ENGLISH SPIDERS. 
PLATE I. Fio. I. 
This fpecimen was entirely of a light brown colour, intermingled with dark fpecks. The 
two fore legs were the longeft : the two next fliorter, and the hind ones the fhorteft. 
Feelers flender, eyes eight. Common in the hedges by Hornfey-Wood. — Taken the middle 
of May. It was obferved, that many fmall ones, with fimilar markings, were in company. 
From its fwiftnefs in running, it is called the Greyhound-Spider. 
PLArE I. Fig. II. 
Was of a dark brown complexion : the upper fide of the belly and back lighter 
coloured ; bordered on each fide with black ; and altogether had a foft downy appearance. 
It had eight eyes, and long feelers: taken in a garden, at Hackney, about the loth of April. 
PLATE I. Fig. III. 
This fpecies was of a lead-colour, with a light ftreak down the middle of the back. 
The upper fide of the belly was curioufly marked with white dots, bordered by a waved line 
of white. Feelers flender, as thofe of females generally are ; males having globular knobs 
at the end of theirs. Young ones have the fame diftin6f markings as thofe which are full 
grown, but fainter. This is one of the Hoiife-Spiders^ and many virtues have been attributed, 
to an internal ufe of its web in fevers, agues, 6cc. 
PLATE L Fig. IV. 
The body of this fpecimen was a dark brown; the belly much lighter coloured, and the 
whole infect very hairy. On the upper part of the belly were two rows of black and white 
fpots, alternately following each other. The feelers were of a fingular form, having two 
knobs on each, the laft ending like the head of a fpear. Eyes eight. — Found under the 
coping of a garden-wall, at Newington, the middle of September. 
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