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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[February 



going out long enough only to catch insect food . Even this is 

 seldom, for much food is taken in at the very 1 hreshokl of the 



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castle. Younger specimens re-dig outgrown burrows, enlarg- 

 ing them as occasion requires. It was interesting to observe 

 neighborly beetles and other species of spiders, not to be out- 

 done, with one accord churn up the soil by their diggings. 



FIG. '2. A oawtle or nest of tin- < ',: >t Ic-huildiiiy spider. u:>.tur;!l .-i/r. IVmn n:iturc. 



liy I lie author. 



When the vernal spell is changed by lowering temperature, 

 quiet creeps upon the scene. I'sually the spider's lube is 

 constructed vertically in the ground unless. as is shown in Un- 

 reduced plate illustration, obstructions cause some deviation. 

 The four different examples here shown \\ereopened from tin- 

 side, being careful to preserve their form. A silk lining is put 

 on by the spider, which is continuous with the inside of the 



