arachnidA. 
869 
Translated in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd series, vol. xvi. 
pp. 149-153. 
Lindem ANN, K. Zoologisclie Skizzen. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, 
xxxvii. pt. 2, 1865, pp. 531-546, pis. 10-29. 
In this portion of his paper Lindemann enters into an elaborate 
examination of the muscles of the legs of the Phalangiidck and 
the mechanism of their locomotion, illustrated by comparisons 
with those of other Arachnida and insects. 
Lubbock, Sir John. On the male generative organs of Pha- 
langium. Ann. & Mag. Nat, Hist. 3rd series, vol. xvi. 
p. 301 : October 1, 1865. 
Lucas, H. Quelques remdrques sur les mues dc di verses Ara- 
n^ides, et particulierement sur celles de la My gale hicolor 
et de la Segestria florentina, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® serie, 
tome iv. pp. 721-726 : May 24, 1865. 
T . Nouvelles remarques sur une mue de la My gale bicolor. 
Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® serie, tome v. p. 86. 
ARANEIDA. 
In connexion with Trimen^s observation (see Record 1864, 
p. 316), Piffard and Barrett have published notes on imitative 
Spiders frequenting flowers, in Ent. Monthly Mag. vol, ii. 
pp. 14&71. 
Beck describes the results of some observations made with the 
microscope on the spinnerets of Spiders. Brit. Assoc. Rep. for 
1864, Trans. Sect. pp. 88, 89. 
SCVTODID^. 
Scytodes pallida, sp. n., Blackwall, Ann. k Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rdser. vol. xvi. 
p. 100, from the Cape Verde Islands. 
Pholcus ancoralis, sp. n., Koch, Verh. zool.-hot. Ges. in Wien, Bd. xv. 
p. 862, from Upolu (Samoan Islands). 
Mygalid^. 
Lucas (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® sdr. tom. v. pp. OOO'-.'UG) discusses the di- 
stinctive characters of the genera of this family, of which ho admits Myyalv, 
Older a (^=Atypus),Actinopus(=:Sphodros), Calommata, Cyrtocephalus, Erio- 
don, and Acanthodon. He also gives a detailed description of the structure 
of Eriodon occatoria from a specimen received in spirit from Melbourne, and 
characterizes the genus (1. c. pp. 316-318) and species (1. c. p. 318). The 
lower surface of Eriodon occatorius, the profile of the cephalothorax, and the 
arrangement of the eyes are represented, pi. 8. fig. 6. 
Lucas has described the moulting of Mygah hicolor, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
4® S(?r. tom. v. p. 86. 
