212 BRITISH SPECIES OF PHALAXGIDEA OR HARVEST MEN. 



PLATYBUNUS. Pale greyish yellow-brown; dorsal band dark 

 yellowish brown. Spines on the humeral joint of 

 palpus irregularly disposed. Apophysis at the 

 inner extremity of the cubital joint half the length 

 of the joint itself. Falces of adult male armed 

 with a sharp horn-like prominence near the 

 extremity towards the outer side near the articula- 

 tion of the fang. corniger Herm. 



Colour ashy grey, spotted with white ; dorsal 

 band greyish brown ; in general distinctly marked. 

 Eye-eminence larger than in the last species, 

 spines on the humeral joint of palpus strong, and 

 (the larger ones) tolerably regularly disposed in a 

 straight line. Cubital apophysis two-thirds the 

 length of the joint. triangularis Herbst. 



MEGABUNUS. Eye-eminence large with a constricted neck or 

 pedicle, surmounted by a crest of two rows of 

 long divergent spines (5 in each row) of equal 

 length. Palpi strongly spinous. insignis Meade. 

 OLIGOLOPHUS. The three characteristic spines in the centre of 

 the anterior margin of caput very small, of equal 

 size, rather wide apart and scarcely equidistant 

 from each other. Spines beneath the tibiae of 

 1st pair of legs often absent ; when present few 

 and not strong. morio Fabr. 



Spines beneath the tibise of 1st pair of legs 

 numerous and strong. alpinus Herbst. 



Normal dorsal abdominal band very variable in 

 distinctness and depth of colour, nearly always 

 divided longitudinally by a pale or reddish 

 stripe. Denticulse on thorax, eye-eminence, and 

 caput very small ; legs short. 



cinerascens C. Koch. 



The three characteristic spines (or denticulne) 

 on front margin of caput very small. Central spine 



