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PLATE I.- - F I G. V.
THE body was a dark brown, with a ftreak of light in the middle, in the center of which,
again, was a fmall black line j a brown mark, of an oblong fquare form, was on the upper
part of the belly. Feelers long and flender: eyes fix.—Taken in Caen-wood, in April. One
of the fame fpecies was caught in June, with its egg-bag, which was round and white.
PLATE L FIG. VI.
THIS Ipecies was greyifh, with a faint hght ftreak on the back. In the Spring feafon
they are feen in numbers, both in the fields and hedges. In June, they are found with their
egg-bag, which is a little compreffed, of a dark colour, and attached to the under part of
their bellies: thefe bags do not impede their aftivity. With the affiftance of a good magnifying
glafs, only four eyes could be afcertained, which are placed on the fore part of the
head.
PLATE /.- - F I G. VII.
THE back was inclining to a black : the upper fide of the belly a yellow aih-colour, and
marked with black: the joints of the legs of a peculiar form, refembling arrow heads:
feelers long and fmooth : eyes eight.—It was a female Houfe-Spider, and taken the beginning
of April.
PLATE L FIG. VIII.
THIS Spider was of a lead-colour, with a line of pale orange down the middle of the back:
the upper part of the belly almoft black: the under part light: eyes eight.—Taken near Newington
green, the latter end of May.
PLATE L FIG. IX.
THE back of this fpecimen was blackiih: the upper fide of the belly a yellowiih aihcolour,
with fome black marks ; the legs parti-coloured of black and brown ; and the joints
curioufly barbed : feelers long and fmooth : eyes eight,—It is a female Houfe-Spider, and taken
the beginning of April.
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PLATE IL Fig. I.
THE top of the back white, with a black line running along the middle of the back and
belly to the tail : the legs and fides of the belly were brown and hairy : eyes fix. By the afliftance
of a ftrong magnifier, it appeared the upper part of the belly was alfo hairy, and beautifully
fpotted.—Taken in Caen-wood, the middle of April.
PLATE IL FIG. II.
ON the top of the back was a ftreak of light : the fides black, going off into a faint ihade
of white : the tail of a light colour, which, with the legs, were beautifully fpotted : eyes fix.
It was obfervable the belly was confiderable ihorter than ufually feen in this fpecies.—Caught
in Caen-wood, the middle of April.
PLATE IL FIG. III.
WAS of a dark afli-colour, with a light ftreak on the back : on the belly were three faint
bars of a dark colour. The knobs, at the extremities of the feelers, were a ihining black, and
beneath them again were fmaller knobs ; peculiarities feldom obferved in any other fpecies.
It was a male, and every part was hairy : eyes fix.—Taken in a houfe, the latter end of
April.
PLATE IL FIG. IV.
THE prevailing colour of this fpecimen was a light brown, with a light ftreak in the middle
of the back, in which was a fmall black line : the upper part of the belly marked in a peculiar
manner, fo as to reprefent joints : the legs fpotted with black : eyes eight. The whole
infedt was hairy.—Found in a cellar, the latter end of April.
PLATE IL FIG. V.
THE back was a dark brown, marked with a ftrong black line in the center ; the fides and
under part inclining to a red : the belly was alfo a dark brown, on the top of which were
many irregular black fpots : legs a light brown, fpotted with dark colour, and hairy, and had
a forked tail : feelers flender and fpotted : eyes fix.—Taken in a cellar, the latter end of
Auguft.
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