INDEX. 



473 



Eggs, spider, 75, 88, 193, 199, 201, 202, 396 ; 

 devoured by mother, 182; fecundity of, 

 177 ; irregular oviposition, 184; number of, 

 90,188; parasites on, 394; y.:thin the ab- 

 domen, 180. 



Egress from focoon, 212. 



Eigenmann, Mrs. Kosa, 83, 93, 135, 225, 329, 

 388, 395. 



Electricity, influencing Ijallooning, 279. 



Elis 4-notata, 384, 406, 414. 



Emerton, J. H., 21, 27, 3(>, 44, 49, 95, 109, 120, 

 121, 123, 135, 154, 155, 165, 181, 182, 187, 

 212, 261, 291, 292, 335, 351, 389, 404. 



Enemies and their influence. Chapter XIII., 

 378. 



Enemies of spiders, 191, 363, 375, 3t»9, 411. 



English spiders, 280, 284, 289, 290, 292, 328, 

 330, 348, 366, 369, 374, 403, 429, 433 ; Dras- 

 sids, 133 ; Atypus, 137 ; gossamer siiowers 

 of, 276. 



Enock, Mr. Frederick, 29, 137, 244, 245, 249, 

 429. 



Environment, 352; influence of, 412; influ- 

 ence on color, 334. 



Entombment, manner of, in amljer, 468 ; of 

 fossils, 447. 



Eo thoracica, 460. 



Eotypus woodwardii, 456. 



Epeira apoclisa, 27, 36, 38, 187, 433. 



Epeira basilica, 169, 191 ; cocoon string of, 106. 



Epeira bicentennaria, 330. 



Epeira bifurca, 95, 169 ; cocoon string, 104 ; 

 .see Cyclosa bifurca. 



Epeira bombicinaria, 440. 



Epeira cavatica, see Epeira cinerea. 



Epeira cinerea, 89, 190, 224, 398. 



Epeira cooksonii, 334. 



Epeira cornigera, 207. 



Epeira cornuta, 290. 



Epeira cucurbitina, 330, 370. 



Epeira diademata, 21, 110, 187, 188, 189, 190, 

 224, 283, 284, 289, 328; pairing of, 34. 



Epeira domiciliorum, 224, 334 ; cocoon, 86, 87 ; 

 time of cocooning, 88. 



Epeira epiblemimi, 207. 



Epeira fusca, 27 ; see Meta menardii. 



Epeira gemma, 330. 



Epeira inclinata, 24, 292. 



Epeira infumata, 440, 441. 



Epeira insularis, 208, 214, 289, 441, 453; co- 

 coon of, 86, 87 ; male, 20. 



Epeira labyrintliea, 62, 99, 168, 187, 191, 222, 

 289, 305, 333, 386, 390; cocoons strung in 

 site, 100 ; string of, 101 ; suspension of, 102 ; 

 courtship, 21. 



Epeira marmorea, 34 ; see Epeira insularis. 



Epeira meekii, 453. 



Epeira parvula, 328, 371, 440. 



Epeira patagiata, 327. 



Epeira quadrata, 28, 189, 289, 433. 



Epeira sclopetaria, 36, 62, 207, 234, 254, 289, 



293, 399, 432 ; time of cocooning, 88. 

 Epeira strix, 24, 26, 164, 165, 181, 288, 285, 329, 



338, 341, 386, 431, 433, 453. 

 Epeira tliaddeus, 331 ; cocoon, 90. 

 Epeira triaranea, 89, 90, 195, 208, 222, 231, 338, 



339. 

 Epeira trifolium, 289, 331, 439. 

 Epeira umbratiea, 179, 290, 396. 

 Epeira vertebrata, 2(!, 334. 

 Epiblemum scenicum, 30, 50, 57, 236. 

 Erigone, cocoon of, 118. 

 Erigonum, 147. 

 Erber, ]Mr., 250. 

 Eresus monarchus, 467. 

 Ergatis benigna, 27. 

 Ero, 466. 

 Ero setulosa, 467. 

 Ero thoracica, 114, 115. 

 Ero variegata, 114, 115. 

 Euniones, genus of wasi)S, 130, 131. 

 European spiders, 95, 289, 452. 

 Eurypelma hentzii, 140, 249, 321, 385, 428. 

 Evolution, 60, 360, 378. 

 Eye tubercles, 298. 

 Eye turrets, 297, 298. 

 Eyes of spiders, 283 ; atrophy of, 292 ; cc.ilcir of, 



287 ; night and day, 288 ; structure of, 284. 



Fabre, J. H., 445. 



Faku-, 444. 



Fairnfount Park, 399. 



Faithfulness, maternal, 199. 



Fear paralysis, 438. 



Fecundity of female si)idcrs, 177. 



Feigning death, 195, 255. 



Female spiders, quiescent (hiring courtship, 



57 ; relative activity, 70. 

 Ferocity, 66. 

 Fertility of spiders, 189. 

 Fertilization, 72. 

 Feud among spiders, 389. 

 Fighting of females, 33; of males, 30, 31. 

 Fingal's Cave, spiders in, 179, 290. 

 Flies, 387, 442. 

 Florida spiders, 91, 201, 356. 

 Florissant spiders, 447, 458. 

 Flowers, attracting insects and spiders, 346 ; 



mimicked, 368. 

 Flying spiders, 256. 



