86 WHAT MR. DARWIN SAW. 



INDIAN OCEAN. 



through which the sting is thrust out by the living wasp. 

 I drove the spider away two or three times, but for the 



THE SPIDER (Lycosa gyrophora}. 



next twenty-four hours I always found it again sucking at 

 the same place. It became much swollen by the juices of 

 its prey, which was many times larger than itself. 



THE CRAB. 



THERE is found on Keeling Island a crab which lives 

 on the cocoa-nuts: it is very common on all parts of the 



