THE S\ 7 ARE-WEAVERS. 
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fastened on to them. None of the spider family have 
any true antennae. In the scorpion we found them 
turned into pincers (/, Fig. 63) ; in the spider they 
Fin;. 64. 
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Parts of a Spider. 
1, Under part of a spider's body. /, Thorax or chest from which 
the eight legs spring, and to which the head is united in one piece ; 
/, fangs ; /, palpi or feelers attached to the jaws ; <7, abdomen ; l>, 
breathing slits ; s, six spinnerets with thread coming from them. 
2, Front of spider's head. f, Eyes ; /, palpi ; /, front legs , 
A, hasp of fangs ; f t poison fangs ; /, outer jaws. 
have become most dangerous and powerful fangs (f i, 
and //,/2, Fig. 64), which hang down over her mouth; 
and while the scorpion carries her poison in her tail, 
