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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
standing on end, and with a small lip 
all round the upper edge, which enables 
them to be closely corked. After the 
spider has been killed by immersion in 
spirits of wine, place it in the tube, and 
fill this with rectified spirits, and cork 
it closely with a small soft cork. The 
smaller specimens preserve their form 
best in a mixture of three parts alcohol 
and one of water.” 
The nests in which spiders deposit 
their eggs are often of very singular 
construction, and frequently act as puz- 
zles to the uninitiated. During the 
present season some curious little white 
paper-like cases were found on oaks at 
Killerton, near Exeter, and sent to us 
for identification, and we consulted the 
living celebrities of spider-literature 
about them ; the insect and its nest 
were both new to Mr. Meade, though 
Mr. Blackwall recognized the insect as 
his Thericlion p aliens . Yet these were 
casually picked up as curiosities of in- 
sect architecture by one who was no 
professed entomologist. 
Truly has Mr. Meade observed that 
“ regarding the habits and economy of 
spiders a wide field yet remains un- 
explored, which will richly repay the 
inquiry.” 
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