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HOMES WITHOUT HANDS. 



are to be found among the Lepralia, plenty of which are to be 

 found on any sea-coast, spreading over the fronds and stems of 

 sea-weeds, and sometimes entirely hiding their surface. Farther 

 information may be obtained by reference to works on Natural 

 History, and especially to the admirable monograph on this sub- 

 ject, written by Mr. Bush, which forms part of the Catalogue of 

 the British Museum. 



The names of the different objects are as follows : 



1. Farciminaria aculeata. 



2. Lepralia reticulata. 



3. Gattyae. 



4. Cupularia Lowei. 



5. Bicellaria gracilis. 



6. Buskia nitens. 



7. Lepralia alata. 



8. Catenicella perforata. 



9. Lepralia spinifera. 



10. Crisia eburnia (magnified). 



11. (natural size). 



12. Flustra foliacea (magnified). 



13. (nat. size). 



The second aquatic habitation is of a very curious character, 

 and is made by a spider. The reader will remember that the 

 water spider is in the habit of constructing beneath the water a 

 permanent home, to which it retires with the prey which it has 

 caught, and in which it brings up its young. There is another 

 spider which frequents the water, but which only makes a tem- 

 porary and movable residence. This is the Raft Spider (Dolo- 

 medes Jimbriatus), which is represented in the illustration of its 

 natural size. 



Kaft .Spider. 



As may be seen by reference to the figure, it is a large species, 

 being, indeed, one of the largest British spiders, its size depend- 



