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and it was now seen that as he did so the female was quite eager 

 to take the corresponding steps forwards. As this tendency 

 became more and more marked, the male released his grasp of the 

 hands of the female, who was now free, at least from corporal 



Text-fio-. 47. 



Chelifer latreillii Leach. 



Male and female ; in ventral view, seen through a piece of glass, on the iinder-surface 

 of which they are standing. The position is that of the last phase of the court- 

 ship ; the male has released the hands of the female, and is about to extrude 

 the spermatophore ; the ram's-horn organs are fullv extended or nearly so. 

 X 13. " . 



(The bristles and tactile-hairs are omitted.) 



control. The male continued, however, to make advances and to 

 display the ram's-horn organs even with greater energy than 

 before; and finally, on the occasion of one of these advances — while 



