106 The Structure and Habits of Spiders. 



ends of the lobes can be seen like irregular 

 lumps. The first sign of growth is the divis- 

 ion into two, Fig. 6$, b. These divide into 



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four, into eight, and so on, Fig. 6$, c, d. At 

 first the divisions are all alike ; but at length 

 they divide into two kinds, — small ones, with a 



