












Mrs. Epeira’s leg 
A, the coxa; B, the 
Jemur ; C, the foot 
or tarsus 

The Spinner Family 
eight legs form an oval surrounding 
the sternum or breast of Mrs. Epeira. 
Next to the coxa comes another 
small, roundish segment, then a long, 
strong one, the fe- 
* mur. he next 
BS look as if they 
i\ together as one, 
"SS across the 


two segments 
really belonged 
with a bias seam "hy 
middle. The last, .\ pointed 
segment is the foot, or ¥ tarsus. 
But really we must have a peep at 
this many-jointed lee under the micro- 
scope before we can see all of the in- 
teresting things that it has to show us. 
There it is, clothed from coxa to toe 
with hairs, all extending downward 
toward the foot. Some of them are 
fine and soft as silk, while 
others are stiff and bristling SS 
like small dark thorns. fe==2===—— 
At the end of the foot (#45222: 
you see three hooked claws, 
Mrs. Epeira’s foot, 
18 showing claws 




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