. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. SULZKR'S ATYPVa.—'Alyims .Siita', TUAr-DOOR SriDEn,-C7cn,-n niilulaiiii. from the samo enormous size, and wlion removed from the creature and set in gold, tiiey are used as tooth-picks, being thought to possess some occult virtue, which drives away the tooth-ache. Ox the left hand of the accompanying illustration may be seen two specimens of a British example of tliis family. This creature is shown rather magnified, in order to pxhiliil its ])nculiar
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. SULZKR'S ATYPVa.—'Alyims .Siita', TUAr-DOOR SriDEn,-C7cn,-n niilulaiiii. from the samo enormous size, and wlion removed from the creature and set in gold, tiiey are used as tooth-picks, being thought to possess some occult virtue, which drives away the tooth-ache. Ox the left hand of the accompanying illustration may be seen two specimens of a British example of tliis family. This creature is shown rather magnified, in order to pxhiliil its ])nculiar struct-ire. The reader will not fail to notice the manner in which the eves are mounted on a kind of pedestal or watch-tower, .so as to allow the creature to see nbjocts in its front, which would otherwise l)e liidden by the enormous and elevated maiuliMcs. This spider is rare, but lias been found in several places. It frerpients damp situations, and makes a rather curiously shaped burrow, ncarlv horizontal at its commencement, but nt'terwards sloping downwards. The tunnel is lined with a kind of web of Avhite silk, very strf)ngly compacted, wliich serves to prevent the eavth from falling into the burrow. Part of the tube projects outside the entrance, and acts as a protection. The female places her eggs in a little cocoon also composed of white silk, and keeps them at the bottom of the Imrrow until the young are hatched. I'lie length of this creature is nearly half an inch, and its colour is reddish brown, becommg paler and more ruddy on the limbs. The male is smaller and darker than his mate. At the right hand of the same illustration are seen two examples of the curious Tl!.M'-D(K)K SriDKl! of Jamaica, erroneously called the Tarantula. Like the preceding sjiecics, this spider" digs a liurrow in the earth and lines it with a silken web, but instead of merely protecting the entrance by a portion of the silken tube, it proves itself a more complete! architect by making a
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