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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Cheiifer, Geoff. 



In this genus the palpi are usually much longer than in Chela?ioJ>s. 

 A new species from Florida may be called 



Cheiifer fioridamis^ nov. sp. 



Length, 2.3 mm. Colour, dark reddish brown ; palpi very long, 

 second joint with a swollen projection behind bearing two spinous 

 processes ; third joint (femur) very slender, with the pedicel somewhat 

 distinct, twice as long as the cephalothorax is broad at anterior furrow ; 

 fourth joint a little shorter than the preceding one, very much larger at 

 the tip than at base ; claw not near as long as second and third joints 

 together ; hand not broad, fingers not much longer than hand ; palpi, 

 except fingers, with clubbed hairs. Cephalothorax granulated, with 

 larger rounded bodies scattered over its surface ; a few spines on each 

 side. Abdomen about twice the length of the cephalothorax, widest 

 behind the middle ; lateral ends of the scutse projecting behind and 

 pointed ; scuta? separated by a narrow line, wider behind j body with 

 clubbed hairs. The palpi are very much longer and slenderer than in 

 any other described American form ; the tip of the fourth joint reaches 

 much beyond the end of the abdomen. Southern Florida, E. A. Schwarz. 

 A peculiar form from Texas may be called 



Cheiifer texa?ius, nov. sp. 



Length, 2.5 mm. Colour, abdomen and legs whitish or yellowish: 

 dorsal scutse brownish yellow ; cephalothorax and palpi reddish, not 

 very dark. Palpi short ; second joint gibbous behind, with a longer 

 pedicel than usual ; third joint distinctly pedicellate, inner margin nearly 

 straight, outer margin convex, not over twice the length of the second ; 

 fourth pedicellate, a little shorter and larger than the preceding, inner 

 margin strongly convex, outer margin slightly so ; hand oblong oval, not 

 very broad, and longer than the fingers. Palpi furnished with very small 

 and delicate clubbed hairs, except on the fingers. Cephalothorax taper- 

 ing and rounded in front, with delicate clubbed hairs, no spines, no larger 

 granules. Abdomen oblong, dorsal scutse narrowly separated by a line, 

 with both clubbed and simple hairs. 



In some points of structure this species resembles a Chelanops more 

 than a Cheiifer, but the eyes are well developed ; the palpi are shorter 

 than usual in Cheiifer, and the dorsal scuta; do not cover the abdomen 

 as completely as in most Chelifers. Brazos Co., Texas. 



