TABLE OF OOIsTTENTS OF VOLUME II. 



PART I.— COURTSHIP AND MATING OF SPIDERS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 WOOING AND MATING OF ORBWEAVERS. 



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The Mystery of Mating — The Male searcliinn' for his Mate— Males relatively Fewer — 

 Males before Mating — Argiope coj^hinaria — Stages of Courtship — Aranead Lovers — A 

 Lover's Peril — Relative Sizes of Sexes — An unequally matched Couple — Nephila 

 and Argiope — Sexes that live together — The Water Spider— Quarrels of Males — Fe- 

 male Coniljativeness — Methods of Pairing among Orliweavers — A Love Bower . . 15-10 



CHAPTER IL 



COURTSHIP AND PAIRING OF THE TRIBES. 



Love Dances of Saltigrades — Pairing of Linyphia marginata — The Period of Union — In- 

 terruptions — Agalena nrevia jjairing — Love l)eneatli the Waters — Caressing — Pairing 

 of Laterigrades — Lycosids — Love Dances of the Saltigrades — Love Dances of Birds — 

 Displays are to attract Females — A Saltigrade Harem — Color DeveU)pment .... 41-(i0 



CHAPTER III. 

 COMPARATIVE VIEWS OF VARIOUS MATING HABITS. 



Value of general Habits — Value of spinning Habit — Maternity inspires Insect Archi- 

 tecture — Spider Industry influenced by INIaternity — By sexual Feeling in Males- 

 Disproportion of Size in Sexes — Sexes of equal Sizes— Numerical Proportion of 

 Sexes— Relative Activity of Sexes— Spermatozoa — Agamic Reproduction 01-74 



PART II.— MATERNAL INDUSTRY AND INSTINCTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 

 MATERNAL INDUSTRY : COCOONS OF ORBWEAVERS. 



Cocooning Sites — Argiope's Cocoons — Leafy' Canopies — Contents of Cocoons — The Egg 

 ISIass — Argiope cophinaria — Epeira Cocoons — Cocooning Tents — Cocoons of Zilla — 

 Cocoon of Nephila—Gasteracantha— Spiders with several Cocoons— Tetragnatha 

 extensa— Cyrtarachne's Cocoon — The Cocoon String of Labyrinthea— Cyclosa bi- 

 furca — Basilica Spider's Cocoon — Plumefoot Spider's Cocoon — Uloborus — Double Co- 

 cooning in Argiope 75-110 



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