_S ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [February 



grasses, the top of a foxtail grass, which I liatl seen composing 

 other nests, beside some weed steins, and three little rolled 

 pieces of red. white and bine paper. The spider, which had 

 disappeared for a time below the surface, now came to the 

 opening, and walking over to one of the grasses she picked it 

 up and carried it to the edge, where, letting it go, she turned 

 around within the tube and attached it at the middle to the 

 entrance with multiple st rands of silk. Another grass stem 

 was next taken, which she laid crossing the tirst. on top of the 

 half buried, burs. Then her attention was drawn lot he weed 

 stems, which in like manner were disposed of and imbedded 

 in silken pellets. In their turn then came the red paper, a 

 straw and sand bundle, placing them with the same scru- 

 pulous neatness. The bit <>f white paper was drawn to the 

 side and fastened, and lastly the bine paper found a resting 

 spot, all the material which I supplied having been used in 

 embellishing the towering castle, which was now nearly an 

 inch in height. Referring attain to the plate illustration, o. 

 shows a tube which penetrated ten inches of the soil; it was 

 finished with a curious castle, having as an ornamentation on 

 top two spikes of the bristly foxtail grass. The interior was 

 slightly enlarged just within. A slight difference is shown in 

 the tube/;, the Avork of a larger spider with somewhat faded 

 abdomen. As is often the cast' in old specimens, she had not 

 exercised all her latent talents, fora few bits of twigs and a 

 dilapidated leaf constituted her castle, scarcely raised above 

 the ground. Quite a contrast is presented by the tuber, made 

 by a younger individual. Her artistic culture was more 

 freely displayed in an excellently built castle, which I have 

 drawn as a separate illustration. Fig. 1*. Surprising industry 

 is shown in the length of the tube, nearly two feel. As if for 

 tilled against invasion the east le was adorned with a spike of 

 nine prickly heads of burgrass ; beside t he side of t he passage 

 was also placed a cluster of burs almost touching t he cut ranee. 

 At the margin a small twig was se! on transversely, serving 

 as a little stepping pillar on which the spider chose to climb 

 in getting in and out. The tube <l has the middle slightly 

 enlarged, showing the ending 1 of what was formerly the Sum 

 mei' quarters, while no\\ it is continued down asa Fall or Win- 

 ter extension. The spider found in I he bottom of this cellar 



