OF INSECTS AND KEPTILES. 



under part of the body is of a rhomboidal or deprefTed fhape, 

 roundifh towards the anus ; of a very dark grey, elegantly varie- 

 gated with a gold-yellow. The upper part is adorned with the 

 fame variegations, in beautiful wavy flreaks lengthways. The 

 legs expand tranfverfely, at diftances, variegated with the fame 

 colours, in beautiful alternate rings or circles. I met with this 

 here defcribed under a large coal-cinder on a {lone-wall at the 

 Roman ftation of Caervorran. I have had thefc two many years in 

 fpirits. 



3. The fnbglobofe yellow Spider, 'with biackfpott (c), is not unfre- 

 quent in tonfed hollies, and other clofe headed fhrubs, in gar- 

 dens. The thorax is of a pale yellow, with a flreak of black on 

 each fide ; the reft of the body of a pale or greenifli yellow, ele- 

 gantly fpotted with black. The female fits over her ova in a 

 loofe net of her own weaving, and though timorous at other 

 times, with difficulty is then made to move, and fliun danger. 

 I met with this here defcribed in the head of a variegated holly. 



Thefe little creatures are patterns and models of induftry, and 

 curious reticular works, excelling fometimes the fineftjmt'z ; fur- 

 nifhed with materials out of the ftore-houfe of their own bodies ; 

 beftowed by nature to enable them to get their living, and with 

 which both gloves and dockings have been made by the French 

 virtuofi *. 



Aranea abdomine rhomboide depreflb, pedibus tranfterfaliter extenfis variegatis. Linn. 

 Faun. Suec. p. 351. n. 1217. 



(t) Araneus viridis, cauda nigris punflis utrinque ad marginem fuperne notata, ipfo ano 

 croceo. Lift. Aran. p. 34. f. 5. Raj. Inf. p. 20. n. 8. Aranea pallida } abdomine fub- 

 globofe flavo; pundis quibufdam ni-gris. Linn. Faurii Suec. p. 353. n. 1224. 



* Reaumtr. Inf. 



4. The 



