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PLATE IlL Fig. II. 
The upper fide of the belly of this fpeclmen was marked chequer-wife, with black and 
white: the back was black. It had eight eyes, and is of that fpecies which leap on their prey. 
To facilitate this manoeuvre, nature has enabled them to fpring either forward, backward, or 
fide-ways, with equal facility. — Taken in g garden near the middle of September. 
P LATE HI. F I G. IIL 
When taken was of a light afh-colour : the upper part of the abdomen marked with 
black lines : two fliining black fpots were on the fore-part of the body, three on each fide, 
and two between the feelers : in thefe fpots were eight eyes, placed in a femicircular form ; 
the two uppermoft being the largeft. It has been obferved, that thofe fpecies who are of this 
defeription, feize their prey by leaping on it. 
PLATE IIL F I G. IV. 
This fpecies was altogether of a light brown colour : with two black ftreaks in the mid- 
dle of the back: the upper fide of the belly was finely ftreaked with white: at the end of the 
feelers were black pointed knobs : eyes eight. — Taken at Lewifham, in Kent, May 6. 
PLATE III. Fig. V. 
By the alTiftance of magnifying powers, this Spider appeared of a very fingular complexion, 
and marked in every part with an admixture of the mofi; brilliant colours. To the naked eye, 
however, thefe beauties were concealed by an appearance altogether fpeckled, greyifh, 
rough, and hairy. The eyes were lucid, and eight in number: the two center-ones the 
largeft. It is one of thofe fpecies who move either way with facility, and leap on their prey. — = 
Taken in a garden at Hackney. 
PLATE IIL- — Fig. VI. 
This was alfo one of the leaping fpecies, and altogether of a muddy brown, with Ibme 
dark marks on the upper part of the belly : the under part approaching to a black : eyes 
eight. — Found in Caen-wood, near Hampftead, in June. 
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