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The spider spreadsits-legs out head upwards on a 
wall, and gradually withdrew the legs, followed by the 
thorax and abdomen, the carapace separated from the 
body, and the skin of the abdomen spht longitudinally on 
the neutral surface, and was turned outside in by the 
withdrawal of the abdomen. It then turned head down, 
hanging close to the cast skin by the spinnarets, which 
also made an attachment to the wall, and so ltung until 
sufficiently dried to move off. 
When gently touched, the spider dropped a little 
way, hanging by a strong thread, still head downwards. 
The skin, which was quite perfect, remained adhering to 
the wall. | i | 
On several occasions at night I have noticed a spider 
belonging to above genus feeding~on the hairy larva of 
Darala ocellata. The spider clung head downwards on a 
wall, holding the larva in its falces. 
T. Srwen, 
Micropon.—In connection with Mr. Gallard’s paper 
on this interesting insect, see a paper by Deudy, Victorian 
Naturalist, vi., 185, 1889.—Ed. 
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