SPIDER. 



Canchipokmis. Abdomen globular, gibbous, with fix 

 Tpines round the margin. This is found in Jamaica. 



Venatoria. GlofTy-black, with a blackifh hairy abdo- 

 men. This is an American infeft, which fpins a large cy- 

 lindrical web under ground, which is covered with a lid ; 

 its bite is very painful, and frequently occafions fever, and 

 even delirium, which are however quickly removed by 

 fudorifics. 



13-GuTTATA. Black; abdomen rounded, and fpotted 

 with red. This is an Italian infeft. Its bite is faid to be 

 very pernicious ; it preys on crickets, which it encompafles 

 and ep.tangles in a web. 



* Latens. Black ; abdomen greyifh, with a black 

 interrupted dorfal line. It inhabits England, and fecietes 

 itfelf under a fmall web on the under furface of the leaves 

 of plants, and is a fmall infeft. 



SiGNATA. Greenifh ; fides of the thorax black ; abdo- 

 men with two black lines. It inhabits Kiel, in Germany. 



Mactans. Abdomen ovate, black, with a fcarlet dorf«l 

 line. This is an American infeft. There is a variety whofe 

 abdomen is diftinguilhed with two pair of fcarlet dots, and 

 a tail. 

 , CicuREA. Pale red, with a cinereous ovate abdomen. 

 This inhabits Germany, and is found in houfes. 



BicoRNis. The uifefts of this fpecies are yellowifh ; the 

 abdomen is deprelied, with fix imprefled dots ; the head is 

 two-horned. It inhabits Tranquebar. 



NiGRiTA. Black ; abdomen with two teftaceous dots 

 beneath. It inhabits Saxony, and is middle-fized. 



CoRNUTA. Brown ; abdomen oval, cylindrical, above 

 yellowifh-white, with four pair ef impreiled dots and four 

 parallel grey lines behind. This is found in America. It 

 ie about the fize of a man's finger ; the legs are long ; the 

 thorax truncate on each fide, and ending in two fmall horns 

 behind. 



B. Eyes placed • \ 



* Globos.\. Black ; abdomen globular, with crimfon 

 fides. It is found in the woods of England and other Eu- 

 ropean countries. The body is very fmall : the abdomen 

 with an interrupted white band in the middle ; the legs are 

 black ; the hind ones are the longer. 



C. Eyes placed •'..'• 



HouRiDA. Abdomen nearly triangular, the tip truncate 

 and obtuie, the four front legs are the longer. It inhabits 

 Germany, under the leaves of plants, and has a retrograde 

 motion ; it is of a fingular formation. 



Maxillosa. Ferruginous, with a greenifh abdomen ; 

 the legs are pale ; the mandibles large and projefling. Ic in- 

 habits the ifland of Santa Cruz. 



Smaragdula. Green ; abdomen paler, with a green 

 dorfal line at the bafe. It inhabits France. 



Latro. Thorax villous, cinereous ; abdomen acute, 

 black, with ferruginous fpots. It inhabits America. 



* Viatica. Brown, with a roundifh flat obtufe abdo- 

 men ; four hind-legs very fliort. It inhabits Europe, in gar- 

 dens and meadows, and is fmall. 



* DoMESTiCA. Abdomen ovate, brown, with five black 



I and nearly contiguous (pots, the anterior ones larger. It 

 inhabits Europe, is very common in lioufes and about win- 

 dows ; it preys chiefly on flies. 



Dorsata. Green ; abdomen brown on the back. It 

 inhabits Kiel. 



TtsTACEA. This is teilaceous ; the abdomen is fub- 



globular, dull greenifli. It is found in divers of the South 

 American iflands. 



* Trilineata. Abdomen ovate, whitifh, with three 

 longitudinal lines of blackifh dots. 



IdiPRESSA. Black ; abdomen ovate, with fix imprefled 

 dots, and two yellow dots beneath. It inhabits Norway, on 

 rocks. 



* L«viPES. Abdomen rhomboid, deprelied, and fpotted 

 with black ; the legs are extended and variegated. It is 

 found on walls in this country, and other parts of Europe. 



Tricuspidata. Greenifh ; abdomen white, with a red- 

 difh tail. It inhabits Saxony. Head, thorax, and legs, 

 greenifh ; eyes, efpecially the latter ones, elevated. 



D. Eyes placed ' ' ' 



Argentata. Abdomen white, and brown behind; the 

 margin fix-toothed. It inhabits America and the Ealt 

 Indies. Thorax filvery, the margin of the abdomen is 

 armed with three flrong fpines on each fide. 



E. Eyes placed 



Fasciata. Silvery ; abdomen with a yellowifh band ; 

 legs annulate with brown. It inhabits Madeira. 



* Angulata. Abdomen ovate, the fides angular and 

 acute on the fore-part ; the thorax has an excavated centre. 

 It inhabits our own country, and divers other parts of Eu- 

 rope, in trees, and fpins a web, which is perpendicular in its 

 pofition, and which varies very much in colour. 



*Diadema. Reddifh-brown ; abdomen gibbous, and 

 marked with white drop-fhaped fpots in the form of a crofs. 

 This is found in our own country in trees, and is reckoned a 

 very beautiful infeft. The body varies much in colour from 

 a darker to a lighter rcddilli-brown ; the legs arfr annulate 

 with brown. 



Marmorea. Brown; abdomen ovate, varied with white 

 and brown ; found chiefly on the European continent. Spins 

 its web on the ground ; the legs are yellow, annulate with 

 brown. 



Reticiil.vt.'V. Abdomen globular, reticulate, above pur- 

 plifli, clouded with brown, found chiefly in the gardens in 

 Europe. 



* CucuRBlTiNA. Abdomen fubglobular, yellow, with 

 a few black dots. It belongs to this and other European 

 countries, is found in trees, and fpins a lax web. 



Calycina. Abdomen globular, pale yillowifli. This 

 is an European iufcdt, and is found in the calyces of flowers 

 from which the coral has fallen, and fattens on bees and fliea 

 that come to extradt the ne<3ar. 



8-Punctata. Abdomen roundifh, yellow, with four 

 black railed dots on each fide ; tail rufous. It inhabits 

 Sweden, and is thought by fome writers not to belong to 

 this divifion. 



Bl-PUNCTATA. Abdomen globular, black, with two 

 hollow dots. It is found chiefly in windows in European 

 countries. 



RiPARiA. Abdomen ovate, black-bronze ; tail pale 

 yellow, and two-horned. It inhabits Sweden, on gravelly 

 fhores. 



* QuADRATA. Abdomen fubglobular, yellowifh-rufous, 

 with a white line at the bafe and lour fpots. It inhabits the 

 woods of Europe. It is fomewhat Icfs than the diadema, 

 and perhaps only a variety of it. 



LrruHATA. Teilaceous; abdomen pale black, with a 

 white margin and marks. Inhabits France. 



QuADUi-PUNCTAT.\. Abdomcu oblong ; the back black 



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