88 HOME STUDIES IN NATURE. 



It digs a burrow in the earth six or seven inches 

 in depth, but the upper part of its domicile is entirely 

 unlike that of the tiger-spider. This species builds a 

 little round tower above its burrow. It procures sticks 

 from one to two inches in length, and arranges them 

 very symmetrically one above the other, laying them 

 so as to make a five-sided wall. 



It is usually a most contented species in confinement. 

 Early in July I took a fine female, surrounded and 

 almost covered with baby spiders 

 about ready to leave the mother 

 — the young can readily run up 

 the side of the jar and escape. 

 As soon as they left her, I re- 

 moved the jar to my study; I 

 did not take the nest with this 

 spider, as I wished to see what 

 she would do with entirely new 

 surroundings. The earth in the jar was about six inches 

 in depth and well pressed down. I gave her sticks and 

 moss to put around the top of her tube. 



She soon began to dig a burrow, and when it was 

 about two inches in depth she commenced to build a 

 tower above it. She takes a stick from my fingers and 

 places it at the edge of her tube. She works while 

 inside of her burrow, holding the stick with her fore- 

 legs until it is arranged to suit her; she then turns 

 around and fastens it with a strong web. She takes 

 another stick and proceeds in the same way, and con- 



FOUKDATION OF TDRRET. 



