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with 3. 4. Cteninae, Ctenus in all warm regions. 5. Liocraninae, Lio- 

 cranum Europe. Asia and America, (i. Micariinae, Micaria Europe, Asia 

 and America. 7. Corinninae, Corinna Africa, Europe and Asia. 



Fain. 33. Agelenidae. (Fig. 541.) Cephalothorax oval, caput distinguished 

 from the thorax by lines ; chelicerae convex and vertical ; abdomen oval ;: 

 the spinnerets pressed together ; 

 tarsi 3-clawed ; legs unequal, the 

 3rd pair is the shortest. Sedentary 

 spiders which weave large webs 

 ending at one point or another in 

 a cylindrical retreat. They are 

 common in cellars and outhouses. 

 There are 4 sub-families : 1. 

 Nicodaminae, Nicodamus New Hol- 

 land and Tasmania. 2. Cybaeinae, 

 Desis is marine living amongst 

 Madrepores in the Indian and 

 Pacific Oceans, Argyroneta is the 

 common water spider which lives in 

 fresh-water throughout Europe and 

 Asia. 3. Ageleninae, Agelena widely 

 distributed is common in England 

 as ^4. labyn'nthica on the sides of 

 banks and ditches ; Tegenaria (Figs. 

 533, 542) cosmop. has 7 British 

 species ; Coelotes, also British, lives 

 under stones. 4. Hahniinae, spin- 

 nerets arranged in one row, four or 

 five species of the widely distributed 

 Hahnia occur in our Islands. 



Fam. 34. Pisauridae. Inter- 

 mediate between the Agelenidae 

 and Lycosidae. Hairy spiders with 

 long legs ; abdomen oval but rather 

 pointed behind, the anterior spin- 

 nerets are very thick. There are 

 numerous genera with few species. 

 Pisaura (Fig. 543) Eur., Asia, Africa. 

 P. mirdbilis occurs in British woods 

 and commons ; Dolomedes with a 

 like wide distribution occurs in the genus ; D. fimbriatus in our marshes. 



Fam. 35. Lycosidae. '' The wolf-spiders " which pursue their prey 

 by running, and carry the egg-cocoons attached to the under side of their 

 abdomen. Cephalothorax longer than broad ; abdomen oval and short ; 

 legs moderately long, the 4th pair being the longest ; eyes in three rows. 

 Many wolf-spiders form no retreat, others burrow in the ground. Lycosa, 

 an enormous and cosmopolitan genus, including the true tarantula spiders, 

 has some twenty British species ; Pardosa with a similar distribution 

 is also well represented in the United Kingdom. 



Fam. 3(i. Senoculidae. Abdomen long : legs long and unt-(|ual : 

 anterior spinnerets remarkably thick ; tliree claws. This family contains 

 only the South and Central American genus Senocidux. 



Fam. 37. Oxyopidae. Cephalothorax narrows anteriorly : 



FIG. 541. An Agelenid Spider (Cmnbridgea 

 fasciata, Koch). Adult male. 1-1 seven 

 joints of leg. 



