A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



OPILIONES 



The Harvestmen are spider-like creatures with 

 eight long legs, the tarsi long and very flexible. Eyes 

 simple, two in number, situated on each side of an 

 eye eminence. Body not divided into two distinct 

 regions by a narrow pedicle, as in the spiders. 

 Abdomen segmentate ; breathing apparatus consisting 

 of tracheal tubes ^^-ith external stigmata at the base of 

 the fourth pair of legs. 



233. Phalanpum opiRo, Linnaeus. 

 Blackpool. 



Known also as Phalangtum cornutum, Linnaeus. 



234. Phahn^um parietinuttt, De Geer. 

 Duddon Vale. 



Found in plenty on the walls of outhouses, 

 squatting in a small hoUow. Its appearance is an 

 infallible sign of the approach of autumn. 



235. Megabunus insignis, Meade. 



Kirkby, Rev. J. H. Bloom (O. P.-C). 

 Easily known by the long spikes on the eye- 

 eminence. 



236. Oligolophut mono, Fabricius. 



Coniston. 



Known also as Pia/angium morio and Phaknpum 

 umigerum, Hermann. 



237. Oligplofhus agrestis, Meade. 

 Duddon Vale. 



Known also as Opilio agrestis and OFtgolophus 

 epMppiger, Simon. 



238. Nemastoma lugubre, O. F. Moller. 



Duddon Vale. 



Known also as Phaknpum lugubre and 'Nemastoma 

 bimaculatum, Fabricius. 



239. Nemastoma chiysomclas, Hermann. 

 Duddon Vale. 



Known also as Phalaitffum chrysomelas. 



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