664 THE LYCOSA AT HOME. 
must be on their own soil, and with no invasion of their an- 
cestral habits, except the engrafting upon them of the 
morality of the New Testament. 
THE LYCOSA AT HOME. 
BY J. H. EMERTON. 
Lasr spring Mr. J. A. 
Lintner noticed on the sandy 
hills west of Albany, N. Y., 
a number of holes about half 
an inch in diameter, each 
<< surrounded by a ring of 
"v sticks and bits of leaves 
| loosely fastened together by 
SN fine threads. A few days 
Wwe afterward (May 6), I care- 
Sw fully opened several of these 
x holes and found in the bot- 
3 tom of each a large spider, 
A a Lycosa. The holes were 
Ww from six to eight inches deep 
* and lined with a delicate web, 
which near the top was stout 
enough to be separated from 
the sand, forming a silken 
: tube attached to the ring of 
ws chips around the mouth of 
N NS S Www the hole. When the holes 
SN NS SS XV were opened the spiders lay 
st of Lycosa 
NS still in the bottom and al- 
e lowed themselves to be taken 
out without attempting to escape. The sand at the bottom 
