Pedipalpi. 



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crush with their powerful pincers. When irritated tiaey eject an Table-case 

 offensive acid secretion, wiiich is tlie product of two large glands ^^- ^-^• 

 opening on the end of the last abdominal segment. The female, 

 after laying her eggs, carries them about attached to tlie underside 

 of her body. 



Tribe- TAETABIDES. 



The carapace of the cephalothorax is segmented posteriorly; 

 it sometimes bears a pair of lateral eye-specks, but these are 

 often obsolete or absent. The tail is short and is unsegmented 

 in the male sex, whilst in the female it has three or four joints. 



The Pedipalpi belonging to this tribe, which contains the 

 single family Schizomidae, are small in size and sliow traces of 

 degeneration. 

 They live under 

 stones and vege- 

 tation in the 

 tropical parts of 

 Africa, Asia and 

 America. Two 

 genera {Scltho- 

 mus and TriiJii/- 

 reiis) are known. 



Drawings of a 

 Tartarid {Scliizo- 

 miis crassicau- 

 diis), to illustrate 

 the morphology 

 of the group, are 

 placed in Table - 

 case 21. 



Sub-order II. 

 AMBLYPYGI. 



The cephalo- 

 thorax of these 

 Pedipalpi is wider 

 than long. All 

 the segments of 

 the legs of the 



tirst pair, with the exception of the basal three, are sub-divided so 

 as to form a Ion"; flasellum. 



Fig. 58. 

 Dcuiioii Jolutsloni (one-half natural size). 



