At this stage, the cocoon was cut open, and many of the spiders 

 still within were found to be moulting. After the moult they 

 were lighter in color than those which had left the cocoon earlier. 

 Moulted skins and the remains of eggs were plentiful. 



Before the young left the cocoon the mother would neither eat 

 nor drink unless food and water were placed where they could be 

 reached without leaving the cocoon, while afterwards she chose 

 another part of the breeding cage for herself and seldom went 

 near the young, who continued to cluster about the cocoon, and are 

 not carried by the mother, as Hentz suggested might be the case. 

 Early in December both mother and young were preserved in for- 

 maUn for the Museum collection.^ 



Another interesting spider, which was collected at McClellan- 

 ville, S. C, and presented to the Museum by Miss Maria Gibbes, 

 is Epeira cancer. This is a most satisfactory name, for cancer 

 means "crab," and no name could better describe this curious 

 little spider. With the specimen came an egg-case of brilhant 

 green silk, formed by the species. 



Since this specimen was received the species has been observed 

 alive in the woods near Charleston, where its symmetrically 

 finished, three-pointed web was stretched perpendicularly across 

 a broad path. 



The frequency with which spiders are brought to the Museum 

 seems to indicate an interest in the group, and the Museum will 

 be glad to receive and identify specimei;is. 



P. M. Rea 

 L. M. Bragg 

 Sailfish: a Correction 



In the account of the Sailfish in the November issue of the 

 Bulletin^ the scientific name was erroneously given as Reg- 

 alecus glesne. The correct name of this species is Istiophorus 

 nigricans. P. M. Rea 



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