. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 68 ARACHNOIDEA,. Lycosa tarantula (slightly magnified). CASE fellow's sole remedy was a bottle of wine, which charmed away his pain without the aid of pipe or tabor. That it does this extent of injury is probably the true ver- sion of the tale, because Count Motschulsky de- scribes another species, from the south of Russia, to which similar offensive properties are ascribed. But such moderate an- noyance is by no means the effect which in the last century was popularly supposed to be produced by the bite of this spider. The Ta
. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 68 ARACHNOIDEA,. Lycosa tarantula (slightly magnified). CASE fellow's sole remedy was a bottle of wine, which charmed away his pain without the aid of pipe or tabor. That it does this extent of injury is probably the true ver- sion of the tale, because Count Motschulsky de- scribes another species, from the south of Russia, to which similar offensive properties are ascribed. But such moderate an- noyance is by no means the effect which in the last century was popularly supposed to be produced by the bite of this spider. The Tarantismus either affected anyone bitten by throwing him into a profound and moody melancholy similar to what is often to be seen in our lunatic asylums under the name religious depression, or in frantic dancing and gesticulation, which often terminated in convulsions. The remedy was music, which timed the dancing, and the curious thing was that it did not seem necessary that each patient should be bitten by the Tarantula—a Tarantula patient infected all that came near him. The consequence was that the disease ran through whole districts and villages like an epidemic. There is no reason to dispute that it did so, and that hundreds were affected at the same time by this dancing disease, but the Tarantula had nothing to do with it. It was one of those examples of the results of unnatural ex- citement which in all countries, and especially under the influence of religious impressions, has produced similar consequences. The dancing dervishes of India, the shakers of America, and individual examples at religious revivals in our own country, probably all suffer more or less from something allied to the Tarantula of Italy. No. 4- Lycosa tarantula {Linn.)—^. Sketch of ditto, slightly Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectl
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