808 POPULAR SCRIPTURE ZOOLOGY.

Castros the Greciaus call—Asilus we :
A fierce, loud buzzing breeze. Their stings draw blood,
And drive the cattle gadding through the wood.””

Though these insects have no sting, they cause great
suffering, by piercing the skin with their pointed proboscis,
and depositing their eggs in the punctures, in the same
manner as the (Gstrus.

Crass ARACHNIDA.

The Spider is too remarkable a creature in its structure
and habits, to be passed over by the sacred writers; accord.
ingly we find it frequently alluded to; but before referring
to these passages, we will gather from other sources a short sc-
count of these well-known, but too often despised creatures.

Linneus ranked spiders with insects; but though similar
in many respects, they are distinguished from them by the
number of their limbs, their internal structure, and their
habits. Spiders are destitute of antenns, but are provided
with a pair of pincers terminating in sharp points, perforated
by small holes, through which a poison is emitted, fatal to
mostof the smaller insects. The eyes are unlike those of it-