TWO YOUNG NATURALISTS. 



ing, and constructs its web, as well as forms its den, 

 in its special manner. The trap-door spider, very 

 common in the south of France, excavates in the 

 earth a well, or pit, of about one or two feet in 



TRAP-DOOE SPIDER (Ctenlza fodiens) AND ITS NEST. 



depth, and carefully lined. Like a wise animal, it 

 closes its dwelling by a lid, a true door, kept in place 

 by a hinge, and closed with a latch, the latch being 

 the spider itself. The inner side of the door has 



