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MicROGRAHPIA. 
the parts.of a Crab, which this little creature does in many things, vety 
much refemble; the curiofityof whofe contrivance,f have in another place 
examin’d...I omit the defcription of the horns, AA, of the mouth, LL; — 
which feem’d like that of a Crabi;. the fpeckledinefs of his fhell,, which 
proceeded from a kind of feathers or hairs, and the hairinefs'of his 
f is large thorax. and little belly, and the like, they being manifeft 
the Figure ;,and fhall onely take notice that the three parts of the:body, 
namely, the, head,breaft,and belly,are in this creature ftrangely confus'd, 
- fo that ‘tis difficult to determine which is which,as they are alfa ina Crab; 
and indeed, this feemsto be nothing elfe, but am Air-crab, being made 
more light and nimble, proportionable to the #edéwe wherin it refides; 
and.as Air feems to have but one thoufandth part of the body of Water,fo 
does this Spider feem not to be a thoufandth part of the bulk of aCrab, 
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Obferv, XL VIII. Of the bunting Spider,and everal other forts 
of Spiders. de 
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APtHie Inmting Spider. is. a fmall. grey Spider, prettily befpeck’d. with 
ac all over its body, which the Adicrofcope difcoversto be a 
kind, of feathers like thofe on Butterflies: wings, or the body of the 
white Moth I lately defcribd.. Its.gate is very nimble by fits; Sometimes 
running, and fometimes leaping, like a Grafhopper almoft,then ftanding 
ftill, and fetting it felf on its hinder leggs, it will very nimbly turn its 
| body; and look round it felf every way : It has fix very confpicuous 
" eyes, two looking directly forwards, plac'd juft before ; two other, on 
either fide of thofe, looking forward and fide-ways;and two other about 
the middle of the topof its back or head, which look backwards and 
fide-wards'; thefe feem'd to be the biggeft. The furface of them all was 
very black,f{pharical, purely polith’d, refleCting a very cleer and diftin& 
Image of all the ambient objets, fuch as a window,a man’s hand,a white 
Paper, or the like. Some other properties of thisSpider, obferv'd. bythe — 
moft accomplifh’d Mr, Evelyz, in his travels in Italy,, are moft empha- 
tically fet forth in the Hiftory hereunto annexed, which hewas pleas 
upon my defire to fend me in writing. maint o3 sida 
Of all the forts of Infeés, there is none has afforded'me 
more divertifements then the Venatores, which are a fort of Lupi 
that have their Denns in the rugged walls, and. crevices. of our 
houfes ; a fmall brown and delicately fpotted kind of Spiders, | 
whofe hinder leggs are longer then the reft. BA geile 
Such I did frequently obferve at Rome, which efpying a Fly 
at three or four yards diftance,upon the Balcony: (where Boa 
