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ARACHNIDA ARANEAE 



CHAP. 



That these scuta are sometimes indicative of an obsolete 

 segmentation would seem likely from the study of the remarkable 



species, Tetrablemma mediae u- 

 latum (Fig. 17G), described by 

 Pickard - Cambridge, from 

 Ceylon. In addition to large 

 dorsal and ventral scuta, the 

 sides and posterior extremity 

 are guarded by smaller scuta, 

 the disposition of which is 

 well seen in the figure. 



The normal smooth ab- 

 domen presents dorsally no 

 very striking features. In 

 FIG. 175. Spider profiles, i, Poitys ideae ,- species of variegated colora- 



2, rhoroncidia 7 -aculeata ; 3, Ariamnes j on there is V61T generally 



tlinu'lliini ; 4, Stegosoma testudo ; 5, For- 



micinoides bmsiliana. noticeable a median deiitated 



band (Fig. ITS), the "normal 



marking " of some writers, which would appear to have some 

 correlation with the underlying dorsal vessel. Beneath the 

 abdomen are to be seen the orifices of the breathing and genital 

 organs, the spinnerets, and 

 the anal aperture upon its 

 tubercle. 



The breathing organs are, 



as will be explained later, of n c; . 176. Tetrablemma medi\>n<l<tfnm, much 



tWO kinds, lung-books and enlarged A, Posterior view ; B profile, 



. . snowing the scuta. (After Cambridge.) 



tracheae. The great majority 



of Spiders possess only two lung-books, and their transverse, slit- 

 like openings (" stigmata " or " spiracles ") may be seen 011 either 

 side of the anterior part of the abdomen. Where, as in the 

 Theraphosae, there are four lung-books, the second pair open by 

 similar slits a short distance behind the first. According to 

 Hertkau, pulmonary sacs are entirely lacking in the genus Nops. 



The tracheae generally debouch by a single median stigma 

 towards the posterior end of the abdomen, just in front of the 

 spinnerets. This opening clearly results from the fusion of two 

 stigmata, which in some species retain their paired arrangement. 



On a level with the openings of the anterior lung-books or 

 pulmonary sacs there is usually observable a slight transverse 



