Spiders and Their Near Relatives 



BB. Without any spines. 



C. Eyes close together, almost touching. Found at Ithaca, 

 N. Y. Cbtbonius mcestus 



CC. Eyes distinctly separated. 



I). Hind eye about twice its diameter from front eye; 



cephalothorax much wider in front than behind. 



Has been found in New York, Pennsylvania, and 



Florida. Cbtbonius pennsylvanicus 



DD. Hind eye not twice its diameter from front eye; 



cephalothorax but little wider in front than behind. 



Found in New York, District of Columbia, and 



Virginia. Cbtbonius longipalpus 



Genus LECHYTIA (Le-chyt'i-a; 



A single species of this genus, Lecbytia pacifica, has been found 

 in the State of Washington. 



Order PHALANGIDA* 



The Harvestmen 



The harvestmen are very common in most parts of the 

 United States. They are well-known to children in this country 

 under the name daddy-long-legs, but as this term is also some- 

 times applied to crane-flies, the name harvestmen is preferable. 

 In some sections of the country the harvestmen are known as 

 grandfather-graybeards. It was probably a misunderstanding 

 of this name that led Wood ('68) to state that in northern New 

 York they are called "Grab for Gray-bears." The writer spent 

 his boyhood in northern New York and during that period heard 

 only the name grandfather-graybeard applied to these creatures. 



The name harvestmen was probably suggested by the fact 

 that they are most often seen at harvest time. A similar term, 

 faucbeurs or hay-makers, is applied to them by the French. The 

 Germans call them Afterspinncn or pseudo-spiders. ( )ther English 

 names are harvest-spiders and shepherd-spiders. 



Most harvestmen can be recognized by their very long and 



* The original form of the name used above was Phalangita, a family name proposed by Latreille 

 in 1802. It was chanced to Phalangides by Leach in 1815. It ia now spelled Phalangida for the sake 

 of uniformity with the Other ordinal names of Arachnida. The name Opil tones, which is used by 

 some writers, was proposed l>y MindevaU in 1833; there is no good reason lor substituting (his for 

 the older name. 



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