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7. Phalangiiim. Head furnished with cheliforra feelers ; 



eyes^ two vertical, and two lateral ; abdomen rounded ; 



legs eight. 



This genus bear a considerable resemblance to the Aranece^ 

 several of the species being commonly known by the name of 

 long legged spiders, particularly the P. OpiliOj or Harvest 

 Spider ; they prey on smaller insects. 



8. Aranea. Spider. Mouth furnished with two horny 



hooked JazBs; /ee/er* two, jointed, in the female very 

 sharp pointed ; in the male club shaped ; eyes six or 

 eight ; antenncE wanting ; abdomen terminated with 

 papillce or teats, through which the Insect draws out its 

 web. 



But few animals are beheld with greater disgust than 

 Spiders : in every stage of their existence they prey with the 

 most unrelenting ferocity, on every animal they can over- 

 come, not sparing their own kinds. 



9. Scorpio. Scorpion. Jiody ovate, elongated ; eyes eight ; 



three on each side of the thorax, and two on the back : 

 legs eight ; frontal claspers or hands two jon the under- 

 side between the thorax and the abdomen, are two pec- 

 tinated ^roces^e* ; fa/Zelongated, jointed, and terminated 

 by a sharp crooked sting or piercer ^ having two valves^ 

 beneath near the tip. 



All the species of this genus are armed with a poisonous 

 Sting, but are not esteemed dangerous, except some of th« 



