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and swelling, but seldom productive of any very serious con- 

 sequences. It appears to have been unknown to Linneus, who 

 has described some other species for it, and has led the celebrated 

 Fabricius into a similar error respecting it. Dc Gcer has described 

 a Cayenne species for Europceus. 



SCORPIO MAURUS.— Barbary Scorpion. 



Spec. Char. Pcctens with eight or ten teeth ; hands 

 cordate, nearly smooth; body fuscous and granulated. 



Scorpio maurns ; Lin. Fabr. Latr. ; Ilerbst. Scorp. t.G, f. 4. 



Inhabits Barbary. 



LYCOSA TARENTULA, 



Common Tarcntula. 

 Pl. XXV. fig, 2. 



Order Pulmonaria. Family Citigrad.e, Latr. 



Gen. Char. Maxilla!, straight, anteriorly convex, exte- 

 riorly somewhat arcuated ; apex obliquely truncated, 

 forming almost an inverted triangle ; lip elongate, 

 quadrate ; feet strong, the fourth pair longest ; eyes 

 quadrilateral. 



Spec. Char. Body above greyish-brown ; mandibles 

 and palpi ferruginous, with their tips black ; abdomen 

 bright yellow, with triagonal spots anteriorly ; thighs 

 and tibia below reddish-white, with two black spots. 



Aranea tarcntula; Lin. 8y*t. Nat. cd. 13, i. p. 1035*, Fabr. Entom. Sytt. ii. 



p. 425; Ham. Gen. Ins. t. 30, f. 1. Lycosa tarcntula; Latr. Gen. Crust, i. 



p. 119 ; Walcfc. Tab. des Aran. p. 11. 

 La Tarentule, Varaignie enragte,Tr.; La Tarantola, It ; Die Tarantel, Ger.; 



Tarantet, Dan. and Swcd. ; Misgir, Russ. 



