CTENUS,. ARACHNIDES. 201 



long and slender, the first pair longest, then the fourth and 

 second ; tarsi short, with no brush beneath ; eyes disposed in 

 four transverse lines, forming an elongate hexagon. 



O. variegatus, Lat. Body hairy and gray, variegated with red and 

 white ; legs pale reddish, spotted with brown. Inhabits France. 

 Lai. Gen. i. 116. 



Gen. 27. CTENUS, Lat. Walck. 



Maxillae straight ; lip very much shorter than the maxillae; eyes 

 disposed in three transverse lines, forming an angulated curv- 

 ed line ; feet elongated, the first pair longest. 



C. ambiguus, Lat. Sup. Encyc. Brit. i. 441. 



Gen. 28. LYCOSA, Lat. Aranea, Lin. 



Maxillae straight, anteriorly convex, externally somewhat arcu- 

 ated ; apex obliquely truncated, forming almost an inverted tri- 

 angle ; lip elongated, quadrate ; feet strong, the fourth pair 

 longest, then the second; the third shortest ; eyes quadrilateral. 



L. tarentula, Lat. Body above cinereous fuscous j mandibles and 

 palpi ferruginous towards their middle, their tips black ; thorax 

 with a radiated dorsal line and margins grayish ; abdomen with 

 trigonal spots anteriorly, beneath bright saffron colour, with a 

 transverse black band. Southern Europe Lat. Gen. i. 119. 

 This species is the celebrated Tarentula Spider, of which such marvellous accounts 



have been given, and of which the bite is said to be cured by music, and by making 



the patient dance till a profuse perspiration is produced. 



L. saccata, Lat. Smoky black above, with a cinereous pubescence ; 

 carina of the thorax obscure reddish ; base of the abdomen with a 

 small bundle of grayish hairs ; legs livid red, with blackish spots. 

 Inhabits Europe. B. Common. Lister, Aran. pi. 25. 

 The female carries about her ova in a greenish bag. 



Gen. 29- DOLOMEDES, Lat. Aranea, Fab. 

 Maxillae straight, oval, quadrate, the apex externally rounded, 

 internally obliquely truncated ; lip somewhat square, the dia- 

 meters nearly equal, and the points of the angles rounded ; 

 feet elongated, the fourth pair longest ; tarsi without brushes 

 below ; group of eyes quadrilateral. 



D. mirabilis, Lat. Pale reddish, covered with grayish down ; thorax 

 heart-shaped, sloping abruptly before ; anterior angles and dor- 

 sal line whitish ; abdomen conical, suboval. Inhabits woods in 

 Europe. The female carries about her ova in a dirty orange co- 

 loured bag Lat. Gen. i. 117- 



FAMILY VI. SALTIGRADA. 



Legs proper for leaping ; eyes forming a quadrilateral group, 

 either single or double, the smaller within the other. 



Gen. 30. ERESUS, Lat. Aranea, Lin. 

 Maxillae straight, longitudinal, subcuneiform; legs strong, short, 



