THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
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The Harlequin Spider ( Salticus scenicus ) uses stratagem. It conceals its 
legs so that its body, having the appearance of a fly, deceives the insects 
which are to become its prey, and upon which it springs when within reach. 
The Garden Spider is the familiar red spider ; it weaves 
.a delicate web under the surface of leaves, partly for protection 
against enemies, and partly for the luxurious enjoyment of 
their larvae, 
which feed 
upon the 
leaves. 
The Bee- 
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tle-like Spi¬ 
der [Scutigera 
coleoptera ) 
has a beetle¬ 
shaped body, 
to which are 
fieri ifc 2 ^' claw-footed myriapoda. 24. eeectric myriapoda. 25. ( Scutigera coleoptera). 
appenueu ns 13. sharp-eyed spider ( Oxyopes ramosus). 
long legs. 
The common Wood-tick, which frequently feasts itself upon the blood of 
dogs and cattle, belongs to the spider family. There is a Persian spider which 
attacks man, to whom its bite proves 
very venomous; and a family of 
parasites which fasten themselves 
to bats and beetles, all of the same 
species as the wood-tick. 
The Stone-Dwelling Spider 
[Drassus lapidicola) , lives under 
stones, or at times in silk tubes 
which it attaches to plants. It spins 
a little web across its nest and de¬ 
posits its eggs therein. 
The Cross Myriapod (. Epeira 
diademd) is a prominent member of a 
brightly colored, odd-shaped family, 
which, while lying in wait, assumes 
various deceptive forms, such as that 
of bark, straws, etc. It is named from 
the resemblance of its abdominal orna¬ 
mentation to the diadems of royalty. 
The Tongue Worm (. Pentas - 
tomum denticulatum) is a larva 
found in the tongue and cavities of 
persons and animals. 
The Dragon-Fly ( Libellula ) 
is of interest from its common¬ 
ness, its gay coloring, its ser¬ 
viceableness in the destruction of gnats, mosquitoes, and so forth, 
and from its transformations. It lays its eggs on the surface of water- 
MEMBRACE^E, or EITTRE DEVIES of geodfrey, magni- 
1 FIED. 
