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The male spider is usually much smaller than the 

 male; the latter lay their in silken c 



tarantula (Lycosa) usually lives in holes in the ground, and 

 sometimes conceals the opening b; with a few 



dead leaves. Tho common garden spider is . ijya- 



Fio. 189 — MygdU, T ■ r- 



ris. It lives about houses and in gardens; its geometrical 



web is very regular. The large trap-door spider {M 



lias four lu: sj-e - ad of two, as in the other spiders, 



and only two pairs of spinnerets. .'/ - H 



139) inhabits the Western plains and Utah; the gigantic 



