PHALANGIUM. 
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the legs are very long, and the palpi or claspers 
are strongly toothed on the inner side by several 
sharp-pointed curved processes: the first pair of 
legs have all the appearance of a pair of antennae j 
far exceeding the rest in length, and being of a slen- 
der or filiform shape. The whole insect is of a deep 
chesnut brown colour, with a yellowish cast on 
the abdomen. Its particular history seems to be 
little known, but there can be no doubt of its 
being of a predacious nature, living, probably, on 
the smaller insects. 
Phalangium caudatum is, in general, of rather 
smaller size than the former, and of a lengthened 
shape, with shorter limbs in proportion: it is 
principally distinguished by the long setaceous 
process in which the abdomen terminates: the 
chelae or claspers are large, and toothed on the 
inside towards the tips. The general colour of 
the animal is chesnut brown : it is a native of the 
East Indies. 
To this genus belong those well known insects 
called long-legged, shepherd, or harvest Spiders, 
being popularly considered as such, though differ- 
ing very considerably from Spiders properly so 
named. The most common insect of this kind is 
the Phalangium Opllio of Linnaeus, which, during 
the autumn, may be observed in gardens, about 
walls, &c. it is remarkable for its plump, but flattish, 
orbicular body, and its extremely long and slender 
legs, which are generally so carried that the body 
appears suspended or elevated to a considerable 
