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longitudinal rows of such spinules springing from outer face 
of bristles, giving them the appearance of well combed 
hedge-hogs. 
Bristles of palps simple to slightly burred at base, fairly 
long (figure 5) . 
Material obtained: One specimen from under bark of a 
large prone oak, outskirts south of Savannah; slide 36S3. 
One specimen from under bark of felled pine trees, outskirts 
north of Darien, slide 36S8-1. These mites and Trombicu- 
loides scaber occurred to the extent of one in about every 
twenty linear feet. Thirteen specimens from under bark 
of old log, St. Simon Island ; slides 36S8-2 and 36S8-3. Four 
specimens from under bark of old log, Amelia Island, be- 
tween Fernandina and the sea beach; slide 36S10. 
The nearest European species is S. ampulligera (2, fasc. 
39:10) but the bristles are entirely different. I am, at 
present, unaware of synonyms. 
I have this species from the woodlands of western North 
Carolina. Smaris longilinealis (3, p. 61, pi. 9, fig. 14; 4, 
p. 88, pi. 4, figs. 22, 23) from Marion and Urbana, Illinois, 
judging from the armature of the palps, seems to be this 
species. I have not seen the types. In the original descrip- 
tion Ewing reports a single pair of eyes; in his later 
description he records a double pair. The size given in this 
second description corresponds to the Georgia specimens. 
Smaris sp. (Figure 7) 
Similar to the European species in that there are foliose 
bristles on palps. Bristles of abdomen broad cuneiform, 
distal end truncate to emarginate, the crest barely standing 
out from the shield, usually bearing three longitudinal rows 
of barbs (figure 7, right upper) or two divaricating rows 
(figure 7, left upper) . Figure 7, right lower, is distofrontal 
aspect, while the left lower are distal aspects. 
From under bark at base of hickory trees, Coscob head- 
land, Conn. 
Erythraeus mamillatus Say 1821, p. 70 
The description calls to mind Labidostoma ; the marginal 
impressed line being the juncture of notogaster and ventral 
