126 H. WALLIS KEW : AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF 



17. Lubbock, J. — Notes on the Generative Organs, and on the 

 Formation of the Egg in the Annulosa. Phil. Trans. Royal 

 Society, cli. pp. 595-627. London, 1861. 



An important, much overlooked, work ; with a section on 

 " Scorpionidae " containing much of value concerning " Chelifer " 

 and " Ohisium,^^ the former [ = Chelifer (Chernes) sp.] found 

 *' under some planks which were lying on a hot-bed in our 

 kitchen-garden " [in Kent]. 



18. Mclntire, S. J. — (1) On Pseudo-Scorpiones. Journ. 

 Quekett Microscopical Club, i. pp. 8-14. (2) Pseudoscorpions. 

 Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, v. pp. 243-247. London, 1868-9. 



These papers are particularly noteworthy. The author was 

 an enthusiastic member of this Club, deriving entertainment from 

 the use of the microscope, and with a passion for making out 

 the external features and habits of small creatures. He was 

 more intimately acquainted with false-scorpions than were any 

 of our previous authors. Seven or eight species came under this 

 writer's notice ; and some were kept in captivity for long 

 periods, his observations on them being of much interest. He 

 was concerned for the most part with two species, of which he 

 presented specimens to the Club, and they are still preserved in 

 our collections. The first, named " Chelifer Latreillei,^^ was found 

 " in considerable abundance in a brewery at Theale, Berks., by 

 F. Blatch, Esq., inhabiting the dark corners of the ale-store." 

 = Chelifer (Chemes) Panzeri C. L. Koch. The second, named 

 " Ohisium orthodactylum,^^ was found by Mclntire, no doubt in 

 the London district, under stones, brick-bats^ etc., and in cellars. 

 = Chthonius tetrachelatus (Preys.). 



19. Koch, L. — Uebersichtliche Darstellung der europaischen 

 Chernetiden (Pseudoscorpione). Niirnberg, 1873. 



L. Koch undertakes, in this small work of vi -f- 68 pp., with- 

 out illustrations, a revision of the false-scorpions of Europe. He 

 recognizes 48 species and 9 genera ; and the work is of impor- 

 tance, nothing similar having been attempted by any previous 

 writer. He had received English specimens from the Rev. 0. P. 

 Cambridge ; and this fact is indicated for five species : (1) 

 Chernes Hahnii{C. L. Koch) = Chelifer {Chernes) cimicoides (Fabr.); 

 (2) Chthonius Bayi sp. nov. ; (3) Chthonius tromhidioides (Latr.) 



