. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . estria and Tegenaria,without producing any physical pain or wound thatcould not readily be dissipated. M. Eugene Simon re-cords that he was struck in his finger by the fangs ofLycosa tarentula, which affected him after the fashionof the prick of two needles. The pain was lively, theblood flowed, but the little wound healed without anyspecial ill effects. ^ A correspondent of Science Gos-sip* savs that his son was bitten in his closed ha
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . estria and Tegenaria,without producing any physical pain or wound thatcould not readily be dissipated. M. Eugene Simon re-cords that he was struck in his finger by the fangs ofLycosa tarentula, which affected him after the fashionof the prick of two needles. The pain was lively, theblood flowed, but the little wound healed without anyspecial ill effects. ^ A correspondent of Science Gos-sip* savs that his son was bitten in his closed hand f,g. 249. The sternum and I J 1 1 1 • TT • mouth organs of Epeira bv a spider, which left two small blood stains. His quadrata, viewed from wife was bitten, but there was simply a slight swelling. ^^^^^^- (a«« ^tave-Another correspondent writes that a boy was bitten atCape Colony by a large spider, which is called a tarantula, so badly as tomake his finger bleed, but no further effect followed. Mr. George B. Lownes, a gentleman living in the suburbs of Phila-delphia, informed me that on one occasion, while walking through a lane, enaer sWitness. Apteres, Vol. II., page 423. Spiders of Dorset, Vol. I., Introduction, page xxv. ^ Histoire Naturelle des Araignees, page 27. * G. B., Science Gossip, September, 1868, page 231. EFFECTS AND USES OF SPIDER POISON. 273 he stopped to pick up a flat stone under which a ground spider (probablyLycosa scutulata) was nested in a little cave along witli her cocoon. Thespider sprang upon his finger, making a puncture like the prick of apin. The wound bled, but had no other inconvenient effect. My own personal experience with spider bites has been very limited,as I never but once could succeed in teasing my captives to bite me. While roughly handling a large Epeira insularis, August 29th,P^^.^p I was struck by her in the ball of the thumb. The fangs leftDerience ^^^*^ slight punctures about one-eighth inch apart. At the mouth of each punc
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