INDEX. 



47.S 



Eggs, spider, 75, 88, 193, 199, 201, 202, 390 ; 

 devoured by mother, 182; fecundity of, 

 177; irregular oviposition, 184 ; number of, 

 90,188; parasites on, 394 ; v.'.thin the ab- 

 domen, 180. 



Egress from cocoon, 212. 



Eigenmann, Mi-s. Rosa, 83, 93, 135, 225, 329, 

 388, 395. 



Electricity, influencing ballooning, 279. 



Elis 4-notata, 384, 406, 414. 



Emerton, J. H., 21,27, 36, 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, 399, 411. 



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

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

 sids, 133; Atypus, 137; gossamer showers 

 of, 276. 



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

 429. 



Environment, 352; influence of, 412; influ- 

 ence on color, 334. 



Entombment, manner of, in amber, 468; of 

 fossils, 447. 



Eg 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, -140. 



Epeira cavatica, see Epeira cinerea. 



Epeira cinerea, 89, 190, 224, 398. 



Epeira cooksonii, 334. 



Epeira cornigera, 207. 



Epeira cornuta, 2!:)0. 



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 epiblemum, 207. 



Epeira fusca, 27 ; see Meta meiiardii. 



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 labyrinthea, 62, 99, 168, 187, 191, 222, 

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

 site, 109; string of, 101; susjjension of, 102; 

 courtship, 21. 



Epeira marmorea, 34; see Epeira insularis. 



Epeira meekii, 453. 



Epeira parvula, 328, 371, 440. 



Epeira patagiata, 327. 



Epeira quadratii, 28, 189, 289, 433. 



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



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

 Epeira strix, 24, 2(i, 164, 165, 181, 288, 285, 329, 



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

 Epeira thaddeus, 331 ; cocoon, 90. 

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



339. 

 Epeira trifolium, 289, 331, 439. 

 Epeira umbratica, 179, 290, 396. 

 l{)peira vertebrata, 26, 334. 

 Eiiil.ilemum 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. 

 Eumenes, genus of wasps, 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 ; color of, 



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



Fabre, J. H., 445. 



Fakir, 444. 



Fairmount Park, 399. 



Faithfulness, maternal, 199. 



Fear paralysis, 438. 



Fecundity of female spiders, 177. 



Feigning death, 195, 255. 



Female spiders, quiescent during; (•ourt,«hip, 



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 sjjidcrs, 346 ; 



mmiicked, 368. 

 Flying spiders, 256. 



