472 HABITATIONS OF INSKCTS. 



these lodgings. At a particular season of the yeai- the 

 male quits his apartment, approaches that of the female, 

 enters it, and enlarging it by the bubble of air that he 

 carries with him, it becomes a common abode for the 

 happy pair"". — The spider which forms these singular 

 habitations is one of the largest European species, and 

 in some countries not unconnnon in stagnant pools. 



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