ARACHNIDA, 
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Idtliol’ax of the Phalaiigiidse^ regarded by Treviratius as lateral 
eyes, are really glandular sacs, the structure of which he de- 
scribes. 
Lincecum, Gr. The Tarantula. American Naturalist, vol. i. 
pp. 409-4dl. 
Moriggia, Descrizione di una escre^cenza cornea s\dlup- 
patasi sulla mano di una donna. Atti Accad* Sci* Torino^ 
vol. i. pp. 449-463, with a plate. 
A description of a horny excrescence containing Acari. 
Plateau, Felix. Observations sur PArgyronete aquatiqtle. 
Bull. Acad. Sci. de Belgique, tome xxiii. pp. 96-126, with 
a plate ; reprinted in Ann. Sci. Nat. 5® ser. tome vii. 
pp. 345-368, pi. 1 ; abstract in Comptes Rendus, tothe Ixiv. 
pp. 627-629, translated in iVnn. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. 
vol. xix. pp. 283-2^6. 
Simon, Eugene. Sur trois Araignees nouvelles. Rev. ct Mag. 
de Zoologie, 1867, pp. 16-24. 
These species belong to the genera Arac/moura' (Vinson) ^ Mu 
crathena (Gund.), and Trithena (g. n.), all of which are charac- 
terized in detail by Simon. 
Terry, F. Sur le precede qu’emploient les Araignees pour te- 
lier des points eloignes par un fil. Bull. Acad. Sci. de Bel- 
gique, tome xxiii. pp. 274-298, with a plate. 
Thorell, T. Om Aranea lohataj Pallas (A. sericea, Oliv.). 
CEfvers. af Kongl. Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. 1867, pp. 591-696. 
G. Fritsch, in describing the general characters of the Insect- 
fauna of South Africa (Berl. ent. Zeitsch. 1867, p. 247), attri- 
butes a very prominent place to the Arachnida, to several forms 
of which he specially refers. Large species of My gale occur, the 
bite of which is said to produce considerable inflammation ; and 
that of a large species of Lycosa inhabiting the houses, and the 
middle legs of which extend about six inches across, is said to be 
also attended with similar results. Species of Galeodes occur, 
and are perfectly ready to make use of their weapons ; but the 
author did not learn what were the consequences of their bite. 
The largest specimens found by himself measured about \\ inch 
in length ; but he saw individuals of 3 inches long in the posses- 
sion of a farmer in Worcester district. The author adds some 
remarks on the Scorpions and Epe'irida observed by him. 
In a paper on insects met with at sea and on hoard ship (see Insecta 
Frauenfbld enumerates a few species of Arachnida (Verh. zooL-hot. Ges. in 
Wien, xvii. pp. 434 and 4G0-463). The species noticed are : — Hyalomma hts- 
panum, taken from a Lemius rvjiceps (Linn.) captured near Messina ; a new 
Ohismnf, Pholcus nemastmioides (Koch) \ 2 new species of lihipicephalus^ and 
2 of Theridivm. 
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