NATURAL HISTORY. 184 
‘The jumping Spider, that is one fort of them, is of a very {mall kind, 
and has ees eyes, placed in a tircular form; and it is obfervable, 
that all thofe-that have their eyes placed in this manner, catch their, 
prey by jumping upon it, asa cat does at a monfe: the belly part of 
the body is of an oval form, and it has two élavated feelers, and four 
legs on each fide, fixed to the brealt. When beheld through a micro. 
fcope, it appears to be beautifully variegated with black, chefnut; 
reddifh, and white colours, all over the back, belly, legs, and feelers, 
and it is all over rough and hairy. Mr Evelyn found ove of this fort 
near Rome, which was. fpeckled with black all over the body, and 
through a microfcope appeared like the feathers ona Buiterfly’s wing. 
It is very nimble by fits; fometimes leaping like a Grafshopper, then 
ftanding ftill, and fetting itfelf on its hinder legs, will very nimbly 
turn its body, and look round itfelf every way. If it efpies a Flie at 
three or four yards diftance, it will not make diredly to her, but con- 
ceal itfelf as much as poffible, till it arrives dire@ly under her, and then 
creep flowly up to her, feldom milling its aim, and it jumps diredly 
upon the Flie’s back. But if in the mean time, the Fiie takes wing; 
and fixes upon another place, it will whirl about very nimbly, by which 
means it always keeps its head towards its prey... It has been fometimes 
feen inflructing the young one’s how to hunt, and when any of the old 
ones miffed a leap, it would run out of the field, and hide itfelf in cran- 
nies, as if afhdmed. In fhort, nothing can be more diverting to a na- 
taralit, than to obferve the cunning and ttratagems it ufes in hunting. 
The beautifully freaked Spider, is fpeckled with black all over its 
body and legs, which are very long. It has. eight eyes, ftanding in 
the form of a fegment of a circle; and it has two feelers very flender 
at their toots, and of a long oval fhape at the ends. Both parts of the 
body are of an oval fhape, and the tail is forked: there are two ftreaks 
on the back of the belly part, alternately {potted with white and black: 
the forks at the tail appear like feathers ilanding up, which it can open 
and fhut like a fan, at pleafure. j 
The Spider with a tranfparent back and legs, has eight eyes, and the, 
belly part of the body is vaftly larger than the breaft; on the back of 
it there is a dark {pace or mark, that rns two thirds of the length as 
far as the tail; and the back and legs appear tranfparent, like clear 
horns. It has two pretty long feelers, which are fmaller at the root 
than at the end, and the legs which are long, are alternately variegated 
with different colours, though not very diftin@; on account of their 
tranfparency, and there are jour on each fide of the brealt. 
The Spider marked with white fpots and lines, in a curious regular 
manner, has yellowifh and very hairy legs, {potted with a dark brown: 
the feelers alfo are {potied, and are fhtort and thick at the ends: the 
breaft or fore part, is very fmall, in proportion to the belly part, the 
back of which laft is regularly marked with white {pots. Near to the, 
breaft part there are four {pots like pearls, placed exactly in the form of 
a crofs, and where they meet, there is a fmall white one. Next to. 
that theze are two other fpots, in the fhape of pearls, placed tranf- 
verfely, in the middle of which, there is another {mali ons. Near the 
back part there are three {pots on each fide, like half moons, and be- 
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tween them, others, placed in a very regular order. It has fix eyesy ; 
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