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*Gen. 1. ATYPUS Larr. 1804. 
Deriv. @ priv., and zurrow, form (accordingly, unshapely ; "laid de figure": 
LATREILLE). 
Syn.: 1804. Atypus Larr., in Nouv. Dict. d'Hist. Nat., XXIV, p. 133. 
1804, " ID., Hist. Nat. d. Crust. et d. Ins., VII, p. 168. 
1805. Oletera Warck., Tabl. d. Aran., p. 7. 
1861. Atypus Brackw., Spid. of Gr. Brit., I, p. 14. 
1864. i, [Atypa] Srw., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 83. 
Type: Atypus piceus (SULZER). 
The synonyms show that the nama Atypus has the right of priority 
before Oletera, and not vice versa, as LUCAS 1) has supposed. 
Gen. 2. CYRTAUCHENIUS m. 
Deriv.: xvoróc, crooked; avywv, neck. 
Syn.: 1845. Cyrtocephalus Lucas, Note sur une nouv. esp. d'Aran. appart. au genre Actino- 
pus, p. 58. 
1845. A ID., Explor. de l'Algérie, Arachn., p. 92. 
1864. 5 [Cyrtocephala] Srw., H. N. d. Araignées, p. 81. 
Type: Cyrtauchenius Walckenaerit (LUCAS). 
The name Cyrtocephalus having been already disposed of, before it 
was applied by Lucas to this genus (conf. p. 36, note 2), I have been 
obliged to give it a new denomination. — I possess a specimen (a 9) of 
a species of Cyrtauchenius, from Corfu, given to me by Count KEYSERLING, 
which is perhaps identical, or at least very closely connected, with C. /a- 
pidarius (Luc.) from Crete. It is distinguished by the palpi as well as 
the first two pairs of legs being towards the extremities (on the last three 
joints of the legs and the last two of the palpi), on both sides and for 
some distance downwards, armed with a band of, especially on the last 
joint, closely arranged, short, blunt, very strong spines, which undoubtedly 
make these extremities excellent digging organs. On the 3" and 4" pairs 
these joints only show a few sparse spines. Of the palpi of C. lapidarius 
Lucas ?) states, that between the hairs that cover them, one may remark 
"des épines placées cà et là", and of the legs of the same species, that it 
has "le métatarse et le tarse des trois premières paires armés d'épines d'un 
1) De la man. de vivre ete. de l'Oletera picea, p. CLxx. 
2) Anim. artic. de Vile de Créte, p. 16. 
