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C. Cyrneus (L. Koch). 



Glumes Cyrneus L. Koch 1873 (24). C'helifer cyrneus (L. Koch) Simon 1879 

 (27). 



Palps deep rich red-brown, stalks and extremities distinctly reddish, 

 otherwise very dark, hand often almost or qiiite black ; cephalothorax and 

 abdominal tergites dark reddish- or oli\'e-biown approaching blaclc ; interstitial 

 membrane greyisli-white ; legs brownish-yellow; dull or nearly so, except 

 greater part of palp which is brilliantly glossy ; bristles somewhat clavate and 

 toothed. Cephalothorax granulate, broadest in middle, posteriorly with 

 membrane exposed on either side, botli grooves distinct ; abdominal tergites 

 granulate, bristles not strongly clavate, scar-spots distinct, interstitial membrane 

 of dorsum granulate, sternites with bristles simple or nearly so, tergite XI. 

 with 1 pair sternite XI. with 2 pairs of tactile hairs ; galea (?) with long stout 

 shaft and small distally placed processes ; palps (fig. 8) exceedingly robust, 

 hand of great size, broad and obliquely high, with stout rather short fingers, 

 anterior margin of fingers with a series of accessory teeth ; trochanter, front 

 and upper surface of femur, front of tibia and part of front of hand granulate, 

 elsewhere with obsolete granulation or smootli ; bristles of palp non-clavate, 

 minutely toothed ; lower face of maxillae nearly smooth ; coxae IV. (?) l)road, 

 posterior margm longer than inner ; legs IV. tibia without tactile hair, tactile 

 hair of tarsus about f removed from base. <y with galea scarcely differing from 

 ? ; hand somewhat higher ; coxae IV. somewhat narrower at base, posterior 

 margin a httle more than ^ as long again as inner. L. 3'6. 



Under rather close-fitting bark or dead ot partly dead oak-trees: Sherwood Forest; Richmond 

 Park, Surrey; Windsor Forest? (16). 

 (64, 68, 76, 80). 



C. cimicoides (Fabr.) 



Scorpio cimicoides'Fshv.Vj^^ {by. CJielifer OlfersiiLeaxih 1811 (13)? Chelifer 

 Geoffroyi Leach 1817 (13). Chernes cimicoides (Fabr.) Camb. 1892 (42). Chelifer 

 cimicoides (Fabr.) EU. 1907 (75).' 



Palps dark red-brown, cephalothorax reddish- or horny-brown, abdominal 

 tergites homy -brown ; dull or nearly so, with conspicuous clavate and toothed 

 bristles. Cephalothorax broadest behind, head and first thoracic tergite with 

 honey-comb sculpture, second thoracic tergite granulate, both grooves distinct ; 

 abdominal tergites granulate, with rather long very strongly clavate bristles, 

 scar-spots distinct, interstitial membrane of dorsum 'granulate, sternites with 

 bristles simple or nearly so, tergite XI. with 1 pair sternite XI. with 2 pairs 



' C. cimicoides (Fabr.) Menge 1855 (20) and C. cimicoides (Fabr.) Simon 1879 (27) are doubtful ; 

 that of Canestiini 1883 (32) = C. acorjtioides ? ; that of Hansen 1884-5 (34, 35) = C. Fanzcri, 



