Crossword-Solution: LATRODECTUS 11 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 14

The scientific name is Latrodectus scelio, Thorel.In New Zealand, it is generally found on the beach under old driftwood; but in Australia it is found widely scattered over the Continent, and always frequents dark sheltered spots.

This was evidently the Katipo (_Latrodectus icelio_), the poison of which acts on the same principle as snake-poison, but generally much milder.

Section through a venom gland of Latrodectus 13-guttatus showing the peritoneal, muscular and epithelial layers.

While in the case of _Latrodectus_, as we shall see, less than one specimen sufficed to yield an active extract, I have injected the filtered extract of six fresh Russian tarantulas, of which each one was much heavier than an average _Latrodectus_, subcutaneously and into the jugular vein of various cats without the animals dying or showing any special symptoms.

The dread "Malmigniatte" of Corsica and South Europe, the "Karakurte" of southeastern Russia, the "Katipo" of New Zealand, the "Mena-vodi" and "Vancoho" of Madagascar, and our own _Latrodectus mactans_, all belong to this genus, and concerning all of these the most circumstantial accounts of their venomous nature are given.