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AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. 



Fig. 257. 



Fig. 259. 



Fk;. 258. 



Fig. 260. 

 Fig. 257. The curtain or silken lining of the upper part of nest. Fig. 258. 

 ing leaf. (Epeira insularis.) Fig. 259. Woven leaf nest of Insularis. 

 Epeira strix. Fiu. 261. Bell shaped nest of Epeira domiciliorum. 



Fig. 261. 

 Nest lashed to an adjoin- 

 FiG. 260. Tubular nest of 



