BIOLOGY OF THE SHANYNEE CAVE SPIDERS. 3! I 



case they lived two weeks where they died. This pair like all 

 others when in captivity had no inclination to mate. 



Coco- >NS AND Er,<,- 



One cocoon wa- made in a -l.t-- case < Vt<>U-r 4. It contained 

 six eggs. Another was made in a case I > <-ml>cr 1 1. January 

 21 , MIII- with ! c.m-tructed in a vial. ( Hhrr cocoons 



wen- made in \i.d- on the following dates: April J>> : May 5. 8, 

 jj. 27 ,uid ,}i; June 3, J.s and 28; Jul\ > and 27; August 6, 19 

 and J I . 



< Mi tin- follouiiu dates cocoons with eggs \\ere collected in 

 tin- cavi Octobei - one with two t. ne with ei-h 



Janu.in. 2O; |anuar\ Jo, one containing; ei-hl ne\\ly hatched 

 spider- .ind one \\ith -< M-II eggs; another \\itli -e\t : M.in h 



2\ M.in li i<>, i . -is, one with egii and tin- other \\itli 



ncul\ h.iiiln-d; M.i\ j}. one with four i-i;y; July -. OIK- \\ith 

 loin J"ly ''. at various localities collected -<-\ ( -n cocoons, 



OIK o| \\hiili i iiiitainrd fijn eggs, and t \\ o other- IM. h hcl<l 

 tour yum-, .tt \.irioii- 1... ,ilitii-> in 1'pprr Malion Au^n-i jj 

 (-..lleitrd seven ns. S<jme f)f lh> 'itaim-d yoiinv; ju-t 



hatched, and others young r.iil\ to l< ,i\ ( - tli. ns. 



Tin- i -ii- in (!: ^ are u-uall\ c- >n>i nu tf<l in ^ccludnl 



pi. i' - and .in- ditlu nit to find unless i.nr examine- r\t-r\ little 



rnce and looks under the li k-\<r\ ran-iull\. 



timr- tin \ are lound .ittaihnl ! the undi r-idr o| rocks 



on tin- !lo.,r. din mi.tv llrn undi r litllr Ird^r^ >! fm-k- and in 



tlir amtr aii'^lr- ( .(' -mall i fr\ i. 



In i nlof 1 1 1, -\ .in- -now \\ hiir and an- di-< -like in -h.r Thr 



tlat part o| tlir di-i i- I'.i-tnird lirmK to tin- P., ' '!'!.. 



-i/r i- (. mm. in diameter l.y ;, mm. in depth, although -i.metime- 

 a i moon i i. in, lining the minimum numl-er ol i- .1- large as 



one i-oiiiaiiiiiiii the maximum number. I ha\e ne\ rr l.reii 

 lortunaie eiion-h to \\itnr-- .1 lemale making her CQCOOn, luit 

 on examination, .1 , , ,, . -n i- compn-ed ..f .1 mofe or less linn ami 

 rlo-el\ woven circular base. The - re pil< d into a heap in 



the middle ol this IMM- and then the convex part i- -pun over 

 them in Mich a crude and iniMilistantial \\.ty that one can gener- 

 ally count the eggs through this covering. In detachini; the 

 M.'nm<'iiu-ry. '06, describes the cocoons and eggs of an allied out-ide form. 



