130 H. WALLIS KEW : AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF 



vraies Araignees." * The British fauna, according to the 

 present work, comprised 20 species. All of them are described 

 in pleasant non-technical fashion ; and all are figured, often 

 with enlargements of detail, from drawings by the author him- 

 self. The classification and nomenclature are as follows : 



Order Chernetidea, 

 Family : CheliferidcB. 

 Group I. — Four Eyes. 

 f Chihonius orthodaciylus , Leach. 

 t Chthonius Rayi, L. Koch, 

 t Chthonius tetrachelatus, Preyssler. 

 f Chthonius tenuis, L. Koch. 

 t Obisium muscorum, Leach. 



Obisium sylvaticum, C. L. Koch, 

 t Obisium maritimum, Leach. 



Group II. — Two Eyes. 

 t Roncus Cambridgii, L. Koch, 

 t Roncus lubricus, L. Koch. 



Chelifer Hermannii, Leach, 

 t Chelifer cancroides, Linn. 



Chelifer meridianus, L. Koch, 

 ■f Chelifer subruber, Sim. 

 j" Chelifer Latreillii, Leach. 



Group III. — No Eyes. I 

 t Chernes nodosus, Schr. 



Chernes insuetus, sp. n. 

 t Chernes cimicoides, Fabr. 



Chernes dubius, sp. n. 



Chernes phaleratus, Sim. 

 f Chiridium muscorum, Leach. § 



* Simon, E. — Note sur quelques Chernetes de Ligurie. Genova, 

 Ann. Museo Civ. st. nat. (2), xvi. (1890), pp. 372-6. 



X Cheiridium is incorrectly supposed to be eyeless. 



§ Opportunity must here be taken to acknowledge anew my in- 

 debtedness to the author. In years gone by — and it is a sad reminder 

 of the flight of time that my first specimens were despatched thirty 

 years ago — he examined many of these animals for me ; and more 

 recently has not hesitated to lend me specimens from his collections. 

 During 190G-10, for instance, I was permitted to see the types of 



