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ARACHNOIDEA. 



CASE chambers. The walls also gradually get thicker until they look 

 like a complicated mass of irregular web running in every direc- 

 tion. This is the nest or web of an Agelena. 



No. 22. Tegenaria guyonii {Gue7\)y Tegenaria domestica, " BI.—22. Enlarged 

 sketch. 



Not unlike the preceding, but with larger legs. 



Tegenaria guyonii (somewhat enlarged). 



The Tegenarise are the spiders that spin their webs in the 

 angles of walls, in outhouses and neglected rooms, and come 

 especially under the cognizance of the house-maid. From their 

 position their web is usually a horizontal triangular sheet with 

 a short little tube or nest at the inner angle. With occasional 

 repairs it will last a considerable time. 



Family SCYTODID.E, 

 The Scytodidse prefer warm countries. They are of moderate 

 size and have long legs, but are slow in their motions and feebly 

 armed. One or two females have been taken in Britain, but as 

 yet no males. 



