BRITISH SPECIES OF PHALANGIDEA OR HARVEST MEN. 183 



and sides of the thorax are variegated with a few irregular-shaped 

 black spots, and the back of the abdomen is traversed longitudinally 

 with a widish dorsal band having one triangular projection on each 

 side. It is of a dark grey colour, mottled or variegated in a 

 transverse direction with white. The palpi are furnished with a 

 projecting process on the third joint, and together with the legs, 

 which are rather short and stout, are of a yellow or brownish 

 colour. 



Mr. Meade was unaware of their locality and doubtful as to 

 their sex, and one example only was adult. 



GEN : PLATYBUNUS (C. L. Koch 1839). 

 MEGABUNUS Meade (1855) ad partem. 



Cephalothorax with but few denticulae ; those on the anterior 

 margin of the caput very small, but some rather strong on the 

 lateral margins ; and, if any, a few less strong on the upper side. 

 Eye-eminence large, deeply channelled along the middle and sur- 

 mounted by two rows of 8 or more small denticulae or sharp tubercles 

 in each row. 



Lateral pores large. 



Palpi armed with spines. The cubital and radial joints are 

 widened at their extremity on the inner side into a more or less 

 strong apophysis. 



Falces short, simple in the female ; stronger and often armed 

 with toothlike projections in the male. 



Legs long, 2, 4, 1, 3, but not excessively so ; femora furnished 

 with rows of small sharp denticulae. 



The abdomen has the normal dark dorsal band tolerably well 

 denned, strongly marked in some instances, but without denticulse. 



Two species only have as yet been found in Britain. 



PLATYBUNUS CORNIGER. 

 Pliatangium cornigerum Herm (1804). 

 Meyabunus corniger Meade (1855). 

 Platylunus cornif/er Simon (1879). 



