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The two spiders en the top of the wall are of the tribe called " Hunters," as 

 opposed to " Sedentaries," or such as construct snares and sit within or beside 

 them. That on the right, with zebra-like stripes, is the Salticus scenicus ; 

 opposite, is a nearly resembling species; and climbing the Wall-flower, is a 

 beautifully-coloured geometric Web-Weaver. 



SPIDERS IN THEIR ANALOGIES WITH OTHER 

 ORDERS OF CREATION. 



E have had occasion to notice already a variety 

 of correspondencies observable between in- 

 sects and the higher, or larger, orders of 

 animated creation. In the gentle, as well as 

 predaceous tribes, this resemblance is trace- 

 able ; but with reference especially to habits of destructiveness, 

 the Spider alone, in its different species, affords the most striking 

 parallel and prototype of all destructive beings, from man him- 



