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followed by death, or tlie Tareiitismus, as it is called, and which 

 cannot be relieved but by the assistance of music and dancing. 

 Enlightened and judicious persons think that it is more neces- 

 sary to combat the terrors of the imagination, than the effects 

 of this poison, and medicine, besides, offers remedies more to 

 be relied on than those just mentioned. 



M. Chabrier has published (Soc. Acad, de Lille. 4e cahier) 

 some curious observations on the lycosa, tarantula of the 

 south of France. 



This genus is very numerous in species, but which are not 

 as yet very well characterized. 



Lycosa tarantula {Aran, tarantula, Linn., Fab.) Abbin. 

 Aran., tab. xxxix. Senguerd, de Tarent. About an inch in 

 length ; red under the abdomen, traversed in the middle by a 

 black band. 



The tarantula of the south of France {Lycose N arhonnaise , 

 Walck., Faun., Frang. Aran. I. 1 — 4.) is a little smaller, with 

 the under part of the abdomen very black, bordered with red 

 all round. 



An analogous species is found in the neighbourhood of 

 Paris, Lycose ouvriere (Fahrilis, Clerck,, Aran., Suec, pi. 4. 

 tab. ii., Walck., Faun., Fran9. aran. ii. 5.) 



L. Saccata, (Aran. Saccata, Lin., Araneus Amentatus, 

 Clerck. iv. tab. viii. Lister, tit. 25. fig. 25.) small, blackish ; 

 keel of the corslet of an obscure reddish, with an ashy line ; a 

 small bundle of grey hairs at the upper base of the abdomen, 

 feetofalivid red, intersected with blackish spots; cocoonflatted, 

 and greenish. Very common in the neighbourhood of Paris. 



We shall terminate this section with the subgenus 



Myrmecia, Lair., 



Which appears to conduct to the following, and of which we 

 have exposed the characters in the Annals of the Natural 

 Sciences, (vol. iii. p. 27.) The eyes form a short and broad 



