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these cocoons this spring I found within its meshes I to, there was a small hole in each, through which all 



about half-a-dozen shells of the larvre of the house- the interior of the larvte had been extracted, 



fly. The young spiders were just ready to leave doubtless by the young spiders during their 



the cocoon, and on examining the shells referred I infantile stage. 



Fig. 154. Fac simile of Spider's Web. 



Fig. 155. Facsimile of another Spider's Web. 



