. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. ' 'l)! f â¢I . l».-!l» â %:-l Itolomi'dfx fimbrititud. Dnlomiilct mii(ilnli4. ,^lh^^- body alone being nearly an inch in length. Like tlie Tirate-spicler, it is found in the vicinity of water, and seems to be most common in the fens of Cambridgeshire. It will often descend voluntarily below the surface of the water, its respiration being conducted by means of the air-globules which cling to the mass of hairs with which its body is covered. The cocoo
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. ' 'l)! f â¢I . l».-!l» â %:-l Itolomi'dfx fimbrititud. Dnlomiilct mii(ilnli4. ,^lh^^- body alone being nearly an inch in length. Like tlie Tirate-spicler, it is found in the vicinity of water, and seems to be most common in the fens of Cambridgeshire. It will often descend voluntarily below the surface of the water, its respiration being conducted by means of the air-globules which cling to the mass of hairs with which its body is covered. The cocoon of the female is brown in colour, and of considerable size, containing more thai) two hundred eggs. It is carried, like that of the preceding species, under the thorax llio cilour ot this spider is rich dark brown, with a broad band of yellowish buff down each side, and a double row of little white .spots on the abdomen. The legs are paler, and of a more ruddy hue. Only three species are at present acknowledged as British. AVE now come to the beautiful Hunting S|<iders, a family which ". spread over the world, and which has several British representatives. They are th. ⢠-?y chetahs, or limitiiig leopards, of the Spider race, and have the mottled beauty as W( il as the active limbs ot the mammalian leopards. They can all run fast, and have also the power of leaping upon their prey to a considerable distance. They are mostly found upon walls among stones, or upon leaves. ' The handsome little spider that is called by the name of Erestis cmnabarinus is by no means common in England, and may indeed be considered as one of our rarest species. It IS not very large, being only one-third of an inch in length, but its colour is extremely beautiful, the cephalothorax being deep velvety black, edged towards its hinder margin with Yormilion, and the whole upper part of the abdomen being coloured with the same bnlliiint hue. On the upper part of the abdomen are six squa
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