TOL. VI.] PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. COI 



as not of any importance in the present clay. Retaining however the table of 

 the 33 different kinds, as follows : 



A Table of the different Species of Spiders in England. 

 Aranei vel fila mittunt ut sunt qui aut praedandi causa texunt — 

 Fel reticula orbiadata, N° IX. 

 1. Araneus subflavus, alvo paululum acuminata inflexaque. 



I. Araneus rufus, cruciger, cui utrinque ad superiorem alvi partem velut 

 singula tubercula eminent. 



3. Araneus cinereus, pictura clunium in 5 fere partes divulsa, iisque plenis 

 admodum. 



4. Araneus flavus, quatuor albis, praeter picturam foliaceam, in clune maculis 

 insignitus. 



5. Araneus nigricans, clunibus ad similitudinem quemi folii pictis. 



6. Araneus ex viridi inauratus, alvo praetenui proceraque. 



7. Araneus cinereus, sylvarum incola, alvo in mucronem fastigiat^, seu 

 triquetrA. 



8. Araneus viridis, caudd nigris punctis superne notata, ipso ano croceo. 

 Q, Araneus pullus, cruciger in alvo plena. 



Plagas globatas, N° IV. ' 



10. Araneus variegatus, alvo orbiculat^. 



II. Araneus rufus, clunium orbiculatorum fastigio in modum Stellas radiato. 



12. Araneus pullus, domesticus. 



13. Araneus cinereus macula nigra in summis clunibus insignitus, minimus. 

 Telas sive linteamina, N° VIII. 



14. Araneus subflavus, pilosus, praelongis pedibus, domesticus. 



15. Araneus nigricans, praegrandi macula in summis clunibus, caeteriim 

 iisdem oblique virgatis, domesticus. 



16. Araneus fuligineus e Craven, insigni candore distinctus caudd bifurc^. 



17. Araneus subflavus, nigricantium macularum quadratarum catend in clu- 

 nibus insignitus, item cui utrinque ad clunium latera singulae obliquae virgulae 

 flavescentes. 



18. Araneus cinereus, maximus, cauda bifurca. 



19. Araneus niger aut castaneus, ^laber, clunibus summo candore in- 

 ter stinctis. 



By this method spiders are enabled to sail in the air during the autumnal season, and thus produce 

 the appearance called the gossamer, (though that name is also applied to other floating substances, as 

 thistle-down, &c. 



4. The thread of spiders in general is so extremely fine, that that of the silkworm may be con- 

 sidered as coarse in comparison. In some exotic species, however, it is said to be of considerable 

 strength. 



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