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arms are guarded with longifli hairs and duihy prickles. I had not an opportunity of furvey- 
ing with a microfcope, thofe of the male. The holders flender, long, pretty prominent, much 
divaricated, and armed with unufually long claws. 
The webs of this fpecies, abound fo much with threads that are perpendicular, and crofs 
tliem in all diredUons, that it is difficult to diftinguifh the flat or proper web from thefe, as it 
is very thin j nor yet can the Spiders of this fort be properly placed in the following divifion, 
or weavers. 
The above webs hardly ever appear flat, but rather with a vertical and tranfverfely fituated 
part, and with large convexities. Other webs are expanded with many minute flexures in an 
oblique manner. The Xlth Species of Spider ^ calls fewer tranfverfe ligaments, nor does it 
diftend its flat web by fo diverfified an expanfion, although it thickens it better than the pre- 
fent fpecies. Thefe two fpecies might not improperly conftitute a new genus, or alTortment 
of Spiders^ if it were thought necelTary j but this I leave to the further examination of future 
obfervers. 
CHAPTER IV. 
OF THE THIRD KIND OF WEB-SPIDERS, OR 
WEAVERS. 
^ • T HE webs of thefe Spiders^ lefs remarkable at firfl: fight than thofe of the two former di- 
vifions, are in reality Hill more confpicuous proofs of the wifdom of the Creator. While we 
view the thick and multiform webs of thefe animals, fome circular, fome pyramidal, and of 
various other appearances, we cannot but be impreffed with the highefl; admiration. I have 
feen the labyrinth-like flexures of thefe webs, rifing in a Angular connedlion of cones and 
hollows, to the height of three or four feet, as will be particularized in the following 
defcriptions. 
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