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sixth very short, rounded at the end, appearing to be closed 
by a membrane, and without a hook. The two anterior feet, 
united with the palpi at their origin, and similarly annexed to 
the anterior segment of the body, which forms the major part 
of the thorax, resemble them in the form, the direction, and 
the manner in which they terminate ; but they are shorter, 
and particularly much more slender. Their haunches pre- 
sent an additional articulation, and which appears to be formed 
by a division of the lower part of the third, or of the first of 
the elongated articulations, that which corresponds to the 
thigh. Analogy does not permit us to doubt that these organs 
represent the two anterior feet of the other arachnida ; but 
from the nature of their functions we may conclude with M. 
Walckenaer, that the galeodes have four palpi, or rather six 
palpated feet ; they approximate in this respect to Phryne 
and Thelyphone. The jaws are separated only by a linear 
cleft, and are even confounded together at their internal and 
superior angle. This angle is dilated in front, and forms, in 
the interval of the mandibles, at their origin, a small bifid 
ligula, and terminated by two silky appendages. It conceals 
a scaly piece, likewise ligulate, and having at the superior 
end a claw or tooth, arched towards its base, and in the form 
of a scythe. The two mandibles are very large, ovoid, com- 
pressed, applied one against the other by their internal faces, 
entirely uncovered, and advancing straight forward; they are 
terminated by two very strong teeth, scaly, vertical, crossed 
at their point, and denticulated at their internal side. One 
might suppose that these arachnida had four jaws. These 
mandibles, the first segment of the thorax, which is much 
more extended than the following, and its accessory parts, 
present, united, the appearance of an enormous head. This 
segment, or rather its dorsal plate, has the figure of a triangle, 
whose base is a little curved from the anterior edge of the 
corslet. We see near its middle, a small elevation, having on 
