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AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. 



Fig. 57. 



Fiu. D6. 



Fig. .58. 



Fig. 56. Globular cocoon of Insular spider, spun in a paper box. Fig. 57. Cocoon of Epeira insuUiris, 

 woven against a leaf within a glass tumbler. (Natural size.) Fiu. 58. Cocoon of Epeira domicili- 

 oruni, within a curled leaf. Fig. 59. Epeira cocoon enclosed within a curled leaf. Fiu. 60. 



Epeira cocoons overspun with a common tent. 



