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P. [9], tab. 85, fig. 9. Cape feather-legs, Cat. 410. Brief description. The two figures 

 differ only in size, and appear to be very inaccurate and fantastic representations of a 

 Galeodeit. Pallas (8l states that the original drawings were more accurate. These 

 figures form the basis of Solpuga nfrirana of Lichtenstein r28i. 



6. Seba, Albektcs. Locupletissiini rerum naturalium thet^aiiri accurata 



descriptio et Iconibus artificiosissimi.s expressio. Tomus IV. Ain- 

 sterdami, 1765. [49x32 cm.] 



Quoted as "Thesaurus rerum naturalium." Tab. 99, fi<;. 14, te.xt pi). UX), 101, Arancnii 

 fonnce infoliUe. A wretched drawing of a Galeodes. 



7. Pallas, Petek Simon. Reise durch verschiedene provinzen des Russi- 



schen reichs. Erster theil. St. Petersburg-, 1T71. [25V2 x lOVg ci'i] 

 Pp. 38-2, 383. General account of PhuUingimn nraneoiden. P. 476. Description of 

 Phalangium [araneoidesj. This appears to have been the first published description of 

 this species, though the following work (8i was undoubtedly the first written, and both 

 were published during the absence of Pallas in Eastern Kussia and Siberia. Numerous 

 editions of this work have been published, of which those seen will be noted. 



8. P.\llas, Peter Simox. Spicilegia Zoologica. Tomu.s I, fasc. 9. Bero- 



lini, 1772. [25 x 19,1^ cm.] 

 Pp. 37-10. Detailed description of Phalanciium uruneoideK. Tab. 3, figs. 7, 8, 9. 

 Figures of the two type specimens (male and female i contained in the Museo Academiae 

 Petropolitanie. In the prefatorj- note is a statement regarding the original drawings 

 of Petiver's figures. This work was probably written before the last (7). 



9. Gmelix, Samuel Gottlieb. Reise durch Russland zur untersuchung 



der drey natur-reiche. Dritter theil. Reise durch das nordliche Per- 

 sien, in deu jahren 1770, 1771, bis im April, 1772. St. Petersburg, 

 1774. [28x20 cm.] 

 Pp. 484, 48.). General account of the appearance and habits of ihc byrhorcfio. which 



belongs to the Phalaiigii. Tab. .>1. A very good figure of a Galeodett. Lichtenstein 



(28) thinks two different species are referred to in this work. 



10. MuLLER, Philip Ludwio Statius. Des Ritters Carl von Linne * * * 



volstandiges natursystem nach der zwolften lateinischen ausgabe und 

 nach anleitung des hollandischen Houttuynischen werks, [etc.] Sup 

 plements-und register-band. Nurnberg, 1776. [8vo.] 

 p. 341. Description of Phalangium byehorcho, from •■ Pallas" Reise " (7). 



11. P.\LLAS, Peter Simox. Rei.se durch ver.-^chiedene provinzen des Rus- 



sischen reichs. 1st theil. Frankfurt, A. M., 1776. [4 to.] 

 Not seen. Mentioned in Engelmann's Bibl. Hist. Nat., 184tj, p. 115. 



12. Cetti, Francesco. Anfibi e Pesci di Sardegna. Sassari, 1777. [171.^ x 



lOK cm.] 

 Pp. .53, 54. General comparison of the poison of the viper with that of other animals, 

 including two species of "Solifughe," to which specific names are not given. 



18. Pallas, Peter Simox. Xaturgeschichte merkwurdiger Thiere. * * * 

 I band, 9te sammlung. Berlin und Stralsund, 1777. [25^^x20 cm.] 

 a translation of Spicilegia zoologica (ti), with additions. Pp. 48-tiO. (Jeneral account 

 of the habits of Phalangium araneoides. Quotes extensively from D. Wiek regarding 

 the poisonous effects of its bite. This long, general account is not in tlie Spicilegia (8), 

 though it is often quoted as if it was. Pp. tJl-63. Description traijslated from the Spi- 

 cilegia (8;. 



