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 Vice-President — Dr. James Fletcher, Ottawa. 

 Secretary — W. E. Saunders, London. 

 Treasurer — J. A. Balkwill, London. 

 Directors : Division No. i — C. H. Young, Hurdman's Bridge. 



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Division No. 4 — G. E. Fisher, Burlington. 



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 (The Ex-Presidents of the Society are Directors ex-officio.) 

 Librarian and Curator — Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, London. 

 Auditors — VV. H. Hamilton and F. A. Stuart, London. 

 Editor of The'' Canadian Entomologisi" — Rev. Dr. Bethune, London. 

 Editing Committee — Dr. Fletcher, Ottawa; H. H. Lyman, Montreal; 

 J. D. Evans, Trenton; Prof. Lochhead, Guelph; G. E. Fisher, Burlington; 

 J. B. Williams and C. W. Nash, Toronto. 



Delegate to the Royal Society — A. F. Winn, Montreal. 

 Delegates to the Western Fair — J. A. Balkwill and W. E. Saunders. 

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 man, Dearness and Saunders, London. 



THE SPIDERS OF THE ROCHPORT CAVE, MO. 



BY CYRUS R. CROSBY, COLUMBIA, MO. 



On December 30th, 1904, I examined for spiders a small cave on the 

 north bank of the Missouri River, three miles below Rochport, Mo. This 

 cave is occupied by a small stream, which enters it by an opening some 

 distance from the river, and leaves it in a narrow gorge cut back in the 

 bluffs. 



At the mouth of the cave Meta menardi, Latr., was abundant in webs 

 on the rocks, and one empty egg-sac was found, accompanied by a number 

 of young, which an adult female seemed to be guarding. 



On the piles of bat excrement were numerous pocket-like webs of 

 Teginaria brevis, Em. When disturbed they sought shelter under the 

 stones at the edge of which the webs were placed. Several females and 

 two males were taken. On some driftwood brought in by the stream two 

 specimens oi Erigone (Tmeticus) tridetita, Em., one male and one female, 

 were taken. 



November, 1905. 



