INDEX.

Abdomen, [12], [16].
Adhesive threads, [67].
Adult characters of spiders, [87].
Agalena, web of, [55].
Agalenidæ, [26].
Age of spiders, [112].
Air-sacs, [22].
Air-tubes, [12].
Anyphena, flying of, [84].
Argiope, web of, [67].
Argyrodes, [58].
Attidæ, [28].
Attus, flying of, [85].
Bertkau, experiments on poison of spiders, [34].
Blackwall, age of spiders, [112];
experiments on poison, [35];
on blowing out of threads, [80];
on flying spiders, [82].
Blind spiders, [113].
Blowing of threads, [80].
Breathing-organs, [16], [22].
Calamistrum, [73].
California trap-door spider, [49].
Care of young, [104].
Cave spiders, [113].
Ciniflonidæ, [72].
Classification of spiders, [11], [23].
Claws, [14].
Cobwebs, [54].
Cocoons, [98].
Colors of spiders, [17], [19].
Concealment of spiders, [70].
Copulation, [94].
Crab spiders, [29].
Cribellum, [72].
Curled webs, [72].
Darwin on flying spiders, [83].
Dictyna, spinning of, [73];
regular webs of, [74].
Distribution of spiders, [113].
Doleschall, experiments on poison of spiders, [34].
Dolomedes, nest for young, [53].
Dorsal groove, [17].
Drassidiæ, [26].
Eggs, laying, [98];
growth of, [105].
Embryo spiders, [105].
Epeiridæ, [31].
Epigynum, [92].
Erigone, heads of male, [88].
Eyes, [17].
Feet, [14].
Flying of spiders, [79].
Food of trap-door spiders, [50].
Growth of spiders, [86].
Habitats of spiders, [113].
Hatching, [107].
Heads of male spiders, [88].
Heart, [21].
Hoisting captured insects, [60].
Holes, [44].
House spiders, [114].
Intestine, [21].
Jumping spiders, [28].
Laying eggs, [98].
Legs, [14].
Linyphia communis, web of, [58].
Linyphia marmorata, web of, [58].
Lycosa, flying of, [81].
Lycosidæ, [27].
Mandibles, [33].
Maxillæ, [15].
Moggridge, on poison of spiders, [36];
on trap-door spiders, [46].
Moulting, [110].
Mouth, [59].
Mygalidæ, [23].
Nephila, web of, [66].
Nervous system, [22].
Nests, [52].
Noise by a spider, [16].
Œsophagus, [19].
Palpi, [14].
Palpal organs, [89].
Parasitic spider, [58].
Parasites of spiders, [104].
Pholcus, habit of, when frightened, [61].
Poison of spiders, [34].
Poison-glands, [23].
Regular web of Dictyna, [74].
Repair of webs, [67].
Reproduction, [94].
Reproductive organs, [22].
Round webs, [61].
Running spiders, [27].
Saunders, S. S., on digging of trap-door spiders, [50].
Sexes of spiders, [86].
Shooting of threads, [79].
Six-eyed spiders, [25].
Shaking web when frightened, [70].
Spines, [14].
Spinnerets, [39], [41].
Spinning-glands, [40].
Spinning-tubes, [40].
Spots on top of abdomen, [17].
Stomach, [21].
Sucking-stomach, [19].
Tame spiders, [37].
Tarantula, [36].
Theridion, web of, [60].
Theridiidæ, [30].
Thomisidæ, [29].
Thorax, [12].
Thread, [38], [42].
Tracheæ, [17].
Trap-door nests, [44].
Triangle spider, [75].
Tubes, [52].
Tying up insects, [43].
Use of spider’s web, [70].
Water spider, [53].
Wilder, on moulting of spiders, [110];
Triangle spider, [75];
use of spider’s silk, [70].
Winter habits of spiders, [113].
Young spiders, [107];
escape from cocoon, [103].
Zilla, web of, [65].

Electrotyped by C. J. Peters & Son, Boston, Mass.

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