SPIDERS. 
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This was like referring me to a Mahatma in Thibet. 
Is there no one else, I asked, in the world, who knows 
something about spiders? Then I was told that there 
was indeed one other gentleman who had devoted him- 
self to the subject and might be able to help me. He 
was an English clergyman. I wrote to him at once and 
received a very kind note in reply, telling me that he 
was at present occupied with the spiders of Africa, or 
South America, or some other place, but hoped in four 
years’ time to be able to turn his attention to those 
of India. This would not do either. My interest in no 
subject will keep fresh for four years. Finally I got 
hold of a manuscript synopsis of the classification ot 
spiders, and copied it out for myself. From this I 
learned that the Araneinae are divided into seven sub- 
orders, as follows 
1. Orbitelarice , those which make a geometrical snare. 
2. Retitelarice , those which make a loose and unsym- 
metrical web. 
3. Tabitelarice , those which inhabit holes lined with silk. 
4. Territelctrice , trap-door spiders. 
5. Laterigradce , crab spiders — namely, those which live 
about our walls, without webs, and throttle cockroaches. 
