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LINCOLNSHIRE WATER MITES. 



C. F. GEORGE, M.R.C.S., etc. 

 Kirtoririn-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, April /goo. 



When it is remembered that the following- list of Water Mites 

 is the result of the work of one individual, in a very limited and 

 hilly area of the county of Lincoln, it will be seen that it must 

 necessarily be very incomplete ; as, however, I am not aware 

 that any list of these beautiful and interesting- creatures has 

 (so far as Lincolnshire is concerned) been previously published, 

 I trust it will be of use as a foundation to be .added to by 

 other workers, and perhaps also by future observations made 

 by myself. All English students of Water Mites are greatly 

 indebted to Mr. Soar for his excellent figures of these creatures, 

 which make their identification so much easier. To him it has 

 been a labour of love. All these mites have been collected 

 within an area of ten miles from Kirton-in-Lindsey. 



WATER MITES— HYDRACHNID^. 



Atax crassipes (Muller). Fairly common. For a figure see 



the International Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science 



for April 1897. 

 Cochleophorus vernalis (Muller). Found singly. 

 Cochleophorus spinipes (Muller). Found singly. 

 Hydrochoreutes ungulatus (Koch). Not common. For a 



figure see Science Gossip for November 1899, p. 178. 

 Hydrochoreutes krameri (Piersig). Not common. 

 Curvipes conglobatus (Koch). Common. For a figure see 



Science Gossip for April 1899, p. 327. 

 Curvipes carneus (Koch). Not common. See Science Gossip, 



April 1899, p. 329. 

 Curvipes longipalpis (Krendowsky). Occasionally found in 



numbers. See Science Gossip, February 1899, p. 205. 

 Curvipes nodatus (Muller). Not very common. See Science 



Gossip for January 1899, p. 225. 

 Curvipes fuscatus (Hermann). Common in small ponds in 



spring. See Science Gossip for March 1899, p. 292. 

 Curvipes rufus (Koch). Common ; varies greatly in colour, 



forming several varieties. 

 Curvipes obturbans (Piersig). For figure see Science Gossip, 



April [899, p. 327. 

 Curvipes ambiguus (Piersig). 



