66 
THERIDIUM TUBICOLUM. Dol. 
1859. Tkdridium iubkolum. Dol. Twe«de Bijdr,, etc., p. 49, pi. VI L, figg. 7 and 7 b. 
1S78. „ ,^ Thor. StudL, etc., iL, pp. 158 and 300, 
1881. „ id. ibid, iii., p. 172. 
iSyo. „ „ id. ibid, iv., vol, I., p. 273. 
Description of Plate 66 5* — spider^ mag, j ^, natural sLse ; profile ; cephalo- 
thorax, underside \ eyes ; / epigyne ; cocoon, mag. 
Total length, ; cephalo thorax, 3»/6 ; breadth, scarcely ; breadth in front 
scarcely i; abdomen, 6 ; breadth, 5 '/a mil Urn. Leg, i— 17 (tibia» 3^)j ii, — i^K ^ 
iii,— 8}^ I iv.— 13 14 millini. Patella + tibia, iv.— 4^;^ millim (Thorell). 
Doleschall says ;™" This spider is common in Amboina in sunny places throughout 
the year on hedges and low wild bushes, and that it spins a large irregular net fastened aU 
round. In the middle the spider makes a long perpendicular pipe-shaped sack, which is 
closed above and funnel-shajwd at the lower edge. The spider inhabits the lower end of 
this sack, however, drawing nimbly into it from any danger from above." 
The only specimen which I found was inhabiting a large reticulated net 1 2 inches 
high, with a twisted leaf in centre, under which the spider was sitting with its cocoon* 
Cocoon, inch in diameter ; colour, brown. 
