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  originally 
  introduced 
  into 
  this 
  country. 
  A 
  long 
  discussion 
  

   on 
  this 
  subject 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  ensued, 
  in 
  which 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Baker, 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  Stevens, 
  

   Mr. 
  Barrett, 
  Colonel 
  Swinhoe, 
  Mr. 
  M'Lachian, 
  Mr. 
  Verrall, 
  

   Capt. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Elwes, 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Fenn, 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Jacoby 
  and 
  others 
  

   took 
  part. 
  

  

  Papers 
  (C-c, 
  read. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  C. 
  J. 
  Gahan 
  contributed 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  " 
  On 
  South 
  

   American 
  species 
  of 
  Diabrotica 
  ; 
  an 
  Appendix 
  to 
  Parts 
  I. 
  and 
  

   II." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  M'Lachian 
  contributed 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  " 
  Descriptions 
  

   of 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  holophthalmous 
  AscalajjJiidcB." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant 
  communicated 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  "Des- 
  

   criptions 
  of 
  four 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Fuh/ora." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  Euock 
  read 
  an 
  interesting 
  paper 
  entitled 
  " 
  Additional 
  

   notes 
  and 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  life-history 
  of 
  Atypus 
  piceus," 
  

   which 
  was 
  in 
  continuation 
  of 
  his 
  papers 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  subject 
  

   read 
  before 
  the 
  Society 
  on 
  May 
  6th, 
  and 
  June 
  3rd, 
  1885. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  commenced 
  by 
  stating 
  that, 
  besides 
  confirming 
  

   all 
  his 
  previous 
  observations, 
  he 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  add 
  many 
  facts 
  

   in 
  the 
  life-history 
  of 
  this 
  interesting 
  spider. 
  With 
  the 
  aid 
  

   of 
  the 
  oxy-hydrogen 
  lantern, 
  every 
  point 
  and 
  detail 
  were 
  

   shown 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  realistic 
  manner 
  by 
  pictures 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  

   screen. 
  

  

  The 
  paper 
  was 
  divided 
  into 
  four 
  parts, 
  viz., 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  

   the 
  tube-like 
  nests 
  ; 
  the 
  anatomy 
  of 
  the 
  spider 
  ; 
  the 
  food 
  

   supply 
  ; 
  and 
  courtship, 
  domestic 
  economy, 
  and 
  tragedy. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  " 
  picture 
  " 
  was 
  a 
  photograph 
  of 
  six 
  inches 
  of 
  

   Hampstead 
  Heath, 
  in 
  which 
  small 
  space 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  four 
  or 
  

   five 
  of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  nests 
  or 
  " 
  purse-Avebs 
  " 
  of 
  Atypus 
  were 
  

   seen 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  grassy 
  bank 
  ; 
  their 
  resemblance 
  to 
  dead 
  

   pieces 
  of 
  stick 
  from 
  old 
  gorse 
  bushes, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  which 
  

   the 
  spider 
  makes 
  its 
  nest, 
  was 
  most 
  striking. 
  The 
  structure 
  

   of 
  the 
  nest 
  showing 
  its 
  silken 
  texture, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  covered 
  

   with 
  sand, 
  which 
  the 
  spider 
  brings 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  

   tube, 
  and 
  the 
  ingenious 
  method 
  of 
  attaching 
  the 
  aerial 
  portion 
  

   to 
  the 
  bank 
  or 
  leaves 
  of 
  plants, 
  afterwards 
  closing 
  the 
  

   aperture, 
  was 
  fully 
  described. 
  Sectional 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  nest, 
  

   showing 
  the 
  peculiar 
  cavity 
  made 
  about 
  half-way 
  down 
  and 
  

  

  