CLASSIFICATION 



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Plaiylimius has two, and Mcgabunus one British representa- 

 tive. They are of small size, and are to be sought for among 

 heather or dead leaves 



or ear 



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in spring 

 summer. 



Fam. 2. Ischyro- 

 psalidae. — Coriaceous 

 Phalangids, with eye- 

 turret far removed from 

 anterior border of 

 cephalothorax. Max- 

 illary lobes of second 

 pair of leys rudi- 

 mentary, in the form 

 of tubercles. Legs 

 similar, tvithout " tro- 

 cJi anti7i." Multiarticu- 

 late tarsi. Tarsus of 

 pedivcdp without claw, 

 and shorter than meta- 

 tarsus. Pedipcdps long 

 and horizontal. 



This family includes 

 a small number of 

 large or moderate-sized 

 Phalangids, which are 

 found occasionally in 

 thick moss, or in caves, 

 in mountainous regions of the south of Europe, and belong 

 to the genera Ischyropsalis and Sabacon. There is a North 

 American genus, Taracus. 



Fam, 3. Nemastomatidae. — Coriaceous Phalangids, ivith 

 cephalotlioraoi fused with the first five segments of the abdomen, 

 forming a scutum. Eye-turret near anterior border. No maxillary 

 lobe on second coxae. Similar legs, without " trochantin." Multi- 

 articulate tarsi. Tarsus of pedipalp without claw, and shorter 

 than metatarsus. 



There is but one genus, Nemastoma, in this family, and the 

 members of it are, as a rule, rather small and dark I'halangids, 

 which live under stones or in moss or debris, and are found in 



Fig. 236. — OligolopMis spmosus. 

 Pickard-Cambridge. ) 



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