[302]. Warburton, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6), viii., 1891, p. 113.
[303]. Spiders of Dorset, 1879–1881, p. xxvii.
[304]. Spiders, their Structure and Habits, 1883, p. 98.
[305]. Sexual Selection in Spiders, p. 37. (Occasional Papers of the Nat. Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin, I., 1889.)
[306]. Arachnides de France (vol. i., published 1874). Histoire naturelle des araignées (2nd ed. vol i., published 1892).
[307]. Simon’s Cribellatae comprise Hypochilidae, Uloboridae, Psechridae, Zoropsidae, Dictynidae, Oecobiidae, Eresidae, Filistatidae.
[308]. The Spider genus Mygale was established by Walckenaer in 1802, but the name was preoccupied, having been used by Cuvier (Mammalia) in 1800.
[309]. Hist. Nat. des Araignées (2nd ed.), i., 1892, p. 76.
[310]. The “scopula” is the pad of close-set thick hairs which covers the under surface of the tarsus and often of the metatarsus. The “claw-tufts” are groups of longer hairs, often extending beyond the claws, and giving the foot a bifid appearance.
[311]. The three families mentioned above constitute the “Araneae Theraphosae” of Simon, the remaining families being distinguished as “Araneae Verae.” The Aviculariidae and the Atypidae are united by some authors to form the Theraphosidae.