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There are two genera, (aleodes, with about twelve species, and 
Paragaleodes, with six species, scattered over the 
hot regions of the Old World. 
Fam. 2. Solpugidae.—The Solpugidae com- 
prise twenty-four genera, distributed under five 
sub-families. The toothed stigmatic plate is Sn ete a 
absent, and the tarsal claws are smooth. The and flagellum of 
ocular eminence is furnished with irregular hairs. Lae ipa 
The “ flagellum ” is very variable. 
G.) The RHAGODINAE include the two genera, Rhagodes (Rhax) 
and Dinorhax. The first has twenty-two species, which in- 
habit Africa and Asia. The single 
species of Dinorhax belongs to East 
Asia. These creatures are short-legged 
and sluggish. 
Gi.) The SOLPUGINAE contain two genera 
3 
—Solpuga with about fifty species, and 
8 Zeriana with three. They are all inhabit- 
ants of Africa, and some occur on. the 
African shore of the Mediterranean. 
Cc \ : 
Gu.) The DAksuNAE number about 
forty species, divided among several genera, 
among which the principal are Daesia, 
Gluvia, and Gnosippus. They are found 
oT ere ie in tropical regions of both the Old and 
B, Solpuga; and C, the New World. 
eal ier aes (iv.) The EREMoBATINAE are North 
American forms, the single genus Hremo- 
bates numbering about twenty species. The flagellum is here 
entirely absent. 
(v.) The KarsHIINAE include the five genera 
Ceroma, Gylippus, Barrus, Eusimonia, and Karshia. 
They are universally distributed. 
Fam. 3. Hexisopodidae.— This family is Fic. 221.—Cheli- 
: 3 cera and flagel- 
formed for the reception of a single aberrant jum of Heriso- 
African genus, Hewisopus, of which five species ne 
have been described. 
There are no claws on the tarsus of the fourth leg, which is 
beset with short spine-like hairs, and in other respects the 
genus is peculiar. 
