INDEX OF VOLUME II. 



Abbot, John, 138, 386. 



Abdomen, curious use of, 417. 



Acoloides saitidis, 397. 



Acrosoraa, ;:!30. 



Acrosoma nigosa, 28.5, 289, 375. 



Activity of female, 70. 



Adaptation, 412. 



Adirondack Mountains, 4ri3, 466. 



Aeronautic habit, 1.5, Chapter IX., 2.56, 399 ; 



flight, 179. 

 African spiders, 208, 399, 4.50. 

 Agalena brunnea, 124, 292. 

 Agalena lal)yrinthea, 29, 45, 122, 189. 

 Agalena nrevia, 33, 36, 44, 85, 165, 166, 187, 189, 



208, 211, 236, 251, 252, 2.53, 288, 334, 337, 347, 



389; cocoons of, 121; upholstering of co- 

 coon, 122. 

 Agamic reproduction, 73. 

 Age of spiders, 341 ; influencing color, 331, 



428; of ants, 427. 

 Agrceca brunnea, 126, 132. 

 Agroeca proxima, 126. 

 Alaska, spider fauna, 97. 

 " Albatross," Fish Commission steamer, 334. 

 Alexandria Bay, Xew York, 131. 

 Amber bay, 466; collecting, 465; embalming, 



468 ; island, 466 ; stores of, 464 ; tree, 462 ; 



sources of, 462. 

 Andover Review, 280. 

 Androgeus, 452. 

 Animals, senses of, 345. 

 Annisquam, 336. 

 Anthrobia mammouthia, 154, 156, 189, 28li, 



291, 335. 

 Anthrocophila antiqua, 455. 

 Ant formed spi<lers, 357, 369. 

 Ant thrush, 363. 

 Ants, 427 ; cutting ants, 353 ; destroyed by 



birds, 362 ; driver ants, 363 ; eat spiders, 



364. 

 Arachnophagous wasps, 388. 

 .\ranea columbiif, 4.59, 461. 

 Archea paradoxa, 457, 4()6, 46,S, 469. 



Architecture, 355 ; influenced liy motherhood, 

 185 ; inspired by motherhood, 64. 



Arctosa einerea, 393. 



Argiope argenteola, S3, 84 ; construction of 

 cocoon, 84, 388. 



Argiope argyraspis, 21, 71, 289, 334, 338, 347, 

 349, 386 ; cocoon of, manner of suspen- 

 sion, 82 ; hung among wild flowers, 83. 



Argiope aurelia, life of young, 228, 229. 



Argiope cophinaria, 20, 21, 22, 26, 71, 188, 189, 

 201, 203, 207, 209, 210, 288, 300, 329, 334, 338, 

 346, 348, 350, 395, 398, 426; cocoon, con- 

 struction of, 1 59, Chapter II. ; sites of, 75 ; 

 mothocTfe of sujiension, 76 ; among grasses 

 and wild flowers, 77; stability of poise, 

 78 ; hung to a curtain, 79 ; internal struct- 

 ure of, 80; variation in structure, 81; ovi- 

 jjositing, 160 ; spinning the brown pad- 

 ding of her cocoon, 160; weaving the co- 

 coon case, 161, 162 ; winding the thread, 

 163 ; mechanical ingenuity in weaving, 

 163 ; weaving, Argiope 's method of, 163 ; 

 decline and death of, 419 ; male, courtship 

 of, 18 ; maternity, 19 ; pairing of, 37 ; sev- 

 eral cocoons, 108, 110. 



Argiope fenestrinus, 84. 



Argiope multiconcha, lO.S, 188. 



Argyrodes argyrodes, see Argyrodes trigonnm. 



Argyrodes piraticum, 388, 390. 



Argyrodes trigonum, 113, 114, 376, 389 ; see 

 Argyrodes argyrodes, 389. 



Argyroei^eira hortorum, 39, 299. 



Argyroneta aquatica, 24, 29, 65, 125, 126, 188, 

 239, 393 ; cell and eggs of, 125 ; male and 

 female, 23 ; pairing, 45. 



Ariadne bicolor, 134. 



Arthropoda, 314. 



Astia vittata, 262, 295 ; dance, 53, 54. 



Atkinson, George T., 416. 



Atrophy of eyes, 292. 



Atta forvens, 357. 



Attidit, 69, 333, 359, 3(i4 ; colors of, 327 ; pair- 

 ing of, .50; attitmles in courtship, 59. 



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