206 BRITISH SPECIES OP PHALANGIDEA OR HARVEST MEN. 



the Bloxworth district among dead leaves, moss, and debris in 

 woods and hedges, and I have also found it under stones at 

 Portland. Mr. Meade has met with it near Bradford in Yorkshire, 

 and it has been sent to me from Scotland and Northumberland by 

 Mr. James Hardy, and from Carlisle by the Rev. F. 0. P. 

 Cambridge. 



FAM. TROGULID^J. 



Cephalothorax soldered to the abdomen without any furrow 

 behind the eye-eminence ; the abdomen has the greater portion (all 

 except the 3 posterior segments) formed into a large scutum or 

 shield. The ventral segments are six in number, and the anal plate 

 is composed of four portions. 



Anterior margin of the cephalothorax prolonged into two plates 

 bent forwards and united to form a kind of hood covering the 

 mouth parts, on or at the base of which the eyes are placed. 



Legs strong, those of the second pair longest and least strong, 

 the coxse are soldered to the under surface of the body, and the 

 second pair are devoid of maxillso. Palpi are short or moderate in 

 length ; the basal joints covered by the hood, without terminal 

 claw. 



This family is subdivided into two sub-families, one only of 

 which (Trogulince) is as yet known to be represented in Britain. 



TROGULINCE. 



Ventral segments soldered into one piece, but indicated by 

 transverse grooves, and also divided longitudinally by a furrow. 



Palpi short, not half the length of the body ; cubital joint much 

 shorter than the radial. 



Legs moderately long, strong ; tarsi very distinct from the 

 metatarsi, the number of sub-divisions or joints varying in the 

 different legs from 1 to 4. Terminal claw of first, third, and 

 fourth pairs long, that of the fourth pair small. Two genera 

 have been found in England, each being represented by only one 

 species. 



