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There are two genera, Galeodes, with about twelve species, and 

 Paragaleodes, with six species, scattered over the 

 hot regions of the Old World. 



Fam. 2. Solpugidae. The Solpugidae com- 

 prise twenty-four genera, distributed under five 

 sub-families. The toothed stigmatic plate is T 



FIG. 219. Chehcera 



absent, and the tarsal claws are smooth. The and flageiium of 

 ocular eminence is furnished with irregular hairs. Qaieodes. (After 



Kraepelm. ) 



The " flageiium " is very variable. 



(i.) The EHAGODINAE include the two genera, Rhagodes (Ehax) 



and Dinorhax. The first has twenty-two species, which in- 

 habit Africa and Asia. The single 

 species of Dinorhax belongs to East 

 Asia. These creatures are short -legged 

 and sluggish. 



(ii.) The SOLPTJGINAE contain two genera 

 Solpuga with about fifty species, and 

 Zeriana with three. They are all inhabit- 

 ants of Africa, and some occur on the 

 African shore of the Mediterranean. 



(iii.) The DAESIIXAE number about 

 forty species, divided among several genera, 

 among which the principal are Daesia, 

 Gluvia, and Gnosipp-us. They are found 



FIG. 220. Chelicerae and j n tropical regions of both the Old and 



flagella of A, PJiayodes ; r 



B, Solpuga ; and C, the New World. 



Datsia. (After Krae- / iy x T ] le EEEMOBATINAE are North 



pelm.) . 



American forms, the single genus Lr emu- 

 lates numbering about twenty species. The flageiium is here 

 entirely absent. 



(v.) The KARSHIINAE include the five genera 

 Ceroma, Gylippus, Barrus, Eusimonia, and Karshia. 

 They are universally distributed. 



Fam. 3. Hexisopodidae. This family is 



f -11 



formed for the reception ot a single aberrant 



African genus, Hcxisopus, of which five species 

 have been described. 



There are no claws on the tarsus of the fourth leg, which is 

 beset with short spine -like hairs, and in other respects the 

 genus is peculiar. 



