
The Spinner Family 
eight legs form an oval surrounding 
the sternum or breast of Mrs. Kpeira. 
Next to the coxa comes another 
al roundish segment, then a long, 
aoteee strong one, the tfe- 
SSNS mur. The next 
‘WS look as if they 
Kwelv really belonged NS, together as one, 
‘id/7 with a bias seam Ks across the 
} Fe middle. The last, 2 \ pointe d 
Cy segment is the foot, or ¥ tarsus. 
: But really we must have a peep at 
° this many-jointed leg under the micro- 
Mrs. Epeira's eg scope before we can see all of the in- 
A, the coat: BM teresting things that it has to show us. 
neo 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 = 
like small dark thorns. £2 
At the end of the foot "~~ 
you see three hooked claws 









two segments 










” Mrs. Epeira’s Soot, 
18 showing claws 








