CONTENTS 



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PREFACE: THE INSECT'S HOMER, BY 



MAURICE MAETERLINCK . . 7 



TRANSLATOR'S NOTE ..... 36 



CHAPTER 



I THE BLACK-BELLIED TARANTULA 39 

 II THE BANDED EPEIRA ... 78 



III THE NARBONNE LYCOSA . . IO5 



IV THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE 



BURROW 125 



V THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE 



FAMILY 153 



VI THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE 



CLIMBING-INSTINCT . . . 171 



VII THE SPIDER'S EXODUS . . . 1 87 



VIII THE CRAB SPIDER . . . . 213 



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