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Caddo Banks 



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C. AGiLis Banks. A small, very active species found among 

 moss in very damp places. Duck Brook Path, path from 

 Ocean Drive to Bowl, Long Porcupine Island. Adults appear 

 early in July. 



Odiellus Koewer 



0. piCTUs (Wood). Our most abundant form; found chiefly 

 in grass, at the foot of trees. Corfield, Duck Brook Path, 

 Salisbury Cove. Adults appear about the middle of July. 



On August 21, 1931, a partly moulted specimen of this 

 species was found. The old integument had split on the 

 ventral surface and the cephalothorax, abdomen except the 

 very tip, chelicerae, palpi, and bases of the legs were free. 

 The old skin was gathered at the tip of the abdomen, with its 

 legs extending backward. The animal 's legs were placed with 

 the femora bent into more than a semicircle forward and ven- 

 trally, the patellae were ventral to the mouth, and the more 

 distal portions were close together, parallel, against the ven- 

 tral surface, and extending beyond the body into their old 

 integument. The palpi embraced the legs, one or the other 

 frequently passing between and slightly separating the legs. 

 At the same, time the chelicerae grasped one leg after another, 

 moving them slowly forward. The legs themselves writhed 

 at short intervals. This motion seemed to be for the purpose 

 of forcing the body fluids into the parts already free in order 

 to straighten them. A leg was not released by the palpi until 

 the very tip had passed between them. By the time this 

 occurred, the segments of the leg were quite straight and 

 seemed to be well hardened. 



Phalangium Linne 



P. opiLio Linne. A rare form here. One male taken at 

 Corfield early in July. Also taken at Jonesport. 



