. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. LYCOSIDAE 417 Fam. 32. Lycosidae.—These are what are popularly known as " ; They are vagabond hunting spiders, spinning no snare, but chasing their prey along the ground, and in the breeding season carrying their egg-bags with them, attached be- neath the abdomen. Some of them burrow in the loose earth or sand, but others seem to have nothing in the way of a habitation. The arrangement of the eyes is very characteristic. They are in three rows. The front row consists of four small eyes above the insertion of the chelicerae, and d
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. LYCOSIDAE 417 Fam. 32. Lycosidae.—These are what are popularly known as " ; They are vagabond hunting spiders, spinning no snare, but chasing their prey along the ground, and in the breeding season carrying their egg-bags with them, attached be- neath the abdomen. Some of them burrow in the loose earth or sand, but others seem to have nothing in the way of a habitation. The arrangement of the eyes is very characteristic. They are in three rows. The front row consists of four small eyes above the insertion of the chelicerae, and directed forwards. Two com- paratively very large eyes form the next row, and occupy the upper angles of the facies, being also directed forwards. The third row consists of two medium-sized eyes placed dorso-laterally on the caput, some distance behind the rest, and looking upwards. The tarsi are three-clawed. The so-called " Tarantula" spiders belong to this group, though the name has been so abused in popular usage, and has passed through so many vicissitudes in scientific nomencla- ture, that it is diffi- cult to tell what creature is intended by it. In America the Aviculariidae are commonly called Tarantulas. The two chief genera of this exten- sive family are Lycosa and Pardosa. The genus Lycosa includes about 400 species. It has been broken up from time to time into various genera (Trochosa, Pirata, Tarentula, etc.), but these glide into each other by im perceptible degrees, and are now discarded. They are large or moderate-sized spiders, found in every part of the world twenty species are British, some of them being VOL. IV. FiQ. 214.—Lycosid Spiders. 1, Lycosa fabnlis, 9 ; 2, Lycosa picta, 9 ; 3, Pardosa amentala, 9 • About fine and hand- 2 E. 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 perfectly resemble the original w
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