it was not with- 

 out a near and attentive furvey that they were dif- 

 covered to be acari. Their colour was a reddifh 



brown. 



