





IV 
MRS. EPEIRA’S SPINNING-MACHINE 
HE appendages we have found 
thus far, legs and palps, jaws 
and eyes, have all been fas- 
tened to Mrs. Epeira’s cephalo-thorax. 
But attached to her abdomen is the 
most wonderful of all this little Spin- 
ner’s possessions, that is, her spinning- 
machine. 
The abdomen itself is large and 
round, and is fastened to the cephalo- 
thorax by a small stalk. On its upper 
surface are a number of queer little 
markings that look as if some one had 
tacked the skin fast to something on 
the inside. And really that is about 
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