INDEX. 



475 



Labyrinth spider; see Epeira labyrinthca. 

 Laterigrades, (59, 180, 434, 4fi(i ; cocoon of, 1,')! ; 



colors of, 324, 3(i9. 

 Latreille, 281. 

 Lathrodectus mactans, 112. 

 Lebert, I\Ir., 288. 



Leidy, Prof. Joseph, 154, 33(i, 3>»4, 428, 42!». 

 Legs, 313 ; restored when lost, 229 ; color of, 



349 ; relative length of male and female, 26. 

 Lepidoptcra, 466. 

 Leptalis, 359. 



Leptopelma cavicvila, 409. 

 Leptopelma elongata, 411. 

 Lesquereux, 447, 450, 458. 

 Life, prolonged, 425. 

 Lignac, Abbe de, 28. 

 Lincecum, Dr. G., 264, 267, 385. 

 Linton Park, England, 362. 

 Linyphia communis, 341, 389. 

 Linyphia costata, 27 ; see Linyjihia phry- 



giana. 

 Linyphia crypticolens, 119. 

 Linyphia inserta, 292. 

 Linyphia marginata, 21, 29, 3;!, .>(), 73, 119; 



pairing of, 41, 42. 

 Linyphia montana, 16, 119. 

 Linyphia phrj'giana = L. costata, 27. 

 Linyphia script;i, 389. 

 Linyphia subterranea, 335. 

 Linyphia tenebricola, 318. 

 Linyphia weyerii, 154, 289, 290. 

 Lijihistius, 455. 

 Lister, Dr. Martin, 35, 95, 187, 264, 279, 374, 



375. 

 Livingstone, Dr. David, 399. 

 Lizards, eating spiders, 379. 

 Local municry, 365. 

 Locy, William H., 284. 

 Love, a, bower, 57 ; call, 315 ; dances of male 



spiders, 51; maternal, 205; signals, 21, 59. 

 Lubbock, Sir John, 201, 283, 29(i, 342, 343, 344, 



345, 427, 429. 

 Lucas, M. H., 252. 

 Luray Cave, 289, 290, 336. 

 Lycosids, 72, 301, 334, 344, 364, 382, 403, 434 ; 



cocoon of, 143 ; cocoon making, 166 ; effects 



of music on, 301 ; maternal feeling of, 198 ; 



maternal instincts of, 193 ; sight of, 295 ; 



young of, 240, 242. 

 Lycosa agrestis, 189. 

 Lycosa arenicola, 336. 

 Lycosa carolinensis, 403, 407. 

 Lycosa herbigrada, 370. 

 Lycosa lenta, 193. 

 Lycosa narbonensis, 189, 445. 



Lycosa riparia, 143. 



I.,ycosa scutulata, 394. 



Lycosa tarentula, 407. 



Lycosa tigrina, 244, 3S4, 404, 407. 



Lycosa .saccata, 144, 280, 296, 314. 



Magellan, Straits of, 333. 



Males, 206, 333 ; amorous solicitations, (')3 ; at- 

 titude of, 58; before mating, 18; dwelling 

 with females, 27 ; fights of, 30 ; love call, 

 315; love dances of, 50, 51, 52; displays to 

 attract females, 57; interruptions during 

 pairing, 43 ; office of, 15 ; peril of, 22 ; po- 

 sition when mating, 59 ; pugnacity of, 32 ; 

 relative activity, 70; relative number, 16; 

 relative size of, 68 ; revelry and quarrel- 

 someness, 63 ; sluggishne.ss of, 71 ; snare, 

 19; immature web of, 19. 



Mammoth Cave, 336, 337 ; spiders of, 154. 



^Mandibles, 322. 



^lanifold cocooning, 95. 



Marptusa familiaris, 51, 58. 



Martindale, Isaac H., 98. 



Marx, Dr. George, 93, 95, 98, 106, 107, 151, 334, 

 377, 397, 432, 460. 



Mason, Prof. Wood, 322. 



Maternal instincts, motherhood. Chapter VII., 

 178, 190, 195, 198, 202, 212, 417, 418 ; and 

 industry. Chapter IV., 75 ; influence on 

 industry, ()4. 



Mating, 337. 



Mating habits, comparative views of, 61. 



jMechanical skill of spiders, 129, 203. 



Medicinal spider, 123, 288 ; see Tegenaria me- 

 dicinalis. 



Meehan, Thomas, 210, 399. 



Memorv, 199. 



Menge,'Herr A., 22, 28, 34, 73, 182, 190, 212, 

 213, 272, 332, 393, 394, 452. 



jMerejkowski, M., 342. 



Merian, Madame, 142. , 



Mermis allicans, a "hair snake," 393. 



Meta, 178. 



Meta menardii, 94, 288. 



Meta segmentata, 29. 



Metallic colors, 325, .349, 371. 



Metatarsus, hairs on, 313. 



Micaria aureata, 127, 128. 



Micaria limicuna, 129, 130, 203, 204. 



Micaria longipes, 351. 



Micaria scintilans, 358. 



Micromata marmorata, 194. 



Micromata ornata, 332. 



Mimetic harmonics, 335,337 ; reseml)lance,353. 



Mimetus interfector, 389, 390. 



