THE 
TARANTULA. 
Generic Character. 
Legs eight. 
Eyes eight. 
Mouth furnished with two hooks or holders. 
Palpi or Feelers two, the tips of which (in the 
males) distinguish the sex. 
Abdomen terminated by papilla; or teats, thro’ 
which the insect draws its thread. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Brown Spider, with the back of the abdomen 
marked by trigonal black spots with whitish 
edges, and the legs variegated with black. 
The TARANTULA Spider. 
The Tarantula, of which so many idle recitals 
have been detailed in the works of the learned, and 
which even to this day continues to exercise the 
faith and ignorance of the vulgar, is a native of the 
wanner parts of Italy, and some other European 
regions, and is generally found in dry and sunny 
plains. 
