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Montgomery’ who made some observations on the care of the 
young, states that the spinnerets are not attached to the egg sac; 
but several specimens of mine when offered water were observed 
to drag the sac from the spinnerets alone in the same manner as 
a lycosid. 
The actual mating of the species has not been observed by me 
but I was fortunate enough to watch the development of a male 
and find it preparing a web (see frontispiece) for the reception 
of the spermatic products. An immature male taken July 18th 
moulted August 16th, September 11th and again January 8th. On 
January 23d a small vertical web of fine lines suspended between 
coarser supports was spun across the glass chimney in which the 
male had been confined. On one side a little above the center, the 
spermatic fluid was deposited in a drop. A little later the male 
took his position on the other side of the web and applied the palpal 
organs alternately by reaching over the top and patting the drop 
with one palpus, the other meanwhile being raised to the level of 
the eyes. The procedure lasted but a few minutes, the drop diminish- 
ing visibly as each palpus touched it. 
Distribution. Ottawa, Winnipeg, Canada; *Brittons, * Jamesville, 
*Baldwinsville, *Long Branch, *Fishkill Landing, *Ithaca, *Staten 
Island, *Bump’s pond, *Otto, *Hyde Park, *Albany, *Rensselaer, 
*Flatbush, New York; *Gambier, *Urbana, *Columbus, *Rock- 
bridge, Marietta, Delaware, Ohio; *Wood’s Hole, Roxbury, Beverly, 
Topsfield, Peabody, Holyoke, Brookline, Mount Tom, Warwick, 
Mass; Franconia, Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H.; New Haven, Conn. ; 
Philadelphia, Chester, Pa.; *Madison, *Vineland, N. J.; *Washte- 
naw county, Mich.; *St Croix Falls, Wis.; “Olney, “Riverside, New 
Lenox, Pistakee, Gangers, Ill.; *Lawrence county, Wild Cat creek, 
Kan.; Arlington, Bass Lake, Shoals, Culver, Greencastle, Otis, Por- 
ter, Huntington, Ind., *Great Falls, *Dyke, *Black pond, *Potomac 
river, *Falls Church, Va.; *Millville, W. Va.; *De'escarlia Reservoir, 
*Cabin John, *Beltsville, ‘Island creek, *Hlyattswville, “Little Paint 
Branch, *Forest Glen, Md.; *District of Columbia; Delaware; 
*Chapel Hill, Morgantown, Murphy, Swannanoa Valley, Black 
Mountains) JN @s; Charleston, Sy).@s;) =Chastine)) Shreveport. lwan: 
*Starkville, *Sessums, Miss.; Opelika, *University, *Pratt’s Ferry, 
Woodstock minallilake Holt Ala fi oprineneldiw Vion ckqunba 
Gorda, Fla.; Texas; Georgia. 
Variety subinflata. This variety is apparently not so com- 
mon as the others but is widely distributed. Specimens have been 
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