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SPECIES II. — A. Labyrinthicus. 
LABYRINTH - SPIDER. 
1 HEY are found from the beginning of fpring to the end of fummer, every where, elpecially 
on the ground, and amongft ruins. Plate 2, fig. 9. The webs, generally flat, are very thick, 
and have long funnels at the end, where the Spiders fit watching for their prey, and from 
whence they run out very fall: on the lead: motion of the web, in order to fee the caufe of it. 
They are terrified at the lead: appearance of danger, and run back to take refuge in their 
dens. When their nets are injured by grafs, or other plants, they do not forfake them, but 
repair and enlarge them, rolling them round in the mod; elegant and matchlels circles, three 
or four feet high, led: they diould be in want of prey. 
The eyes are large, and placed in a peculiar manner, as at (e). The legs whitidi, dender, 
diiff, with hairs of unequal length, and bridles and prickles. Their length is (as in the for- 
mer fpecies) in the proportion of 4, i, 2, and 3. The longed pair are more than double 
the length of the whole Spider. The thorax is ovate, a little flat, brownifh, with a longitudinal 
divided facula or bright part, and covered all over with fine and foft down. The abdomen 
oblong, blackifli, bright, and by a long greyifh mark, broken by fome oblique tranfverfe 
lines, refembling the letter I ; is eafily didinguiflied from all other Spiders. It is covered with 
unequal hairs, and at the extremity, near the anus, are two longifh downy tubercles. The 
lower part is cinerous, with a dark furrow on each fide. The arms are hairy, bridly, and 
aculeated: thofe of the male are fliewn at fig. 7. The holders are blackifh, hairy, per- 
pendicular. See Fauna Suecica. n. 1223. 
SPECIES III. 
