DIALOGUE XLII. 
ARANEA, OR SPIDER, CONTINUED. A. 
AVICULARIA. A. FASCIATA. A. DIA- 
DEM A. A. AGLUATICA. 
LUCY. See, mamma, what a huge 
spider I have under this wine glass. 
Mother. Yes, it is rather a large spe- 
cimen of the common house spider, or 
aranea domestical whose manner of con- 
structing its delicate web I described to 
you yesterday ; but it is very inferior in 
size to some foreign species. For in- 
stance, Sir George Staunton mentions a 
native of the island of Java, in the East 
Indies, the texture of whose web was so 
strong as not to be divided easily withput 
a knife, or some sharp ii;istruinent. 
Lucy, What is the size of the largest 
