SPIDER. 



FuLVATA. Black ; hind margin of the thorax fulvous ; 

 abdomen with three fulvous bands. It inhabits Cayenne. 



PuBESCENs. Abdomen ov.ite, brown, with four cine- 

 reous fpots, the hind ones larger. It inhabits Leipfic. 



ClNEREA. Cinereous ; abdomen brown on the back, 

 with eight cinereous dots. It is found on the fhorcs of the 

 Baltic. 



Trilienata. Brown ; thorax with a paler margin, and 

 lateral dorfal line ; abdomen ovate, cinereous ; beneath 

 brown. It inhabits Naples. 



Tarantula. Abdomen with triangular black fpots on 

 the back ; the legs are fpotted with black. This is found 

 in the foulhern parts of Europe, but chiefly in Italy, and 

 likewiie in Barbary, in cool caverns, and is the infeft whofe 

 bite was long fuppofod to be curable by mufic only. It 

 is generally admitted to be partially poifonous, but never 

 fatal. Sec Tarantula. 



H. Eyes placed 



AvictJLARlA. Thorax orbicular, convex, with a tranf- 

 verfe central excavation. Found among trees in South 

 America, where it preys upon larger infefts, and even upon 

 fmall birds, dropping into their nefls, and fucking their 

 blood and eggs. It is faid to be of fo enormous a fize, 

 that its fangs are equal to the talons of a hawk ; and its eyes 

 are capable of being fet in the manner of glaffes, and ufed 

 as microfcopes. 



I. Eyes placed . . : : . . 



PuLCHRA. Oval-oblong ; thorax villous, white ; ab- 

 domen and legs black, with yellow bands. It inhabits 

 Helvetia. 



K. Eyes placed \ \ 



GoEZll. Black ; abdomen ovate ; front white. It 

 fprings on its prey, and is ufually found in the woods of 

 Vienna. The abdomen is marked with two imprelleddots. 



L. Eyes placed \\ , , 



TruncatA. Grey, ferruginous, (lightly clouded ; tho- 

 rax globular, and (lightly hcart-fhaped ; the abdomen is 

 fomething triangular, and marked with an obfolcte longi- 

 tudinal crofs. It is found in Germany, on oak and other 

 trees. 



M. Eyes placed .'.'.'. 



CoNicA. Abdomen ovate, obfcurely conic behind, va- 

 ried with brown and whitifh, and black beneath. This, 

 like the laft, is found in the woods of Germany, and fpins 

 a labyrinthical web. 



N. Eyes placed : 



Albifrons. Hairy; body ovate, and variegated with 

 black and chefnut-brown. It inhabits Luface. 



O. Eyes placed "'.'.' 



Taurus. Abdomen flat, with two very long curved 

 fpincs. Found chiefly at St. Domingo. 



Arcuata. Brown ; abdomen with fix fpines, the middle 

 ones curved, and lix times as long as the body. This is 

 found in the Fall Indies, and is a fmall infeft. 



Makulata. Tiiorax filvery ; abdomen cylindrical; 

 legs very long and black. It inhabita China. 



PiLiPES. Brown ; abdomen cylindrical, with filvery 

 lines ; legs very long and hairy. It inhabits the Fall Indies, 

 and is a large infeft. 



Mvoi'A. Greenifh ; abdomen red on the back, with a 

 few black dots ; the fides are yellowifh. It inhabits Kiel. 

 This is a beautiful infeft ; the mandibles are tipt with 

 black ; the thorax with two darker lines ; abdomen ovate, 

 pubefcent ; textorial papilla: tipt with black ; legs long, 

 pale greenifli ; the forc-fhanks tipt with black. 



LoNGiPES. Black ; abdomen cylindrical, brown, with 

 fix imprelled dots ; the legs are very long. It inhabits 

 Auftralafia. 



RuFiPES. Ferruginous ; abdomen ovate, pale cine- 

 reous ; legs rufous. It inhabits Morocco. 



* Senoculata. Abdomen greenifh, with black dots, 

 and a yellow line on the fides. It is found in gardens and 

 on walls. 



ScoPULORUW. Abdomen brown, with a pinnate white 

 dorfal line. It inhabits Norway, and is found on rocks. 



Lusea. Pale ; abdomen filvery, with black branched 

 lines. It inhabits Tranquebar. 



Parallela. Brown; fides of the thorax and abdomen 

 white ; mandibles projcfting and parallel. It inhabits the 

 American iflands. 



ScROFA. Hairy, brown ; abdomen femiorbicular ; man- 

 dibles black, cxfcrted, and hooked at the tips. It inhabits 

 under ground at Chili, and is about the fize of a pigeon's 



BicoRNis. Abdomen two-horned. It inhabits Siberia. 



Caspia. Thorax fubglobular ; abdomen oblong, varied 

 with yellow and black bands. This fpccies inhabits the 

 deferts of Ural, and is regarded by the Calmucks as ve- 

 nomous. 



Argentea. Thorax orbicular, deprefled, white, with 

 two black fillets ; abdomen is ovate, lobed, filvery, with 

 two pair of dots in the middle, and four rows behind. It 

 inhabits the deferts of Ural, and is accounted poifonous by 

 the Calmucks. It fpins a perpendicular web. 



P. Number and Pofition of the Eyes untnoivn. 



NoBiLis. Thorax orange, with fix black fpot~ ; ab- 

 domen yellov.', with feven black fpots. It inhabits Su- 

 matra. 



Calceata. Hairy, grey ; legs with two black fpots at 

 the tip above ; beneath lilky, with a green glofs. It in- 

 habits Guinea, and is a very large infeft. 



* Holoserkea. Abdomen ovate-oblong, filky, hvid 

 brown, with two yellow tubercles beneath. 



Spinimobilis. Abdomen roundifli, yellowifli-brown, 

 with four rows of bhckilh dots ; thighs with black move- 

 able fpincs. This is found at Surinam. 



Cruentata. Black, with a yellow band at the bafe 

 of the abdomen ; the bread is of a deep red. It inhabits 

 Brazil. 



Sex-cuspidata. Brown ; back of the thorax fix- 

 toothed, with a lateral fulvous fpot. It inhabits the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



HiRTiPics. Bhck ; feelers and legs hairy, and pale tef- 

 taceous. It inhabits Cayenne. 



Tribulus. Head tlirce-toothcd on the fore-part, ab- 

 domen covered with numerous fpines. It inhabits the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Elegant. Black, with two white curves on the fore- 

 part of the thorax, and a white dorfal line on the abdomen. 

 This is ail American infeft. 



Ocellata. Pale ; abdomen clouded, with a black 

 ring ; the thighs are marked with tlircc doubled ocellatc 



fpots. 



