TENSILE MPIDER'S NFBT. 



CHAPTER XXX. 



SPIDERS AND INSECTS. 



Remarkable Spider Nests in the British Museum — Seed-nests and Leaf-nests — 

 Nests of the Tuftkd Spidek — Form and colouring of the Spider — Its curious 

 limbs — Nests illustrative of the hexagonal principle — Nest of the Icasia — The 

 equal pressure and excavation theories — Nest of MiscHOCYTTAKUs iind its re- 

 markable form — Nest of the EAPHiGASTEn — Summary of the Argument — Tho 

 PROCESSIONAEY MoTH — Reasons for its name — How the larvae march — Damage 

 done by them to trees — A natural remedy — The Calosoma and its habits — The 

 GiPST Moth — Its ravages upon trees and mode of destroying it — The social 

 principle among Caterpillars — Mr. Eennie's experiments — The Lackey Moth 

 — Supposed derivations of its popular name — The eggs, larva, and perfect in- 

 sects — Habits of the Moth— The Bbovitn-tailed Moth — Locality where it is 

 found — Its ravages abroad — Nests of the IcariA as they appear in branches — 

 The Afoica and its remarkable nests — Moth Nests from Monte Video. 



We have already seen several nests built by Spiders, some of 

 which are made in the earth, others are strictly pensile, and 

 others may fairly come into the present group. The specimens 



