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which are whitish, the joints tipped with black. Male with 

 nearly the same marks, very black beneath. Attains a very 

 large size. 



Observations. This spider has the same habits as L. fa- 

 tifera^ making deep excavations in the ground. It is fre- 

 quently found under stones, and possibly it is in such places, 

 nearer the surface, that the eggs are hatched. The female 

 carries her young on her back, presenting a hideous aspect, 

 being then apparently covered with animated warts. The 

 little monsters have the instinct, if the mother is much dis- 

 turbed, to escape and scatter in all directions. The male, not 

 unfrequently of an enormous size, is often found wandering 

 in October and November, in Alabama, and sometimes enters 

 houses. 



Habitat. North Carolina, Georgia. North Alabama. 



PI. VIII. Fig. 9. L. (Tarantula) Caroiinensis ? a. One leg, seen underneath. 



Art. XVIL— descriptions OF THE FISHES OF LAKE ERIE, 

 THE OHIO RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. By Jared 



P. KiRTLAND, M. D. 



[Continued from page 26.] 

 COREGONUS. CuV. 



C. Artedi. Le Sueur. The Herring-Salmon. 



Coregonus artedi. Le Sueur. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sciences, p. 23L 

 " " Richardson. Fauna Boreali-Amer., p. 203. 



" '' Kirtland. Report on the Zoology of Ohio, p. 193. 



Plate IX. Fig. L 



Le Sueur's description of this species, contained in the first 

 volume of the " Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 of Philadelphia," I copy entire. 



'' C. Artedi. Body sub-fusiform, a little elevated at the 

 back ; head small, having an osseous radiated plate, which is 

 covered by the skin ; snout pointed. 



