. Economic entomology . Trichodactylus xylocopse. CASE tories; but in several true Hypopi the last legs likewise terminate in a long hair, and the other more important characters indicate that its nearest relations are with them. Another species was described in 1845 t)y Dr. Gros in the Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. S. 397, under the name of Scutacarus femoris. He found it, he says, in the nests of Hornets, and beside the mites of Hister unicolor. The description shows that it belongs to this genus. Another form which may perhaps also be connected with Hy- popus is the Genus Homopus {Fiirst). No. 6. H
. Economic entomology . Trichodactylus xylocopse. CASE tories; but in several true Hypopi the last legs likewise terminate in a long hair, and the other more important characters indicate that its nearest relations are with them. Another species was described in 1845 t)y Dr. Gros in the Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. S. 397, under the name of Scutacarus femoris. He found it, he says, in the nests of Hornets, and beside the mites of Hister unicolor. The description shows that it belongs to this genus. Another form which may perhaps also be connected with Hy- popus is the Genus Homopus {Fiirst). No. 6. Homopus elephantis {Fiirsf. Kratz-milben, 222), (Symbiotes elephantis, GerL).—6. Magnified sketch of ditto, copied from Furstenberg's figure. The only claim that this has to be called "elephantis," consists in its having been found on the hide of a stuffed elephant; but we do not even know how long the skin had been stuffed. Gerlach thought
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