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geometrical web, spreading from bush to bush, in the 

 centre of which it remains motionless, with legs stretched 

 out, and the head downwards. In a beautiful wood 

 behind Calderas, in Mindanao, I observed a dingy 

 little species of Spider, of the genus Clubiona, concealing 

 itself in very snug retreats, formed out of a dead leaf, 

 rolled round in the shape of a cylinder, lined with a soft 

 silken tissue, and closed at one end by means of a strong, 

 woven felt door. When hunted, it was amusing to see 

 the frightened little creatures run for protection into their 

 tiny castles, where they would doubtless be safe from the 

 attacks of birds, owing to the leaves not being distin- 

 guishable from others that strew the ground. 



