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CLASSIFICATION 



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Platybunus has two, and Megdbunus one British representa- 

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

 1 1 rather or dead leaves 

 in spring or early 

 summer. 



Fam. 2. Ischyro- 

 psalidae. Coriaceous 

 Phalangids, with eye- 

 turret far removed from 

 I'/iterior border of 

 cephalothorax. Mdx- 

 i/liir// lobes of second 

 pair of legs r //<//- 

 ni cntry, in the form 

 f tubercles. Legs 

 xiiitilur, 'icithout " tro- 

 i'h antin." Multiarticu- 

 ////< ttti'xi. Tarsus <>f 

 /nil i jtiil ft tritium t- f/tt-i/\ 

 '//nl shorter than m<'l<i- 

 f<ir*ns. Pedipalps long 

 and horizontal. 



This family includes 

 a small number of 

 large or moderate-sized 

 I'lialangids, which arc 



found occasionally in 



J 



thick moss, or in caves, 

 in mountainous regions of the south of Kurojic, and belong 

 to the genera, Tschyropsalis and ^/>tinm. There is a North 

 American genus, Tr<n-ns. 



Fam. 3. Nemastomatidae. Coriaceous I'lntituii 



ri'l>li<iliitli<n-,<- J'l/xi'r/ irilli tin' _///'.s7 Jin 1 *<'</ i/i/'>lf$ of the 



forming scutum. tii/i'-tnrret near tm/frior border. .\" 



/n/i,' mi second COXae. Xiniilur /r//.s-, irillnmt " I roc] i ii //////." Mulli- 



tin-si. 7't/fsiiti of pedipalp . without claw, <in<! shorter 



FIQ. ^6.-Oligolophus spinosus. 

 nckard-CamDndge.; 



(A ft IT 



/'//// 



l<> ni< n , 



I It < m 



There is but one genus, Nemastoma, in this family, and (lie 

 members of it, are, as a rule, rather small and dark I'haliu-ids. 

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



