THE SPIDER-HUNTERS 



unerring choice of one tiny pin-hole among hundreds 

 just Hke it. 



The larva of bombycina cocoons nine days after the 

 egg is laid. The spiders that we found in the cells were 

 dead even when taken on the day of storing. There 

 was no rule about the degree of mutilation, one having 

 seven legs left, two five, one two, and four none. We 

 have no doubt that the object of this curious habit is to 

 save room in the nest. 



