190 - Hentz's Descriptions of the 
of eggs, I was dios to see whether she could survive the 
wound. I placed her in a glass jar, and, according to my ex- 
pectations, nature made an effort, that she might live for the 
protection of her progeny. The wound, which in other cases 
would have proved immediately mortal, healed readily, and 
after remaining inactive about tliree days, she made a cocoon 
of a light brown color and orbicular, in which her eggs were 
placed. She held it constantly grasped in her cheliceres, and 
seemed intent on watching it to: the last, but the effort being 
made, her strength failed ; the wound opened again, and the 
fluids running out, she very gradually lost all her muscular 
powers, but faithful to her duties, the last thing which she 
held was the ball containing her future family. Can maternal 
tenderness be more strikingly S 
Habitat. Alabama. 
: _(Řipuariæ ae 6: DOLOMEDES URINATOR. ~ 
. Plate XVI. Fig. 3. 
"Doortehos: Livid brown, somewhat hairy ; ` cophalothorax 
with obscure marks uniting towards the centre, two approxi- 
mate wedgelike black spots on the disc; a black spot behind 
the external posterior eyes ; abdomen died with curved black- 
ish lines, and with eight, ten, or twelve white dots : surrounded 
with black ; feet with brownish rings. 
z EE E This large spider is found near water, on 
which it runs with great swiftness.. Wher closely pursued, " 
dives under the surface, and conceals itself under some leaves 
or rubbish till danger is past. It is to this species, esed : 
though possibly to D. lanceolatus; that must be refi 
sketch sent me by Dr. T. W. Harris, with the description oi 
the web made by the female. T have not yet been fortunate 
enough to find the web of either species. I have found a 
specimen of this, on the 3d of March, in Alabama, batir p 
the sunshine on the south side òf a tree, on the 
Cypress creek. I took it for Mrcrommara Carolinensis, not* 
| ts. large: size, but its markings 
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