204 Whyte: The False-scorpions of Cumberland. 
closely resembles the stones on which it lives, and consequently 
a careful search is required to find it, especially as it is so 
small. 
We obtained about fifty specimens, many of which were 
immature. Empty nests were also found, and these probably 
belonged to Chernes dubius, as they were on the same stones, 
and no other species were present 
Obisium muscorum Leach, 
This, the commonest false-scorpion, was found in abundance 
wherever it was searched for, from the Styhead Pass to the 
slopes of Helvellyn. Most of these were in nests, and the 
majority had the egg-mass attached. Those free were always 
smaller and of a darker colour, probably all males. The 
difference in size is accounted for, as the females were swollen 
with eggs. 
Chthonius tetrachelatus Preyss. 
On April 14th, six of this species were found under flower- 
pots in the hot-houses of Mr. James Moorsom, on his grounds 
mear Keswick. C. ze¢trachelatus is the commonest false-scorpion 
found in hot-houses ; but it is also found under stones in the 
Open country. 
[By the courtesy of the Editor, the writer of this note has been permitted 
to read the above paper, and is able thus early to congratulate the authors 
on the substantial additions to the known fauna of Cumberland, and on the 
interesting observations with which the records are accompanied. Through 
the kindness of a mutual friend, the Rev. Robert Godfrey, M.A., specimens 
of the five Pseudoscorpions referred to have, moreover, been seen and ex- 
amined. In 1903, when the writer published a preliminary paper on ‘ North 
of England Pseudoscorpions'’ (3), it was only possible to quote for Cumberland 
Mr. Cambridge's records of Chernes nodosus and Obisium muscorum (1), and 
the repetition of these records in ‘The Victoria History of the County of 
Cumberland’ (2), where the latter species is noted for Carlisle, Armathwaite, 
and Wreay : common in woods amongst dead leaves. More recently, through 
the kindness of Dr. A. R. Jackson, this species (Odzstum muscorunc) has been 
seen from Scafell ; and Chetridium museorum from Penrith, three specimens 
found in a starling’s nest, as already recorded by Dr. Jackson (5). Perhaps 
the most interesting of the new records is that of Chernes rufeolus, a species 
recently added to the British list by Mr. Cambridge (4). It appears to occur 
chiefly in stables and farm- buildings, the writer having collected or received 
it from such places in Kent. Essex, Wiltshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire—and 
now from Cumberland. (1) Cambridge, O. P.—‘On the British Species of 
False-Scorpions.’ ‘ Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Anti- 
quarian Field Club,’ XIII. (1892), pp. 199-231. (2) Cambridge, F. O. P.— 
‘The Victoria History of the County of Cumberland,’ I. (1901), p. 157. 
(3) Kew, H. W.—‘North of England Pseudoscorpions.’ ‘The Naturalist,’ 
1903, pp. 293-300. (4) Cambridge, O. P.—‘On some New and Rare British 
Arachnida.’ ‘ Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian 
Field Club,’ XXVII. (1906), pp. 72-92. (5) Jackson, A. R.—‘ Rare Arachnida 
captured during 1906.’ ‘Proceedings of the Chester Society of Natural 
Science,’ Pt. VI. (1907), pp. 1-7.—H. Wallis Kew. ] 
Naturalist, 
