. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . Atypus Abboti Walck. NEST MAKING : ITS ORIGIN AND USE. 323 Citi-grades. Fig. 305. Vestibule of Lycosa tigrina (McCook). belongs to the Territelarise, and appears to be nearly related to Atypusand Nemesia. Mr. Moggridge classifies its nest among those of the Trap-door spiders, characterizing it as the funnel shaped nest.^ Among the Citigrades we find a resemblance in general habit to theTunnelweavers. The burrowing habit is quite identic
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . Atypus Abboti Walck. NEST MAKING : ITS ORIGIN AND USE. 323 Citi-grades. Fig. 305. Vestibule of Lycosa tigrina (McCook). belongs to the Territelarise, and appears to be nearly related to Atypusand Nemesia. Mr. Moggridge classifies its nest among those of the Trap-door spiders, characterizing it as the funnel shaped nest.^ Among the Citigrades we find a resemblance in general habit to theTunnelweavers. The burrowing habit is quite identical, and the tubemaking habit, although not so high-ly specialized, nevertheless exists. Itis chiefly displayed, how-ever, in spinning a tubu-lar lining to the little towerprolonged above the burrow, as inthe case of tlie interesting nest ofthe turret spider,^ Fig. 289, or thesilk lined, dome shaped vestibule ofthe Tiger spider,^ composed of mossor various scraps of miscellaneousmaterial, which is wrought into anentrance to the sloping burrow thatextends beneath the surface of the ground. (Fig. 305.) The silk linedtower of the turret spider may be said to resemble very closely the tubu-lar nest of such Orbweavers as Epeira d
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