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MR. IT. WALLIS KEW OX THE 



being altogether more simple and smaller. Beyond the small 

 foot of attachment it consists, as we have seen, mei'ely of a simple, 

 more or less rigid filameiat, which bears aroimd it near the top a 

 large globule of liquid and has just above the globule an irregular 

 termination of whitish substance. 



Text-fig. 50. 



B C 



A. Sperm atoph ore of Chelifer latreillii Leacli, from above and from 



below. X 50. 



B. Spermatopliores of Chelifer cyrneus L.Koch, from the side. X 50. 



C. Spermatozoa of Chelifer cyrneus L. Koch. (Drawing commu- 



nicated to the writer by Mr. C. J. With.) 



The globule has a diameter somewhat exceeding the depth of 

 the tibia of the legs of the animals. Unfortunately it was not 

 ascertained whether the spermatozoa (text-fig. 50 C) were contained 

 in the globule or above it at the termination of the filament — • 

 from my experience in this direction the obtaining of a com- 

 plete spermatophore for examination will not be an easy task — 

 but however this may be, the amount of material transferred 

 from the male to the female is surprisingly lai'ge. 



