SARCOPTES

(Lat.), n. m. Sa3rk-o2pt'ez(as). Gen., -cop'tu (-tee). From <rdp, flesh, and Kmtrtiv, to cut. Fr., sarcopte. A genus of the Sarcoptidce, parasitic on the epidermis of man and other animals. The Sarcoptidce (Ger., Kratzmilben), or itch-mites, are a family of the A car in a. [L, 353 (a. 39).] S. scabiei. Fr., cir on (de la gale), sure. Ger., Kratzmilbe, wahre Grabmilbe. The itchmite; a minute parasitic species with numerous pointed tubercles, spines, and hairs on the dorsal surface. The females burrow deep in the epidermis to lay their eggs, and thus produce scabies. The mite occurs both in man and in certain of the lower animals, receiving special names, such as S. ' hominis, S. equi, S. cam's, S. suis, S. cat i, S. cuniculi, S. vulpis, and S. caprce. Some of the varieties that usuSARCOPTES SCABIEI. ally infest lower animals also attack [A, 88T.] man, producing a scabies of short duration. [G; L, 26, 353 (o, 39).] S. squamiferns. A species infesting dogs, swine, goats, sheep, etc., and producing mange, [a, 39.] [s. 442]