CONTENTS

IntroductionPage
Number and Names of Spiders[vii]
Anatomy[viii]
Silk and Spinning Organs[x]
Colors and Markings[xi]
Habitats of Common Spiders[xii-xiv]
Cobwebs[xvi]
Catching and Preserving Spiders[xvii]
The Drassidæ[1-21]
Clubiona[15]
The Dysderidæ[22]
The Thomisidæ[24-40]
Misumena[25]
Xysticus[30]
Philodromus[35]
The Attidæ[41-66]
The Lycosidæ[67-90]
Lycosa[68]
Pardosa[78]
Dolomedes[85]
Ocyale[88]
Oxyopes[88]
The Agalenidæ[91-106]
The Therididæ[107-133]
Theridium[110]
Steatoda[119]
Pholcus[128]
Scytodes[131]
The Linyphiadæ [134-153]
Linyphia[134]
Erigone[148]
The Epeiridæ[154-204]
Round Webs of the Epeiridæ[155-159]
Species of Epeira[160-181]
The Three Species of the Genus Zilla[184]
Acrosoma[188]
Argiope[192-198]
Tetragnatha[198-204]
The Ciniflonidæ, or Cribellata[205-220]
Dictyna[205]
Amaurobius[213]
Uloborus[216]
Hyptiotes[218]
Filistata[220]