CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. 



PART I.— (iKXEUAL IlAr.ITS AXD SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES. 



Toilet Habits— Toik-t Iniiilcinfuts— Toilet Methotls— Ilrtir-dressinK the Feet— The Tarantula's 

 Toilet— Coiiiparecl with Ants — House Cleaninfj — Workin;;- from a Swiufiinf;' Platform — 

 Peril of I'ntidiness— Purseweb Sjiider's Cleanliness— Drinking Habits— Tarantula at the 

 Bowl — Lugginij Drops of Mist— Drinkiiif;- the Dew — Swaying the Body — Pholeus as a 

 Dervish— Xight Habits— Prowling— Sitting in the Hub Water Habits— Rafting Dolo- 

 medes— Burrowing Methods — The Tiger Spider— Turret Spiiler— Tarantula's Piek and 

 W'heell.iarrow — Tigrina's Courtship — Mating of Dietyna ])hiloteiehous — INIoulting Haliits 

 in various Tribes— Wagner's Notes — Renewal of Lost Linitis— The Process Descrilied — 

 Weather Pi-ognostication- Stories ami Traditions — Records of Several Years— Arachne as a 

 "\\'eather " Indicator"— Superstitions about Spiders— (lood Luck — Money-spinners- Spi- 

 der Silk— Its Use in the Arts— Its Economii-d \'alue. 



PART II.— DESCRIPTION OF 0RBWF:AVIN(; SPECIES. 



PART III.— COLORED IJTHOOPAPHIC PLATES AND EXPLANATIONS. 



