A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



flocculent silk made with the calamistrum from threads 

 furnished by the cribellum. 



no. Cinifio timilis, BhckwiH. 



(O. P.-C.) ; Ilfracombe (T. R. R. S.). 

 A very common species in greenhouses, stables and 

 other outhouses. The males may often be found 

 wandering about the walls of dwelling-houses after 

 nightfall. Known also under the name Amaurobius. 



III. Cinjfio /erox, Walckemei. 



(O. P.-C.) ; Salcombe (T. R. R. S.). 

 A much larger species, shiny black with pale mark- 

 ings, found in cellars and also beneath rocks and stones 

 on the coast or in crevices of banks in the open country. 

 Known also under the name of Amaurobius. 



H2. Dictyna arundinacea, Linnaeus. 

 Ivybridge (G. C. B.). 

 A common species spinning its nests in the heads of 

 rushes and grass. 



113. Dictyna variabilis, C. L. Koch. 

 Exeter (Mr. Parfitt; O. P.-C). 



A very rare species, pale with a pink dorsal spot on 

 the abdomen. It has hitherto only been taken on 

 four or five occasions in England. Known also as 

 Ergatis pallens, Blackwall. 



1 1 4. Lathys humiRs, Blackwall. 

 Bickleigh (G. C. B.). 



Known also as Lethia humiiis and Ciniflo iumilis. 



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 spiders. Abdo- 

 men segmentate ; breathing apparatus consisting of 



tracheal tubes connected with external stigmata be- 

 neath. 



115. Platybunus comiger, Hermann. 

 Plymouth (G. C. B.). 



116. Megabunus insignis, M.eide. 

 Plymouth (G. C. B.). 



PSEUDO-SCORPIONES 



117. Chthmius rayi, L. Koch. 

 Plymouth (G. C. B.). 



118. Obisium muscorum. Leach. 

 Plymouth (G. C. B.). 



119. Obisium maritimum. Leach. 

 Plymouth (G. C. B.). 



Found under stones below high-water mark on the 

 sea shore. 



I zo. Rottcus cambridffi, L. Koch. 

 Dartmoor (O. P.-C). 



121. CheKfer subruber, Simon. 

 Plymouth, (G. C B.). 



1 22. Chemes nodosus, Schrank. 

 Stonehouse (G. C B.). 



123. Chemes cimicoides, Fabricius. 

 Stonehouse (G. C B.). 



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