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ARACHNIDA.
KOCH, LUDWIG. Die europaischen Arten der Arachnidengattung
Cheiracanthium. Abh. Ges. Niirnb. 1864, pp.
137-162,
. Die Arachnidengattungen Amaurobius, Coelotes und
Cybeeus. Abh. Ges. Niirnb. 1868, pp. 1-52, 2 Taf.
These papers were noticed in the " Review of Publications," Zool. Rec.
vi. p. 142, but not in the " Special Part." Containing full descriptions of
the species (including some new to science), together with the characters
of the genera, it is thought proper to notice them again now.
. Beitrage zur Kenntniss dor Arachidenfauna Tyrols.
Z. Ferd. 1869, pp. 149-206.
Contains characters of a new genus, Hoplites, fam. Opilionides, with 17
new species of Phalangidea, and 16 of Araneidea.
. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Arachnidenfauna Galiziens.
JB. Ges. Krakau, xii. 1870, pp.
Gives a catalogue of the Arachnida of Galicia captured by Prof. Nowicki,
chiefly at Bukowina and the Tatragebirge. Comprises 169 species of
Araneidea (of which 18 are described as new), 16 species of Phalangidea
(1 being described as new), and 4 species of Acaridea.
MTNTYRE, L. J. Cheyleti. Sc. Goss. No. 109, p. 5.
Describes with great force and vividness the carnivorous habits of Cheyletus,
a genus of Acarids. Two species are described, but neither is named
or specifically determined.
. Pseudo-scorpions. Sc. Goss. No. 59, pp. 243-247.
Details at length some interesting facts relative to the economy and structure
of Obisium and Chelifer.
METSCHXIKOFF, ELIAS. Embryologie des Scorpions. Z. wiss.
Zool. Bd. xxi. pp. 204-232, Taf. xiv.-xvii.; also separate,
pp. 1-29, and 4plates. Leipzig: 1870.
Reviews shortly the works on this subject of John Muller, Rathke,
Duvernoy, L. Dufour, and Ganin, and traces the embryo of Scorpio italicus
from the earliest period of its development.
NOWICKI, M. Beschreibung neuer Arthropoden. JB. Ges.
Krakau, 1870, p.
Describes a new species of Phalangidea.
PACKARD, A. S., Junr. A chapter on Mites. Am. Nat. iii.
pp. 364-173, pi. 6.
A general paper on the structure, habits, and economy of some of the
Acarids. The author, p. 305, states his object to be " to indicate a few of
the typical forms of mites, and sketch, with too slight a knowledge to speak
with much authority, an imperfect picture of their appearance and mode of