ACARlDEA. 
Arad in. 33 
Colcoptcrophagiis , g. n. for C. mcgnini , Berl., No. 9, pi. ix., and C. 
carabicola, sp. n., No. 10, pi. x. fasc. i., Sicily ; A. Berlese, Acari, Miria- 
podi, &c. 
Pterolichus ciconica, p. 145, figs. 1 & 2, and P. rehbergi, p. 146, figs. 5 & 
6, spp. nn., G. Canestrini & A. Berlese, Atti Soc. Pad. viii. pi. xix. 
Alloptes cypseli , p. 147, pi. xix. figs. 3 & 4, and A. blaptis , p. 148, 
pi. xx. figs. 1 & 4, spp. nn., G. Canestrini & A. Berlese, Atti Soc. Pad. 
viii. 
Ilistiosloma fimctarium , sp. n., G. Canestrini & A. Berlese, Atti Soc. 
Pad. viii. p. 150, pi. xxi. figs. 1-6. 
Phytoptidad. 
Low, F. Mittheilungen fiber Phytoptocecidien. Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxxi. 
pp. 1-8, pi. iii. 
Describes nine new Gall Mites ( Phyloptus ) on various plants, and 
remarks upon six others. All caused malformations on the plants. The 
malformations are described, but the mites are not named. 
Szaniszlo, Alijert von. Bcitragc zur Lcbenswoiso der Phytoptus viii. i, 
Laud., besonders deren Ueberwinterungsart und Schadlichkeit. 
Term, ffizetek, iv. pp. 233 & 234. 
The conclusion come to is that the Acarid itself, not the egg, passes 
the winter in the buds of the vine branches, and that it is not noticeably 
injurious and need not be protected against. 
Tardigrada (Artis coidea). 
Macrobiotus microny chius, sp. n., Joseph, B. E. Z. xxvi., p. 17, God- 
jama, near Ober-Skril. 
Arctiscon stygium, sp. n., id. ibid., Grotto of Gurk. 
Tanorida*;. 
R. Ramsay Wright notes that a piece of American pork skin, the 
sebaceous glands of which were enlarged, was crowded with multitudes of 
Demodex phylloides, Csokor (Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxix. p. 419) ; remarks are 
also made on D. folliculorum , cam's, and ovina. Am. Nat. xvi. pp. 1009 
& 1010 . 
