dibulae very long. Making a spiral web with concentric 

 threads. Two species, inhabiting the vicinity of water. .The 

 form of one of the species is rendered horrible, by the size of 

 its mandibular, which are longer than the cephalothorax, and 

 armed with numerous prongs, and with fangs which are nearly 

 as long, so that the jaws nearly equal in length the rest of the 

 body. The males are better and more stoutly armed than the 

 females. 



Epeira, (Walck\). 



Eyes 8, PI. 13, fig. 88 ; legs 1. 2. 4. 8. lingua short, rounded ; 

 maxillre short, rounded. Making a spiral web with concentric 

 threads. Twenty-six species. These spiders are known to 

 every body. They are seen towards night busily engaged in 

 making their admirably contrived webs, in the middle of which 

 they wait for their prey during the night, but usually take 

 shelter during the day under some leaf or crevice, furnished 

 with a tent made of loose threads. The endless variety of 

 forms and habits of the species of this genus, have given rise 

 to natural subdivisions, which are useful, as the number of 

 species is very great. Many have thorns, tubercles and vari- 

 ous projections, which give them a fantastic appearance. The 

 form of their cocoons also varies much. Some attach them to 

 their web in a string. 



Mimetus, (Mihi). 



Eyes 8, PI. 18, fig. 33 ; legs long, slender, 1. 2. 4. 3. lingua 

 short, triangular; maxillae long, slender, pointed at tip, inclined 

 over the lingua ; mandibular very long and slender. Making a 

 double web, like that of Theridium and that of Epeira con- 

 nected. The spiral regular web is attached behind by innumer- 

 able threads to the irregular one, in the upper part of which 

 a tent is constructed with dried leaves, [105] under which the 

 spider takes shelter in the day time. One species, M. xyUspsi- 



