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followed by death, or the Tarentismus, as it is called, and which 
cannot be relieved but by the assistance of music and dancing. 
Enlightened and judicious persons think that it is more neces- 
sary to combat the terrors of the imagination, than the effects 
of this poison, and medicine, besides, offers remedies more to 
be relied on than those just mentioned. 
M. Chabrier has published (Soc. Acad, de Lille. 4e cahier) 
some curious observations on the lycosa , tarantula of the 
south of France. 
This genus is very numerous in species, but which are not 
as yet very well characterized. 
Lycosa tarantula [Aran, tarantula , Linn., Fab.) Abbin. 
Aran., tab. xxxix. Senguerd, de Tarent. About an inch in 
length ; red under the abdomen, traversed in the middle by a 
black band. 
The tarantula of the south of France (Lycose Narhonnaise, 
Walck., Faun., Frang. Aran. I. 1 — 4.) is a little smaller, with 
the under part of the abdomen very black, bordered with red 
all round. 
An analogous species is found in the neighbourhood of 
Paris, Lycose ouvriere ( Fabrilis , Clerck., Aran., Suec., pi. 4. 
tab. ii., Walck., Faun., Frant^. aran. ii. 5.) 
L. Saccata, (Aran. Saccata , Lin., Araneus Amentatus , 
Clerck. iv. tab. viii. Lister, tit. 25. fig. 25.) small, blackish ; 
keel of the corslet of an obscure reddish, with an ashy line; a 
small bundle of grey hairs at the upper base of the abdomen, 
feet of a livid red, intersected with blackish spots; cocoon flatted, 
and greenish. Very common in the neighbourhood of Paris. 
We shall terminate this section with the subgenus 
Myrmecia, Latr.> 
Which appears to conduct to the following, and of which we 
have exposed the characters in the Annals of the Natural 
Sciences, (vol. iii. p. 27.) The eyes form a short and broad 
