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S P E C I E S VIL—A. V. INSIGNITUS.
S I N G L E V. SPIDER.
T H I S fpecies was found in low grafs, near ñones, in the middle of May. Plate 8, fig. i.
THE eyes blackifli, glofly. The legs with unequal hairs, briftles, and prickles : the four
pofterior ones ai'e longer than the anterior ones; I could not exa£lly determine their proportions.
The thorax ovate, flat, hairy, fmoke-coloured, flightly inclining to reddifli; with
five white dots on the upper part, and between the eyes a greyiila mark rather inconfpicuous,
refembling the letter V. The abdomen ovate, fmoke-coloured, flightly reddifli, filky, with
ten white fpecks, in a double feries; the firft very large; the laft fmall. At the anterior extremity
of the abdomen, near the junfture, is a fomewhat rifing or projefting circle of thick
hairs, the points of which turn towards the anus. The arms browniflr, with white unequal
hairs.
S P E C I E S VIIL—A. FLAMMATUS.
F L A M E D - S P I D E R .
T H I S spider was found, the beginning of Augufl:, on buflies. Plate 11, fig. 8.
THE eyes blackifli, glofly. The hind legs are the longefl:, next the third pair, then the fore
legs, and laftly the fécond pair : they abound with unequal hairs, and with brownifli and
fmoke-coloured circles. The thorax rhomboid, flat, blackifli, filky, with various brownifli
hairs, which give the appearance of obfcure rays or flames. The abdomen heart-fliaped, a
little flat, filky, black ; with thick-fet brownifli hair, giving the appearance of oblique rays
or flames, with a greyifli border, furrounding the fuperior part of the abdomen. The lower
furface is fmoky, or even cinereous. The arms black, with white hairs furrounding the
joints. The holders black, with thin white down towards the eyes,
SPECIES IX.
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S P E C I E S IX.—A. FA L C A T U S .
S I C K L E - S L ' I D E R .
COMMON, the beginning of June, amongft low grafs. Plate 7, fig. 4.
THE eyes of a blackifli red. The fore legs the longefl:, next the hind legs, then the third pair,
and laflly the fécond. The thorax rhomboid, flat, hahy, with two brown dots towards the
anterior part, and two white falciform bows near the anus. The abdomen ovate, brownifli,
hairy, with a greyifli margin, and a fliarp pointed blackifli fliade near the thorax. The
arms with many unequal hairs.
S P E C I E S X.—A. ARCUATUS.
B O W E D - S P I D E R .
FOUND, the middle of June, among low grafs. Plate 10, fig. i.
THE eyes brownifli, with a glofly rednefs. The legs in the fame proportion as the former.
The firfl: leg has this particularity, viz. the lafl: joint is very fhort and fletider, the fécond fcarce
thicker; but the third longifli, thick and flrrong; and the thigh fliill fl:ronger and thicker; the
iecond leg is of a fimilar ftrufture, but the third and fourth legs are of the ufual form. All the
legs are covered with unequally long hairs, briftles, and prickles, but the firfl: pair more fo
than the reft. The thorax ovate, flat, black; with hairs of difilmilar appearance, white and
longifli round the eyes, like eye-laflies, and below the eyes, between the holders, is an arch or
circle of the fame fort of hairs. The abdomen was without any markings; for which reafon
I have given this Spider a name, taken from the marks on the thorax. The thorax ovate,
black, with unequal long hairs. The arms the fame, but with a few white hairs on the
joints. The holders black, very prominent, with white hairs. The eggs about twenty, fmall,
cohering, involved with foft flue.
SPECIES XI.
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