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The family was cai)turcnl by D. K. Woodly, Student, at Chapel 

 Hill, N. C, March 17, 1886, The mother had either deserted her child 

 ren, or had met with her death. The tube was doorless and near a de- 

 caying stump. The 28 children were living peacefully together in the 

 silken cocoon which bad contained the eggs at the bottom of the tube. 

 After keeping them together in a small vial for one day, I prepared a 

 bottle of earth for each one. The bottfes measure i}i inches in diame- 

 by thee inches deep. In each about i] inches in depth of earth was 

 placed. The earth was moist, loose, but smoothed over and gently 

 packed to furnish a smooth surface for operations. 



The following table shows the time of beginning and completion of 

 the work of each. In column 4 is given the time when the work began 

 which was carried to completion. Some liegan work earlier than here in- 

 dicated but abandoned it. 



* Nest was destroyed and another built. 



Variaiioiis from the normal type. Hy the normal type is meant that 

 which seems to be the sim])Iest, im^st nearly ])crfect, plan of construct- 



