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o. Tarsus IV. with tactile liair | removed from base . nodosus. 

 Tarsus IV. witli tactile hair near middle . . Godfreyi. 



4. Anterior margin of fingers with isolated accessory tooth ; ventral 



face of maxillae granulate ...... 5 



Anterior margin of fingers with a series of accessory teeth ; ventral 

 face of maxillae smooth or nearl)^ so 7 



5. Tactile hairs of abdominal somite XI. present .... 6 

 Tactile hairs of abdominal somite XI. absent . . Wideri. 



6. Tarsus IV. with tactile hair ..... scorpioides. 

 Tarsus IV. without tactile hair .... diibius. 



7. Cephalothorax and palps with honey-comb sculpture ; tarsus IV. 



without tactile hair ...... cimicoides. 



Cex^halothorax granulate ; tarsus IV. with tactile hair . . 8 



8. Palps dull or nearly so ..... . Panzeri. 



9. Palps brilliantly glossy ...... Gyrneiis.^ 



C. nodosus Sehr.- 



Chelifer nodosus Schr. 1803 (7) ? C. inaegiuilis Curtis 1849 (19) ? Chernes 

 Reussii (C. L. Koch) L. Koch 1873 (24). Ghdifcr nodosus (Schr.) Simon 

 1879 (27). 



Palps and cephalothorax reddish-brown, abdominal tergites olive-horny ; 

 glossy, with neaily smiple bristles. Cephalothorax weakly granulate at 

 sides, dorsum non-granulate, second groove scarcely perceptible or absent; 

 abdominal tergites non-granulate reticulate, scar-spots indistinct, main 



' Chelifer {Chernes) &^. J (mature?), a single specimen from Bloxworth, Ijiis been recorded as 

 C. meridianus L. Kocli (42) ; name used by mistake ; Mr. EUingsen was inclined to refer the animal, 

 in spite of some differences, to C. cimicoides (Fabr.). Chelifer (Gherncs) insuetiis Caiiib. (42), based on 

 two examples found in 18S0 at Dover in an oil-mill (since destroyed), belongs with C. nodosus, 

 C. Godfreyi, and 6'. Chi/zeri to a group with polished integuments, almost simple bristles, non- 

 granulate tergites, and with a tactile hair near extremitj' of fibia IV. ; the animal is closely allied 

 to C. nodosus, but is much larger and well-distinguished by its short, excessively robust, palps (a 

 comparison of which with fig. 1 would at once disclose a want of identity) ; as suggested by 

 Mr. Cambridge (33) — the writer is indebted to hiui for an opportunity of examining one of the 

 specimens— it is likely to have been imported with material used in tlie mill ; it is certainly foreign 

 to our fauna. 



* With regard to the characters given throughout for the species, it should be mentioned that the 

 coloration indicated is that of the mature animal during life seen in a strong liglit against an opaque 

 background; the colours, more especially of Hemictenodactyli, are soon altered in spirit. The 

 length of the body, fi-om the anterior margin of the head to the posterior extremity of tlie abdomen, is 

 given in millimetres and tenths ; but, from ihe extensible character of the abdomen, these measure- 

 ments are valueless in themselves ; they are intended to give an idea of the relative size of the 

 animals. This character of the abdomen must be borne in mind also when comparing the drawings 

 which are intended primaiily to illustrate the general shape of the palp ; they ai e made from spirit- 

 specimens, and while some of the tactile or pseudo-tacticle hairs are shown, all the bristles are 

 omitted. As regards the indications of distribution, specimens have been seen by the writer from 

 all the districts named, except in the few cases in which italic type is used. 



