536 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL. XI, 
Marshall describes a dormouse which lives in Stegodyphus webs 
and ultimately drives out the spiders ; and both authors refer to a 
Microlepidopteron which lives with the spiders in their nests. 
Such a moth has recently been found associated with Stegodyphus 
sarasinorum in India (see above, p. 506). A Uloborid spider makes 
use of the webs of Stegodyphus (see above, pp. 533-534). Other 
associations, probably of a more casual nature, may also occur ; 
and when pulling Stegodyphus nests to pieces in Orissa in order to 
obtain lepidopterous larvae I found in addition the following 
animals alive within them : one cribellate spider ( ? Dictynidae), 
one centipede ( ? Geophilidae), one large Lepismatid and two 
minute beetles (Anthicidae and Clavicornia). 
Pholcidae. 
Concerning Artema atlanta see Flower, J. Straits R. Astatic Soc. 
No. 36, July 1901, p. 43. 
At least two species of Pholcidae are common in Calcutta, 
one much larger than the other. The former is usually found 
hanging by its long legs from its untidy web. The latter, which 
probably belongs to the genus Pholcus, is often seen in a similar 
position, but seems to be more of a wanderer, and I have twice 
seen it using its extraordinarily delicate legs as a snare for in- 
sects. On the first occasion the captive was an earwig (Nala 
lividipes). The earwig seemed much the stronger of the two an- 
tagonists, but was encircled by the spider’s legs, which were too 
slender to be seized, and the spider’s body was raised out of reach 
of danger by them. From time to time -the spider lowered its 
body and struck at the earwig; but it was always restrained 
from effecting its purpose by a flourish of the earwig’s abdomen. 
When the earwig tried to escape the spider went with it, taking 
care not to let it go from between its legs. Finally, however, 
the earwig’s patience proved greater than the spider’s, and it got 
away. On the second occasion the captive was a small Tipulid, 
and I have little doubt that the spider would soon have been 
victorious, but that the contest took place on a wall, from which 
both combatants ultimately lost their hold.' 
Argiopidae. 
An instance of a small bird being caught in the web of a 
large Argiopid—doubtless Nephila maculata—is recorded by Sher- 
will (J.A.S.B. XIX, pp. 474-5). The ‘‘ young spiders (about 
eight in number and entirely of a brick-red cqlour) feeding upon 
the carcass ’’ were probably either males or parasitic Theridiids. 
‘ More recently I have seen a hard-shelled jumping Chrysomelid beetle of 
considerable size (about 5 mm. long) similarly attacked by this spider. In this 
instance the spider had succeeded in attaching its silk to the victim and was 
busy spinning over it by the time it was seen. ‘The spider stood high above its 
victim as usual, and appeared to be arranging the threads with its hind legs. 
