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ferred them to his artificial Genus Phalangium. The 

 greater number of the specks, live beneath the bark of de- 

 caying trees or under Intones; buf oge at least is parasitical, 

 and attaches itself te the legs of lii^ 



Latreille believfi* _that they bj^athe by tracheae, and 

 therefore refers then! to the secofi^'order of his Ai^achnides. 



See Cm. Reg. Anim. 3.'*'P08f' 



Descriptiones et Synonyma Specierum. 



Chelifer. 



Tab. 142. 

 Chelifer, Geoff., De Geer, Latr., Leach, S^c. 

 Thorax linea transversa impressus.P/Yi corpori s spatulce- 

 formes. Pedum par secundum digitis curvatis. 



Sp. 1 . Chelifer Hermanni. 



Fig. 3. 

 C. pedibus secundis articulis 3 et 4 elongatis tenuibus a 



basi ad apicem gradatim crassioribus, articulo 5 elon- 



gato tenui ; digitis longis. 

 Long. Corp. Ijlin. 



Habitat sub arborum cortice. 



Ferrugineo-testaceus, abdomine segmentis margine pal- 



lidis. 



Sp. 2. Chelifer LatreilUi. 



Fig. 5. 



C. pedibus secundis articulo 3 a basi ad apicem gradatim 

 crassiore, articulo 4 elongato-ovali ; basi attenuato, arti- 

 culo .5 ovato ; digitis niediocribus. 



Long. Corp. 1| lin. 



Habitat cum praecedente. An alter sexus ? 



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