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AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWOKK. 



Fig. 57. 



Fn... 56. 



Fig. 58. 



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FRi. 5S. 



Fig. 60. 



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

 woven against a leaf within a glass tumbler. (Natural size.) Fic. 58. Cocoou of Epeira domicill- 

 orum. within a curled leaf. Fig. 59. Epeira cocoon enclosed mthin a curled leaf. Fig. 60. 



Epeira cocoons overspun with a common tent. 



