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joint is exceedingly protuberant in a sub-conical form, both above 

 and beneath. The humeral joint is very strong, its width behind 

 at the broadest part being more than half its length, and the 

 cubital joint is excessively gibbous on its inner side. These two last 

 joints are about equal in length. The bulb of the pincers is nearly 

 or quite as broad as long, the claws being slightly shorter than the 

 bulb and a very little curved. 



Examples of this distinct species were sent to me from Dover in 

 October, 1880, by Mr. W. P. Haydon, by whom they were found 

 among debris and refuse in company svith Chelifer subruber Sim., in 

 his oil mills. Mons. Simon determined them to be new to science. 

 It may easily be distinguished from CJiernes nodosus, to which it is 

 allied, by its larger size and much stronger palpi, the joints of 

 which are differently proportioned. 



CHERNES CIMICOIDES. PI. C, fig. 18. 

 Syn : Scorpio cimicoides, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii., p. 436, No. 9 



(1793). 



Chelifer Geo/royiLe^, p 50 j 

 Olfersii, Ibid., p. 50 J 

 fasciatus, Ibid., Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xi., p. 



391 (1815). 

 cimicoides, Sim. Arachn. de France, torn. 7, p. 



39, pi. 18, fig. 16. 

 ,, Hahnii, C. Koch. Arachn. x., p. 51, fig. 787 



(1843). 



Length 1J lines. 



Of a short broad form. Cephalothorax dark yellow-brown; 

 palpi deep red-brown ; abdominal segments dark yellowish-brown ; 

 legs pale dull brownish-yellow. The surface of the Cephalothorax 

 is finely shagreened, and, as well as the palpi, abdomen, and legs, 

 furnished with strong clavate hairs. The palpi are moderately 

 long, strong, and the axillary joint is very obtusely or roundly 

 prominent above ; the bulb of the pincers is very robust, a little 

 longer than broad, and the claws are slightly curved and rather 



