604 TKAI'-Dook S1'IDF-:RS. 



flats beneath trees and bushes. l)Ut very often right in tlie open 

 without any protection of any kind. 



Lid and Tube. — The Hd is tiiin, D-shaped. and is ctjncave on 

 the vnider surface. It does not tit into the tulie a.s in the case 

 of Stasimopus, Init overlaps the mouth, which projects shghth- 

 above ground. The margin of th.e mciuth is turned down into 

 a sort of rounded rim \n which ])icces of dry grass or other 

 material are attached. The>e. though n(jt very strong, mav 

 perha])s strengthen the projecting portion of the tube. The 

 centre ])art of the inner surface of the lid is made of white felted 

 web, and fits the circular opening. Outside that is the concave 

 projecting margin which overlaps the rim of the tube. During 

 the incubation period the lid is fastened down by a collar of web 

 joining the margin of the white central disc to the sides of the 

 tube. The tube is usually from four to six inches long. When 

 lifted and released, the lid shuts as with a spring. Were it 

 not so arranged, its lightness would render it liable to be easily 

 blown ojjen by the wind or lifted by the spider's enemies. On 

 one occasion only have I seen a lid open during the day. but 

 it was instantly closed on my approach. 



Occurrence of Nests. — Xests are often found in small 

 groiijis. but isolated nests are quite common. 



Males. — I have found over half a dozen adult males in the 

 months of February, March and April — all in lidded tul)es like 

 those' occupied by females. At luist London, at the end of 

 June, 1915. I found two smaller species of . Icaiilhodoii, and was 

 ver}- fortunate in securing -everal males of both. In all these 

 cases, however, the males were found in tubes rcjughly closed 

 but without distinct lids. 



Piirllier Observations. — ( )n one occasion I ].)Ut a female 

 into a hole bored in clay. The tube was lined, and the lid put 

 on in a few hours. Small >havings cut from matches were 

 placed near, and these the spider fixed all round the mouth of 

 its nest. 



.\f.\NTHODox Abr.miami llci^'itl (Plate 27 D). 

 (Rec. Albany Mus. 2, 473.) 



Locality. — This .species is commonl\- found under the lee of 

 stones, and on sloping groiuid usually protected by vegetation. 

 It has also been frequenth- found in horizontal rock crevices, 

 but seldom on flat groimd. 



Lid and Tube. — The tube as a rule ])r(jjects from i to 2 

 inches horizontally above ground, and looks, to the casual 

 observer, like an exposed dead root or dry stick. This part of 

 the tube is very much thickened, and is in consequence much 

 stronger than the part underground. The tubes are usually 

 from 4 to 6 inches in length, and are seldom more than half an 

 inch in diameter. They are often ver\- tortuous, being frequently 

 founrl almost encircling stones. 



