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Terminal tarsal claws two only. 



Spinners 6. 



"With few exceptions these spiders are of a 

 short, broad form, and the laterally extended 

 legs have a remarkably crab-like appearance, 

 moving with equal facility sideways or 

 ahead. They spin no snare. 



CITIGEADJE. 



Active spiders, thickly clothed with hairs, of a strong build, 

 and running swiftly in tho daytime over the surface of the 

 ground. Although a well-marked group, in point of form and 

 structure, this is the least well-characterized of tho seven groups. 

 Many of the spiders also form cylindrical holes in the earth, 

 lining them with silk, and often covering the aperture with 

 particlos of herbage drawn together ; but the most superficial 

 examination of their eyes and spiracular openings will prevent 

 their being mistaken for Territelarice. 



Lyoosides. — Eyes 8 ; four large ones form a large quadrangular 



p. 343. figure on the upper side of the caput, and 



four small ones form a transverse line on it 8 



face immediately below the quadrangle. 



Legs long, strong, armed with spines. 



Terminal tarsal claws three. 

 Spinners 6. 



Tho cephalo-thorax is considerably convex 

 above ; of a narrow, keel-like form, with 

 the caput rather drawn out, and its latoral 

 marginal constriction moderate and gradual. 

 The Lycosides form a large group of spiders, 

 mostly of moderate, but sometimes large 

 size, elongate form, and thickly clothed 

 with hairs and pubescence ; they spin no 

 snare, and are evidently formed for sustained 

 activity. The females carry their egg 

 cocoon attached to the spinnors, and bear 



