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Index. 



Legs, 12. 



Linyphia communis, web of, 58. 



Linyphia marmorata, web of, 58. 



Lycosa, flying of, 81. 



Lycosidae, 27. 



Mandibles, 33. 



Maxillae, 15. 



Moggridge, on poison of spiders, 36; 

 on trap-door spiders, 46. 



Moulting, no. 



Mouth, 19. 



Mygalidae, 23. 



Nephila, web of, 66. 



Nervous system, 22. 



Nests, 52. 



Noise by a spider, 16. 



CEsophagus, 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. 



Theridiidae, 30. 



Thomisidae, 29. 



Thorax, 12. 



Thread, 38, 42. 



Tracheae, 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, no; 

 Triangle spider, 75; use of spider's 

 silk, 70. 



Winter habits of spiders, 113. 



Young spiders, 107; escape from co- 

 coon, 103. 



Zilla, web of, 65. 



Elecrotyped by C. J. Peters &■» Son, Boston, Mass. 



