196 - Hentz’s Descriptions of the 
of a conical form, with small eminences, to which are attached 
the threads that hold it suspended firmly in the air, as that of 
Tueripium verecundum. After it. was finished, the mother 
watched it constantly, never leaving its unprotected family. 
Unfortunately, a rat, finding its way into the room, ate the 
watchful parent, leaving the cocoon, out of which the young 
were hatched on the 14th of October. These were of a deep 
orange color, measuring full 0.9 inch. The cocoon was of a 
pale greenish color. These habits show an affinity to. Microm- 
‘mata. It is possible that the mother carries its + young like 
Lycosa. i 
Habitat. North Carolina, Alabama. 
2. OXYOPES SCALARIS. 
" Plate XVII. Fig, 4. 
| Description. Gray, varied js white and black; “feet 
hairy. — 
Observations. This KORAP is usually found on trees, wan- 
dering after prey. It has the habitus of a Lycosa, and was 
observed by the writer for some time, before it was discovered 
that it belongs to a distinct subgenus. It is sought after by, 
and becomes the victim of the different species of the genus 
Spuex, a hymenopterous insect, which makes tubes of clay for 
the reception of its eggs, and in which it deposits great num- 
bers of spiders, that are benumbed by its sting, but not entirely 
deprived of vitality, so that they continue alive till, the egg 
of the Sphex being hatched, the young larva finds in them 
fresh nourishment. It is common, shpen fogod at all. 
Habitat. North Carolina. i 
- OXYOPES SALTICUS. 
;Plate XV L Fig. 10; 
, Deeription Pülexorquiusinhs 5 cephalothorax with fot 
ongitudinal blackish „lines; abdomen, above, with- vé 
