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marked impression running and losing itself a little way towards 

 the middle of the caput. 



The palpi are rather long and strong ; on the upper side of the 

 axillary joint is a strong roundly obtuse eminence, with a lesser 

 one on the under margin. The humeral and cubital joints are of 

 equal length. The hinder part of the humeral joint is broadest 

 and its lower comer moderately abrupt, but not angular. The 

 cubital joint is as strong as the humeral and tumid (but not 

 abruptly so), on the middle of its inner side, the outer marginal 

 line forming an even curve. The bulb of the pincers is robust, 

 broad at the base and narrowing gradually to the claws, which are 

 equal to the bulb in length (the moveable claw slightly longer), 

 and curved, but not strongly so. The length of the bulb is equal 

 to that of the cubital joint. 



This species is nearly allied to the foregoing (G. dubiuSj Camb.), 

 but is a little larger and its surface is more coarsely shagreened. 

 The bulb of the pincers also is rather more robust in proportion ; 

 the humeral joint of the palpus is straighter on the inner margin ; 

 the cubital joint is less gibbous near its posterior extremity on the 

 inner side, and the marginal posterior line is not uniformly 

 curved ; and in C. dubius there is no impression at the middle of 

 the hinder part of the caput ; the hairs also in G. plialeratus are 

 much more strongly and uniformly clavate than in C. dubius. 



Examples of this species were kindly sent to me by Mr. W. 

 F. Blandford, by whom they were found under bark of trees in 

 the New Forest in May, 1890, and are undoubtedly the true 

 C. phaleratus, Sim. 



GEN. 2. CHIRIDIUM (Menge). 



Ceplidlotlwrax as long as broad ; very broad at the hinder 

 extremity and narrowing gradually to a broadish obtuse point in 

 front. The abdomen is of a broad-oval form, broadest behind and 

 continuing to enlarge gradually from its junction to the thorax ; 

 it has ten segments above divided by a longitudinal line. The 

 cephalothorax is divided near the middle by a deep transverse 



