. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 70 ARACHNOIDEA, CASE Dysdera crocata {Koch), D. rubicunda, BL- Z^' London : 7. Sketch of ditto, enlarged. Nos. 6,7. -6. Specimen from near. Dysdera crocata {slightly magnified). Rather a large reddish spider, about half an inch in length, with a whitish abdomen. Harpactes hombergi {Scop.), Dysdera Hombergi, Bl.—8. Sketch enlarged. A smaller species with black thorax, fawn-coloured abdomen, banded legs, black and pale, plentiful. Found in the wooded districts of Denbighshire, Carnarvonshire, Lanca- shire and Yorkshire, living i
. Economic entomology. Beneficial insects; Insect pests; Thysanura. 70 ARACHNOIDEA, CASE Dysdera crocata {Koch), D. rubicunda, BL- Z^' London : 7. Sketch of ditto, enlarged. Nos. 6,7. -6. Specimen from near. Dysdera crocata {slightly magnified). Rather a large reddish spider, about half an inch in length, with a whitish abdomen. Harpactes hombergi {Scop.), Dysdera Hombergi, Bl.—8. Sketch enlarged. A smaller species with black thorax, fawn-coloured abdomen, banded legs, black and pale, plentiful. Found in the wooded districts of Denbighshire, Carnarvonshire, Lanca- shire and Yorkshire, living in crevices in rocks and walls, and under lichens growing on trees. '^°- 9- Segestria senoculata {Linn.).—9. Sketch of, natm-al size. About the same size as Dysdera crocata, with a rich brown thorax, and fawn-coloured legs and abdomen. Family DRASSID^. The Drassidse are rather narrow spiders of moderate size, which obtain their prey by hunting. They conceal themselves in silken cells, often open at each end, which they construct under or among the leaves of plants, in the crevices of rocks and walls, and under stones and decaying or exfoliating bark. No. 10. MlCARiA PULICARIA {Sund.), Drassus micans, Bl.—10. Sketch, enlarged. Some few spiders, more especially from tropical countries, are as brightly polished and burnished with metallic colours as beetles often are. This one has a moderate share of such brilliancy on the 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 Murray, Andrew, 1812-1878. [London] Chapman and Hall
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