BRITISH SPIDERS. 



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The female makes a cell for her cocoon, which is green 

 but slight in texture, by rolling 

 leaves, and tying them together by tlireads. 



CASE motions. 



VII. 



and large, but slight in texture, by rolling together two or three 



Family LYCOSID^. 

 Some particulars regarding this family (the wolf spiders) have 

 been already given in speaking of the Tarantula. There are 

 twenty-seven species belonging to it known to inhabit Britain, 

 some of which are similar in marking to the Tarantula, but none so 

 large. They construct no snares, but lead a vagabond and 

 hunter's life. The cocoon is peculiar, like two flat cups or 

 saucers joined together, which give way at the suture, and allow 

 of the escape of the young, which hang about the body of the 

 mother for about a fortnight, being dependent on her for food 

 until they are able to provide it for themselves. There are two 

 broods in the course of the year. 



No. 17. DoLOMEDEs FIMBRIATUS {CUrclS). — 17. Enlarged figure. 



This is a semi-aquatic spider, which has been called the raft 



Doloinedes finibriatus (slightly magnified). 



spider from its habits. It is one of the largest British spiders, is 

 of a brown colour, with a broad orange band encircling the upper 



