200 



Kew : Lincolnshire Pseudoscorpions. 



and Dr. v. Wagner (1892) has published an interesting- account 

 of a Tipulid fly {Ctenophora pectinicornis) — one of the larger 

 daddv-long-legs — whose extremities carried, the same number of 

 individuals of a Chernes, not identified specifically, but thought 

 to be Chernes hahnii C.Koch = Cherries cimicoides* The fly, 

 which was caught in Mecklenburg, is represented, with two of 

 the Pseudoscorpions, in the accompanying figure. Dr. Schiner, 

 further, has reported the capture, in August 1870, of the little 

 Ulidia demandata with no less than five Pseudoscorpions hang- 

 ing to its hind-legs. The fly was on a window, and it is noted 

 that it walked and flew in a lively manner, and did not seem 

 inconvenienced by its numerous guests* These, as in the last 

 case, were thought to be Chernes hahnii '= Chernes cimicoides.f 



A Daddy-long-legs (Ctenophora pectinicornis) with Pseudoscorpions (Chernes sp.) 

 on its legs ; slightly enlarged. The supplementary figure shows one of the Pseudoscorpions- 

 more enlarged. Both after F. v. Wagner, Zoologischer Anzeiger, XV. (1892), p. 435. The 

 manner of attachment here shown, namely, by both pincers, is unusual. The animals- 

 generally hang by one pincer only. 



But our limit is not yet reached, for at the Entomological Society 

 of London, in September 1866, Mr. Stevens exhibited a house- 

 fly to which six Chelifers were attached, and he stated that 

 he had observed another on which were no less than eight.! 

 Finally, if Hagen was not mistaken, even ten have been seen on 

 a single insect. || 



* F. v. Wagner, Zoologischer Anzeiger, XV. (1892), pp. 434-6. 



tj. R. Schiner, Verhandlungen der k.-k. zoologisch-botanischen Gesell- 

 schaft in Wien, XXII. (1872), pp. 75-6. 



+ S. Stevens, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3), 

 V. i 1865-7), p. xxvii. 



|| H. Hagen, 1868, I.e. : ' Many cases are quoted by naturalists who have 

 observed one or more Chelifers, even ten, strongly attached with their 



hands to the legs of insects.' 



Naturalist; 



