THE TARANTULA. 



Tarantula. — Aran e a. 



The TarantiJa has the breast and belly 

 of an ash colour ; the legs are likewise ash 

 coloured, with blackish rings on the under 

 part : two of its eyes are larger than the 

 others, they are red and placed in the front ; 

 four other eyes are placed in a transverse 

 direction towards the mouth. It is a native 

 of Italy, Cyprus, Barbary, and the East 

 Indies. It lives in bare fields, where the 

 lands are fallow, but not very hard. Its 



