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ARACHNIDA — ARANEAE 



twenty species of miuute spiders from sub-tropical regions. They 

 are eight-eyed, with short smooth legs, terminated by two claws 

 not dentated. The spinnerets are especially characteristic. 



Frodidomus (Miltia) includes fifteen species from the Medi- 

 terranean region, Africa, and America. Zimris is an Asiatic genus. 

 The single species of Eleleis (E. cfinita) is from the Cape. 



Fam. 14. Drassidae. — Elongate spiders with low cephalo- 

 thorax. Legs usually ratlier long, strong, and tapering, terminated, 



hy two pectinaie claws, 

 armed, with spines, and 

 scopulate. The hody is 

 smooth or short-haired 

 and frequently unicolor- 

 02CS and soinhre-coloured, 

 seldom ornate. The eyes, 

 normally eight, are in 

 two transverse rows. The 

 mouth parts (labium and 

 maxillae) are long. Spin- 

 nerets as a rule terminal, 

 and visible from ahove. 



This important family 

 includes a large number 

 of species from all parts 

 of the world, fifty -six 

 being natives of the 

 British Isles. There are 

 familiar examples in the 

 brown or mouse-coloured 

 spiders which scurry 

 away when stones are 

 raised, or when loose 

 bark is pulled off a tree. 

 The family may be 

 divided into seven sub- 

 families, of which four, Dkassinae, Olubioninae, Lioceaninae, 

 and MiCARiiNAE, are represented in this country. . 



(i.) The Drassinae include more than twenty genera, some 

 of which possess numerous species and have a wide distribution. 

 The following may be mentioned : — 



Fig. 205.— Drassid Spiders 

 2. Clubiona corticalis. 

 Micaria puUcaria. 



1. Brassus lapidosus. 

 3. ifo/M spinimana. 4. 



