It is named by the natives "selali", and is believed to be the maker of a hinged cover for its nest.

You see a door, about the size of a shilling, lying beside a deep hole of nearly similar diameter.

The inside of the door lying upward, and which attracts your notice, is of a pure white silky substance, like paper.

The outer side is coated over with earth, precisely like that in which the hole is made.

If you try to lift it, you find it is fastened by a hinge on one side, and, if it is turned over upon the hole, it fits it exactly, and the earthy side being then uppermost, it is quite impossible to detect the situation of the nest.
Unfortunately, this cavity for breeding is never seen except when the owner is out, and has left the door open behind her.
In some parts of the country there are great numbers of a large, beautiful yellow-spotted spider, the webs of which are about a yard in diameter.