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its extremity. It is composed of nine segments, of which 

 that of the base, viewed underneath, represents a scaly plate. 

 A stigma is perceptible on each side of the breast, near the 

 second pair of feet. 



The galeodes are peculiar to the warmer climates, espe- 

 cially to those of Southern Europe, of Asia, and Africa. 

 MM. Dufour, and Dejean, have discovered one species in 

 Spain ; MM. de Humboldt and Bonpland, brought back 

 another, but a very small one, from the equatorial countries 

 of America. It appears from the travels of Pallas and 

 Gmeliu, that these arachnida are not rare in southern Russia, 

 along the banks of the Volga and the Borystlienes, and that 

 they are distinguished by the Calmucs, under the name of 

 hycliOQ-cho. 



They are greatly dreaded in all the countries where they 

 are found. Not only is the history of these animals but 

 little known, but the descriptions of their species are still con- 

 siderably defective. 



The Monograph of Herbst, which, like most of his other 

 works on entomology, is little more than a mere compilation, 

 furnishes us but with little matter in this point of view. Olivier, 

 in his travels to Persia, has given us, on the species of the 

 same genus which he has founrl, some useful notices, which 

 we shall give in his own words. After having spoken of a 

 prodigious number of locusts, by which himself and the 

 caravan were infested, and which even came into the tents, 

 he thus expresses himself: — 



" In the evening, these small locusts were succeeded by 

 another insect not less troublesome, and more disagreeable to 

 behold. It belongs to that genus which I have established in 

 the Encyclopedie Methodique under the name of galeode. 

 The Arabs regard it as very venomous, and at first endeavoured 

 to prevent us from touching it. When they saw, however, 

 that we took sufficient precautions to avoid being bitten, they 



