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CHERNES NODOSUS. PI. C, fig. 16. 



Syn : CheUfer nodosus, Schrank. Fn. Boic. III., p. 246 (1803), 

 and Simon Arachn. de France, torn. 7, p. 33 (1879). 



Length slightly over 1 line. 



Cephalothorax and palpi yellowish red-brown, the former rather 

 duller than the latter. Abdominal segments yellow-brown ; legs 

 paler. The caput and first segment of the thorax are of equal 

 width (from back to front) ; the second segment of the thorax is very 

 narrow. The surface of the cephalothorax and abdominal seg- 

 ments is very finely shagreened, the latter granulose on the sides. 

 The hairs on this part, as well as on the palpi and abdomen, are 

 simple, but obtuse. The palpi are rather short and strong. The 

 axillary joint is considerably and somewhat sub-conically pro- 

 tuberant above, as well as protuberant near its base underneath. 

 The humeral joint at its widest part, behind, is considerably less 

 broad than long ; the cubital joint is very tumid on its inner side ; 

 the bulb of the pincers is distinctly longer, to the base of the fixed 

 claw, than its width behind ; and the claws are slightly curved and 

 equal to the bulb in length. 



This is a widely dispersed species. All I have yet seen have 

 been found attached by the forceps or pincers of the palpi to the 

 leg of a fly. I have received it thus attached, from Mr. C. W. 

 Dale, Glanville's Wootton ; from Mr. K. H. Me-ade, Bradford, 

 Yorkshire ; Mr. F. M. Campbell, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire ; Eev. 

 F. 0. P. Cambridge, Carlisle; Mr. Stoddart, Bristol; Mr. G. C. 

 Bignell, Stonehouse, Devon ; and Mr. Denison Koebuck, from near 

 Leeds and Bradford, Yorkshire. 



CHERNES INSUETUS (sp. nov.) PL C, fig. 17. 



Length 1J lines. 



Cephalothorax red-brown ; palpi of the same, but of a clearer 

 brighter hue. The thorax is rather paler than the caput, which is 

 much broader from front to back than the first segment of the 

 thorax. The legs are pale brownish-yellow. The hairs are all fine 

 and simple. The palpi are short and very strong. The axillary 



