The Structure and Habits of Spiders, ioi 



in confinement, in a nest the under side of 

 which had been cut away. Instead of com- 

 pleting the cocoon properly, she ate the eggs 



Fig. 58. 



immediately after laying. Epeira strix spins, 

 before laying, a bunch of loose silk, Fig. 59. 

 She touches her spinnerets, as in the figure on 



Fig. 59- 



the left, draws them away a short distance, at 

 the same time pressing upward with the hind- 

 feet, as in the figure on the right ; then moves 



