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 CLASSIFICATION OF SPIDERS.

The spiders are divided into two groups :—

pick-axe like. 2. Spiders with two lung-slits on the

fore part of their bel-

Fang-claws.

lies and their fang- claws working sideways, pincers-like. FIRST GROUP.

The first group contains Southern spiders, Tarantula and Trap-door spi- ders. Our largest spider, the Tarantula (Mygale hentzit) lives in the Southwest- ern states. This group is represented in the Northern states by one kind only.

1. Spiders with four breathing holes, or lung-slits on the fore part of their bellies, and their mouth parts with the poison fang-claws working up and downwards

Tarantula,