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Psyche 
[June 
quite close to base, so that the stalk of femur is extremely 
short (much longer in pearsei). The tarsus is fusiform, 
quite hairy toward tip. On the venter the apertures are 
separated slightly more than in pearsei, but connected 
by a dark, cliitinous area; the outlines of coxae are not 
visible, only at margin is a dark circle at base of leg three 
and four. Coxae one and two are separated by an oblique 
bar, not reaching one-half way to middle, at tip of abdo- 
men are three hairs each side, all short, but one is much 
longer than others, and curved almost in a circle. 
Length .35 mm. 
From Duke Forest, Durham, North Carolina, in Janu- 
ary, March and April, numbers 238, and 505. Type 
M.C.Z. Arachn. 3013. 
Readily separated by the very short stalk to the hind 
femora, as well as size, color, apical hairs of abdomen, 
etc. ; also separated from Dameeus magnisetosus Ewing, 
by the more slender and less coarsely granulose legs; 
the front tibia is similar in length to that species, but the 
tarsus is narrow at base and swollen in middle ; the ab- 
domen of magnisetosus is much broader, nearly circular, 
the hind femur of Ewing’s species has the hind femur 
swollen in middle with a short stalk at each end. 
Allodamaeus gen. nov. 
In appearance this resembles a Belba, but the second 
tectopedia are present, but bent under the second tro- 
chanters and so not noticeable from above. The abdo- 
men is as broad as long, broadly rounded, the ventral 
openings are separated by a short space. The legs are 
of moderate length, much as in Belba; in the front legs 
the tip of the tibia extends over the base of tarsus much 
as in Gymnodamagus, but more broadly. The tarsus, 
instead of gradually tapering to a fine point, is abruptly 
narrowed some distance before tip, thus the claws are 
attached to a long, slender stalk that has the appearance 
of a separate joint. The legs, of moderate length, are 
not especially slender, nor scarcely swollen on any joints, 
except the trochanter (like Ewing’s figure of Damceus 
magnisetosus) . However in essential characters it be- 
longs in the Oribatini, near to Gymnodamaeus. 
