398 General Notes. [May, 
water. The specie seems to be new, and I have called it in MS. 
Tarentula nidifex. 
About the same time I received from Mr. Nicolas Pike, of 
Brooklyn, with whom I had corresponded upon this subject, spec- 
imens, in a dried state, of a Lycosa which, according to a state- 
ment of this eminent naturalist, digs similar holes in the sand 
near the sea shore. Mr. Pike speaks thus about the habits of this 
remarkable spider, to which I have given the MS. name of Zaren- 
tula pike: 
22 to 23 aaa pane seal 
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5 le which form she. smooth finish to. 
(tc > the tntetioiy) so shat en it runs in and 
icle of sand 
out 0: _ tube not a particle of san 
Wh [ is displac 
Sree The caihcece to the excavation, whet 
; inhabited by adults and built o 
ain the manner in whl 
spiders construct aay paola habita- 
tions, as the work is always cart! arried on 
night. At last my perseverance was 
rewarded. a 
In the summer of 1877 I pass 
some time at Shinnicook = its vicin- 
” 
a very re te) t oak the way 
place, amongst the sand dunes, — 
had th d fortun the operation 0 
building as well as to study the habits of this probably hitherto undescribed spider. In 
surface tll bagein g the sand on the 
surface till a saucer-shaped ex mata; ahicat emetee a a abe deep 
This was done by pushin ng ety he aad ehh her body, oe be she commence? 
to make the excavation proper, with a peculiar rotary mov of her body. T. 
sand was pushed back faa a glutinou sh eb was spu el which held back the pete 
of sand, she at re same time pressing it with her abdomen to the size require ‘2 
the —. was completed. I could still observe her at work as she con ns was Bi 
upper chamber (if I may call it so), which occupied much time. After thi 
ished, I eet sight of her, as the excavation in the damp sand was rais sed. My 0 
