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FIRST LESSONS IN ZOOLOGY 



pursuers that lurk under stones, the fierce-eyed httle 

 black and red fellows hiding on the bark of trees, and 

 the daintil)' colored crab-like ones lying quietly in flower- 

 cups, belong to the non-web-weaving group. We shall 



Fro. 152. — A web-weaving spider. (Natural size; from life.) 



first consider those of this second group, which we may 

 call the hunting-spiders. 



Under stones or lurking in half-concealment elsewhere 

 on the ground ma)' be readil)' found certain blackish, 

 rather hairy, spiders, mostl)- of large size (fig. 153). 

 These are the running spiders, and the)- catch their pre\' 

 by swift running. Their legs are long, the hindmost 



Imi:. 153. — A t<-iiiali.' running spiiler (Lycosiiice) carrying its egg-sac about 

 att.ii.hi-ii 111 its spinnerets. (Natural size; ivom Jenkins ami Kellt->gg. ) 



pair being the Irmgest. Some of these spiders have the 

 body, exclusive of legs, an inch or even more in length. 



