PHOLCUS. 



34- P. phalangioides. -'a in. long. Pale whitish. Legs ij~ inches long. 

 Side eyes bunched in threes ; the middle ones almost invisibly 

 small. 



35. Sfenna/'/iora incridioiialis. ^ in. long. 

 Pliolcus, but has onlv six eves. 



Resembles a miniature 



THE WHEEL OR ORB-WKB SPIDERS. 



The most observed and best known of the spiders. Their eyes are 

 widely spread over their foreheads ; the two outside pairs of eyes are 

 far from the two centre pairs. The legs are generally short and stout, 

 the first and second pairs usually the longest. Their circular nets 

 are placed perpendicularly, the threads spreading from the centre like 

 the spokes of a wheel, and covered by an adhesive, sticky thread wind- 

 ing spiral-like from near the centre to the outer edge. The spider 

 watches the net from the centre or in a tent, curled leaf, or crevice con- 

 nected by threads with the web. 



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