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7. Pha!anghcm, Head furnished with cheliform feelers ; 

 ej/es, two Tertical, and two lateral ; abdomen rounded ; 

 legs eight. 



This genus bear a considerable resemblance to the Aranece^ 

 several of the species being commonly known by the name of 

 long legged spiders, particularly the P. Opilio^ or Haryest 

 Spider ; they prey on smaller insects. 



S. Aranea. Spider. Moulk furnished with two horny 

 hooked jaa>5; /ee/ers two, jointed, in the female TCry 

 sharp pointed ; in the male club shaped ; eyes six or 

 eight ; antenna: wanting ; abdomen terminated with. 

 papillce or teats, through which the Insect draws out its 

 web. 



But few animals are beheld with greater disgust than 

 Spiders : in every stage of their existence they prey with the 

 most unrelenting ferocity, on every animal they can over-" 

 come, not sparing their own kinds. 



9. Scorpio. ScoRPiox. Body ovate, elongated ; eyes eight | 

 three on each side of the thorax, and two on the back : 

 legs eight ; frontal claspers or hands two ;on the under- 

 side between the thorax and the abdomen, are two pec- 

 iiaated processes ; tail elongated, jointed, and terminated 

 by a sharp crooked sting or pigrcer, having two valvt'tj 

 beneath near the tip. 



All the species of this genus are armed with a poisonoui 

 sting, but are not esteemed dangerou«<, «xcept 8«ib« of tbe 



