\\>l. XIX. November, igio. No. 6. 



BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 



BIOLOGY OF THI-: SHAWNEE CAVE SPIDERS. 



N< >KM.\N E. M. IN! II 



N'ERAL IN I K 'I'l i I I< iN. 



I rom v < pteinber 7, KjoX, to "September ~. [QOO,, ilu- author 

 held lln- Sp,-|,.,,l,,-ie.il I i M..U -hip in Indian. i I niver-itv with 

 it tin- I niver-ity'- <".i\- I. inn three mile- ea-t of 

 Miti hell, Ind Tin- present paper einbodie- the re-ult- of the 

 ob-er\.ition^ during tin- linn- on tin- h.ilni- !' -|udt-r- in 

 and in tin- laboratory. 



Tin- \\ork ha- lu-i-n larrinl mi under tin- dirn-tioii ot I >r. 

 < Ml igenmann, prot'i---or nt ; n Indiana I 'ni\ i r-ii \ . 



to \\hoin I am indebted l'or - ions and the lo.m ot hi- cave 



literature. I \\i-h to expre^ in\ thank- to Dr. Cliarle- /el. n\ , 

 associate pr"!. ->or of /o<.|, . : main- heljiful Mi^e-t ions. 



I .mi indebted t> I >r. \le\.mder 1'et rnnke\ ii. h (Or the ideinili- 

 ealion ot the -|ie ( inien- ; to I >i . \. M. M.mia. for the lo.m <! his 

 entire eolleetioii o| ,.i\e spider-, and to Mr. Will Scott, tor 



I MI i oi the map of this s. He surveyed and mapped 



the cave t'roin "i" to "37" or the I pi>er halton (see map, i 



.UM in the aiitnnin o| iv"7: the ant h<>r a--i-ted b\- Mr. l-'rank 

 'n snr\e\ed and mapped the I "|>|r 1 >altoii t'roin "37" t 11 



"1.4" in < October, 19 



I'KI vrioi - \\'< IKK. 



1'nbli-hed ob-er\ation- on the habit- of cave -|>ider- are 

 limited to .i ir\\ - ( .it it-red paper- \\hirh ^i\e li-t- of species and 

 l.ualities. 1 Tlu- be.-t studies [iiibli-hed are tho-e of I'a< kard- 

 and Bain 



I'.- al 06) ami Hl.it. hi. > ('96) v;iv li>t> ot Arai'hniil- I'MUII Indiana Caves. 

 W, ..:. A : I . I\'.. 1888. 



"l-'.iuna il Maylii-ld " IQO?. 



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