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SPECIES V.~A. Formosus. 
HANDSOME-SPIDER. 
On the 1 0th of September, one female was caught, which was very handfome; fhe was 
found in her net, together with two heaps of eggs. Plate 3, fig. 7. 
The eyes are black; the fide ones not very confpicuous. 
The legs brownifh, with black bands, and coated with hairs and prickles of diflimilar 
length. 
The thorax ovate, flat, black flightly hollowed in the middle, and fcattered with thin 
hairs. 
The abdomen would be globofe, were it not a little acuminated towards the anus. The 
centre of the abdomen is joined to the thorax, and has the obtufe part upwards, and the point 
downwards. Towards the fore part, the fides, and below, it is black: towards the anus yel- 
lowifh. Two white crefcents, fucceeded by two white lines on the hind part, feparate or 
diftinguifh the anterior or black part of the abdomen from the poflerior or yellow part. 
There is an oblong black fpot on the wedge, near the two white fpecks, which is formed by 
two turned crefcents. In the curvatures of the crefcents, are red ovate fpecks, and above 
thefe are two remarkable and large white fpots upon the black fpace. The abdomen is alfo 
furniflied with five tubercles, and is all over bright and downy. 
The arms are downy and blackifli. 
The holders black, a little downy, and perpendicular. 
The eggs are contained in follicles without any flue, and from thence proceed about forty 
young ones, or more, which are very beautifully marked ; and in thefe, even when very young, 
may be feen, by the afllftance of the microfcope, all the marks of the mother, (k) Ihews 
the natural fize. 
SPECIES VL 
