species of Galeodides. 417 
Rhax, Hermann. 
" All the tarsi with two joints."* — Dufour. 
" The tarsal joint short ; the terminal joint of the palpi 
hidden." — Koch. 
Mandibles short, exceedingly strong, upper mandible 
much longer than lower, with strong, obtuse, conical teeth ; 
lower mandible gradually widened from its base to beyond 
the middle of its upper surface, and then abruptly nar- 
rowing ; thus producing a very powerful oblique tooth. 
1. Rhax furiosa. 
Rhax furiosa, Koch, Arch. Naturg. viii. l,p. 354, 
n. 2 (1842); Arachn. 15, p. 91; pi. 530, fig. 1480 
(1848). 
Arabia, Koch. 
2. Rhax brevipes. 
Galeodes brevipes, Gervais, Brit. Mus. 1842; Soc. 
phil. de Paris, Journ. I'lnstitut, p. 72 (1842). 
Solpuga brevipes, Gervais, Apt. 3, p. 87, n. 1 
Nepal, Hardwicke. Type. B.M. 
3. Rhax melana. 
Galeodes melanus, Olivier, Voy. dans I'Emp. Ottom. 
3, p. 443, pi. 42, fig. 5 ; Savigny, Egypte, Arachn, 
pi. 8, f 9; Koch, Arachn. 15, pi. 530, fig. 1481 
(1848): Dufour, Mem. de I'Acad. Sci. Paris, 17, p. 
438 (1862). 
Solpuga melana, Gervais, Apt. 3, p. 87, n. 2 
(1844). 
Maballah, Dr. A. Smith. ■ B.M. 
4. Rhax phalangista. 
Solpuga phalangista, Gervais, Apt. 3, p. 87, n. 3 
(1844). Savigny, Egypte, Arachn. pi. 8, fig. 10; 
Dufour, Mem. de I'Acad. Sci. Paris, 17, p. 388, n. 6 ; 
pi. 1, fig. 4, mandib. (1862). 
Baths of Tiberias, Palestine, M. Gisborne. B.M. 
5. Rhax impavida. p. 415, fig. 1, mandibles. 
Rhax impavida, Koch, Arch. Naturg. viii. 1, 
p. 354, n. 3 (1842); Arachn. 15, p. 94; pi. 530, 
fig. 1482 (1848). 
Arabia, Koch ; sp. ead. ? E. India. B.M. 
* This is correct, and Koch is consequently wrong, 
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