. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Traced, in the form of a muzzle or beak. The majority have eight legs, the others six.* This family is composed of two tribes. The first tribe is that of the harvest-men, Phalangita, Latr., having the chelicerae very apparent, either projecting in front of the trunk or being inferior, but always terminating in a didactyle forceps, preceded by one or two joints. They have two filiform palpi of five joints, the last terminated by a small hook; two dist
. The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Traced, in the form of a muzzle or beak. The majority have eight legs, the others six.* This family is composed of two tribes. The first tribe is that of the harvest-men, Phalangita, Latr., having the chelicerae very apparent, either projecting in front of the trunk or being inferior, but always terminating in a didactyle forceps, preceded by one or two joints. They have two filiform palpi of five joints, the last terminated by a small hook; two distinct eyes; two maxillae, formed by the prolongation of the basal joint of the palpi, and often four others, composed merely of the dilated coxae of the two anterior pairs of feet. The body is oval or rounded, covered, at least upon the thorax, by a more solid skin. The abdomen exhibits the appearance of foldings. The legs are long, always eight in number, and divided distinctly, in the manner of those of insects. Many {Phalangium) have, at the base of the two posterior feet, two spira- cles, one on each side, but hidden by the coxa;. The majority live on the ground, upon plants, or at the roots of trees, and they are very active; others hide themselves beneath stones, or in moss. Phalangium, Linn., has the chelicerae projecting, much shorter than the body, and the eyes placed upon a common tubercle. The legs are very long and slender, and, when detached from the body, they exhibit signs of irritability for a few moments. Ph. cornutum, Linn., male ; Ph. opilio, Linn., female; and other native species. Consult, also, the monographs of this genus published by Latreille at the end of his llist. Fig. 37.—Phalangium cornutum. Nat. des Fourmis; Herbst. and Hermann, Mem. Apte'rolog. Gongleptes, Kirby, has the palpi spined, with the two terminal joints nearly equal-sized ; and the coxae of the hind pair of legs are very large, and soldered together, forming a plate beneath the body. T
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