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7. Phalangium* Head furnished with cheliform feelers ^ 



eyes^ two Tertical, and two lateral ; abdomen rounded | 

 legs eight. 



This genus bear a considerable resemblance to the Aranect^ 

 several of the species being commonly known by the name of 

 long legged spiders, particularly the P. Opilioy or Harvest 

 Spider ; they prey on smaller insects, 



8. Aranea, Spider. Mouth furnished with two horny 



hooked 7'aze?5 ; /ee/er* two, jointed, in the female very 

 sharp pointed ; in the male club shaped ; eyes six or 

 eight ; antennce wanting ; abdomen terminated with 

 papillae or teatSj through which the Insect draws out its 

 web. 



But few animals are beheld with greater disgust than 

 Spiders : in every stage of their existence they prey with the 

 most unrelenting ferocity, on every animal they can over- 

 come, not sparing their own kinds. 



9. Scorpio. Scorpion. ovate, elongated ; e-j/e^ eight ; 



three on each side of the thora,x, and two on the back : 

 legs eight ; frontal claspers or hands two ;on the under- 

 side between the thorax and the abdomen, are two pec- 

 tinated processes ; tail elongated, jointed, and terminated 

 by a sharp crooked sting or piercer, having two valves^ 

 beneath near the tip. 



All the species of this genus are armed with a poisonous 

 sting, but are not esteemed dangerous, except some of the 



