420 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XXII, 



ments of the Linus and was evidently prepared to defend itself, 

 but neither seemed anxious to take the initiative in a iiEjht. Con- 

 sequently I had to end the affair by recapturing the Linns before 

 anj'thing definite had happened. 



Linus makes an irregular cocoon of silk mixed with earth 

 round its eggs, which it hangs among the cobwebs in which it 

 lives. The mother clings to the cocoon till the young are hatched. 

 .. '. The same or a closely allied species occurs in Madras. 



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