Supplement to Harvesting Ants and Trap-Door SpidersMoggridge, John Traherne
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Supplement to Harvesting Ants and Trap-Door Spiders
Moggridge, John Traherne
Ants; Trap-door spiders
Plate XX., p. 254, fig. A, _Cteniza Moggridgii_ (Camb.), male (=
_Ct. fodiens_, Camb., in "Ants and Spiders," p. 89), from
a living specimen taken at Mentone, of the natural size; A
1, the same seen sideways, the legs not represented; A 2,
cephalothorax and falces of the same; A 3, the eyes; A 4,
radial and digital joints and the palpal bulb; A 5, another
view of the same; A 6, one of the two large claws, and A
7, the small claw of the tarsus of one of the legs of the
hindmost pair; A 8, length of the spider and breadth of the
cephalothorax; A 9, measurements of legs and palpus. (Figs.
A 1, A 2, A 3, A 4, A 5, A 6, and A 7, are all magnified.)
B, _N. Manderstjernæ_ (Ausserer), male (= _N. meridionalis_,
Camb., in "Ants and Spiders," p. 101), from a living specimen
taken at Mentone, of the natural size; B 1, the same seen in
spirits and magnified to twice the natural size; B 2, the
same viewed sideways; B 3, the eyes; B 4, tibia, metatarsus
and tarsus of the right leg of the first pair showing the
spine and process on the under and inner side of the enlarged
tibia; B 5, right leg of the third pair showing the three
short spines on the patella; B 6, one of the two large claws,
and B 7, the small claw of the tarsus of one of the legs of
the hindmost pair; B 8, radial and digital joints of palpus
with palpal bulb; B 9, another view of the same; B 10, back
view of the same (figs. B 1 to B 10, all magnified); B
11, measurements of legs and palpus. C, tibia, metatarsus
and tarsus of right leg of _N. Manderstjernæ_ (Ausserer),
male, viewed from the under side and magnified, drawn from
the original specimen belonging to Dr. L. Koch, collected
at Nice, and described as _N. Manderstjernæ_ by Professor
Ausserer. My best thanks are due to Dr. L. Koch for having
enabled me to examine this valuable specimen. [In fig. C,
the curved spine should bend towards, and not away from, the
process on its right and inner side.]
LIST OF SPIDERS DESCRIBED.
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