. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. Spiders. GKNICRAI, C;OCOONIN(J IIAlilTS OK SPIDKRH. 155 from Mr. Clarence P. Franklin, of Philadelphia, who made an explora- tion of that cavern in order to collect the fauna living therein. Among the specimens collected and submitted to me are two which Luray appear also to be Linyi)hia weyeri, and are probably identical 2^yi with the Linyphia found by Professor Packard in the caves of Kentucky, Indiana, and Virginia, and which have be
. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. Spiders. GKNICRAI, C;OCOONIN(J IIAlilTS OK SPIDKRH. 155 from Mr. Clarence P. Franklin, of Philadelphia, who made an explora- tion of that cavern in order to collect the fauna living therein. Among the specimens collected and submitted to me are two which Luray appear also to be Linyi)hia weyeri, and are probably identical 2^yi with the Linyphia found by Professor Packard in the caves of Kentucky, Indiana, and Virginia, and which have been de- scribed by Mr. Emerton. Tliese spiders were found in a chamber separate entirely from that part of the cavern which is now illuminated by electric lights, and which is entered by a narrow opening. The location is about half a V^^\ mile from the main entrance of the cave, and is in total dark- ness. The araneads were found upon the banks of a pool, and were seen crawling about in the light of the torches in the guide's hand. No webs were seen in this spot, though doubtless such must exist. In another inner chamber, about one-fourth of a mile distant from the entrance, Mr. Franklin found numbers of webs and at least one co- coon. This spot is also in total darkness, is beyond the influence of the Cave electric lights, and in a com- ^®^^^"^paratively dry part of the cav- Cocoons. * , 1 ,. i- r ern, among older lormations ot stalactite and stalagmite. Upon one sta- lagmite about ten feet high and two feet to two and a half wide at the base, he found at least fifty webs hanging in vari- ous parts of the structure. This stalag- mite was roughly fluted from the base to ^'"- I'l- snare and cocoon of Linyphia o •> weyeri (?) in Luray Cavern. the apex, the fluting being from one and a half to three inches in width. Within the interspaces thus formed were stretched these webs, which appeared to be all of one character, as represented at Fig. 191. This figure was not
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