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sheeted web. This species being one of the few that live in 

 amity, the pair are often captured together, and make excellent 

 examples to keep under observation in one's study. Their 

 nest is a fine example of a spider's engineering skill, their 

 silken cocoon being suspended in the centre of a many- chambered 

 nest. I have at the present time, in an observation cage, a 

 female which has built an elaborate cocoon chamber, decorating 

 the outside with the bodies of flies with which she has been 

 liberally supplied for some months. 



Owing to the few hours given over to the search, I obtained 

 but few species of many of the larger groups, but I am quite 

 sure that a systematic search by a few good workers throughout 

 the county would reveal large numbers of species, some perhaps 

 of a rare and interesting character. Until a few collectors and 

 students of the Aranece can be found in every county to take a 

 deep interest in this interesting class of creature, one cannot 

 hope to know much of the comparative rarity or otherwise of 

 many of the species. Let us hope that this time is not far 

 distant. For myself, I am looking forward to that time when I 

 can pay another and more extended visit to this district, when I 

 shall hope to add considerably to my list of species. 



