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 PHOLCUS.

34. P. phalangioides. 3% in. long. Pale whitish. Legs 1% inches long. Side eyes bunched in threes; the middle ones almost invisibly small.

35. Spermaphora meridionalis. 5 in. long. Resembles a miniature Pholcus, but has only six eyes.

THE WHEEL OR ORB-WEB SPIDERS.—ZPE/R/DAZ.

The most observed and best known of the spiders. Their eyes are widely spread over their foreheads; the two outside pairs of eyes are far from the two centre pairs. The legs are generally short and stout, the first and second pairs usually the longest. Their circular nets are placed perpendicularly, the threads spreading from the centre like the spokes of a wheel, and covered by an adhesive, sticky thread wind- ing spiral-like from near the centre to the outer edge. The® spider watches the net from the centre or in a tent, curled leaf, or crevice con- nected by threads with the web.

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