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AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. 



These disks, on 

 examination, pre- 

 sent very uniformly 

 the appearance shown 

 at Fig. 88, a, b. The 

 lower part of the cup, 



a, is an oval dish twice 



as long at the top as at the 

 bottom, reminding one of 

 the form of a portable bath 

 tub much in vogue. The 

 upper disk, the cover or cap, 



b, is in shape a miniature 

 soft slouch hat with 



a rounded crown and 

 turned up rim. The 

 rim of the cap fits 

 upon a minute cor- 

 responding lip of the cup. 

 When the eggs are first laid 

 the cocoon has a somewhat 

 flattened appearance, which 



FIG. 85. The Labyrinth spider's cocoon string, suspended within the maze above 

 her leaf roofed tent. 



