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The Natural Hiftory of JAMAICA. 
then from the Middle decreafing to the Avs; on the under Part of the 
Abdomen was one large yellow Linein its Middle, all che reft was of a 
dark brown or black, like Sattin ; the two fore and hinder Legs had their 
longeft firft Joint of a grey, or light brown Colour ; the Head wasa lirrle 
roundifh, whice and fhining, fo was above the half of the sbdomen, the 
other half being brown, yellow and white mixed; It had fix or eight 
Corners round the Abdomen, and feveral Tubercles or Rifings on the 
upper Part of the Belly ; It had two Eyes, was full of white {mall 
Eggs, and had a large fpiral Web, in the Centre of which it lay, having 
the two foremoft Pair of Legs and the two hindermoft extended, in 
Form of a St. Avdrew’s Crofs, at their Ends towards the Head for the molt 
Part, were two very broad waved Lines running a pretty Way into the 
Web. Tab. 235. Fig. 3. fhews this Spider as it lies 1 its Web. : 
This and the following one were together on a Hedge in one of the 
Streets of St.fago de la Vege. This lait is very common in the Savannas and 
about the Town amongit the Prickly-Pears, where a great many finall 
and great Webs are ufually together. | 
XV. Araneus Cancriformis minor Campefiris, reticulum [pirale texens, 
abdomine {upina parte albo, o& fex {pinulis ad latera obfito, quafi encaufto 
abducto, maculis nigris notato. Araneus parvulus, tefta clypeata tectus, inftar 
teftudini terreftris. Marcgr. p. 249. Tab. 235. Fig. 4, 
This Spider had eight very fhort Legs, four on one Side. and four‘on 
the other coming from the Thorax. It had two very fhort Claws about 
its Mouth, the Belly or under Part was of a brown Colour, fpotted 
with white, a little reddifh, the Head was red, and Legs of a brown 
and. white Colour, ic had on the upper Part or Back an oblong, fquare 
white Body, as it were enamel’d with black Spots round it, and four 
in a Square upon its Middle, the two oblong Ends being crofs the 
Spider and reaching beyond and over its’ Body, having on each Corner 
two fhore Prickles, as there was other two, in all] fix, on each Side of 
the Avus one. The Abdomen was very large in Refpect ot the Thorax 
and Head, and the joining of them together very fmall and flender ; ‘the 
two foremoft Legs and the hindermoft were longelt ; the Abdomen or 
hinder Part was’ not over an eighth Part .of ‘an {nch from the Head 
toward the Tail or longway’s, and about half an Inch crofs’ or in Breadth, 
It weaves a {mall fpiral Web in the Fields. 1! 
XVI. Araneus minor cinereus, compreffus, maculis fulcis notatus, pedibus 
long iffimis, Tab. 235. Fig. 5. 
A fmall, flat, grey Spider, with brown [mall Spots, and very long Legs. 
This Spider was one third of an Inch long, the Abdomen larger than 
the Thorax, a little flat, of a light brown or grey Colour, with {mall 
black or brown Spots, it had eight Legs, four on every Side, the fii lt 
Pair an Inch long, the Joints of a dark brown Colour, the two Pair of 
Legs in the Middle fhorteft, and the two Pair behind almoft as long as 
thole before, vz. about three Quarters of an Inch. 
[t is common again{t Limewalls in Corners where it fpreds fome few 
Threads in Lieu of a Web, and catches in it Wood Ants, oc. 
Ddd XVII. 
