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Ph. phalangioides , Walck., Hist, des Aran., fasc. V, tab. x; 
Araignee domestique a longues pattes, Geotf. The body long, 
narrow, pale yellowish or livid, and pubescent ; abdomen nearly 
cylindrical, very soft, and marked above with blackish spots; 
very long, slender legs ; a whitish ring round the extremity of 
the thighs and tibiae. Common in houses, where it spins a web 
of a loose texture, in the angles of the walls. The female cements 
her eggs into a round naked mass, which she carries between 
her mandibles. 
M. Dufour has found a second species, the Pholqiie d queue 
— Ann. des Sc. Phys. V, Ixxvi, 2, — in the clefts of the rocks in 
Moxente, Valencia. Its abdomen terminates in a conical point, 
and thus forms a sort of tail, like that of the Epeira conica. Like 
the preceding species, it balances its body and feet. The genital 
organs of the male are very complex. 
In the third section of the sedentary rectigrade spiders, the Orbi- 
TEL^, or Araignees Tendeuses of others, the external fusi are almost 
conical, slightly salient, convergent, and form a rosette; the legs are 
slender, as in the preceding section, but the jaws are straight and 
evidently wider at their extremity. 
The first pair of legs, and then the second, are always the longest. 
There are eight eyes thus arranged : four in the middle forming a 
quadrilateral, and two on each side. 
The Orbitelae approach the Inequitelse in the size, softness, and 
diversity of colour of the abdomen, and in their short term of exist- 
ence ; but their web is a regular piece of net-work, composed of con- 
centric circles, intercepted by straight radii diverging from the 
centre, where they almost always remain, and in an inverted position, 
at the circumference. Some conceal themselves in a cell or cavity 
which they have constructed near the margin of the web, which is 
sometimes horizontal, and at others perpendicular. Their eggs are 
agglutinated, very numerous, and inclosed in a voluminous cocoon. 
The threads which support the web, and which can be extended 
one-fifth of their length, are used for the division of the micrometer. 
This observation was communicated to us by M. Arrago. 
Linyphia, Lat. 
The Linyphiae are well characterized by the disposition of their 
eyes ; four in the middle form a trapezium, the posterior side of 
which is widest, and is occupied by two eyes much larger and more 
distant ; the remaining four are grouped in pairs, one on each side, 
and in an oblique line. The jaws are only widened at their superior 
extremity. 
They construct on bushes a loose, thin, horizontal web, attaching 
to its upper surface, at different points, or irregularly, separate 
threads. The animal remains at its inferior portion, and in a reversed 
position*. 
* Linyphia triangularis, Walck., Hist, des Aran., V, ix, female ; Aranea resupina 
sylvestris, De Geer; Aranea Montana, L. ; Clerck., Aran. Suec., pi. lil, Tab. 1 ; — 
Aranea resupina domcstica, De Geer. 
