An Introduction to Mrs. Kpeira 
Like all the rest of the Spin- 
ner family, Mrs. Epeira has but 
two distinct divisions to her body. 
The foremost part is the 
head and chest com- 
bined. If we wish 
to be very exact, we must \s 
call this the cephalo-thorax. py, under side of 
The hinder portion is the ab- %¢mphmowim 
domen. This is almost five ™”% 
times as large as the cephalo-thorax. 
Small as the front division is, all of 
Mrs. Epeira’s legs are attached to it, 
and that means no small thing, for 
she has no less than four pairs. No 
wonder she can glide down her rope 
ladder so fearlessly when she has eight 
feet and legs with which to hold on! 
Every leg is made up of seven pieces 
or segments. ‘The first round segment, 
called the coxa, attaches the leg by 
means of a firm membrane to the under 
side of the body. The coxas of the 
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