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dence that it is so. They destroy their prey by crushing it 
with their palpi. 
Family Phrynid.® (Phryn'i-dse). 
The Tailless Whip-scorpions. 
This family is represented in our fauna by the genus 
Phrynus (Phry'nus), the members of which are smaller than 
the Giant Whip-scorpion. In this family the front legs 
are even more whip-lash-like than in the preceding family; 
the whole body is relatively shorter and broader; the 
abdomen is joined to the thorax by a slender stalk, and 
the tail-like appendage is lacking. 
Order PHALANGIDEA (Phal-an-gid'e-a). 
The Harvestmen, or Daddy Long Legs. 
The Harvestmen are very common in most parts of 
the United States. They are well known to children in 
this country under the name Daddy Long Legs, but as this 
name is also sometimes applied to Crane-flies, Harvestmen 
jg preferable. In some sections of the country the Har¬ 
vestmen arc known as Grandfather Graybeards. 
Most Harvestmen can be recognized by their very long 
and slender legs (Fig. 12), although some species have 
comparatively short ones. The cephalothorax is indistinctly 
if at all segmented. The abdomen is short, broad, consists 
