10 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 

 ARMATURE OF OREWEBS : VISCID SPIRALS. 



PAGES 



Spiral Scaffolding — Corner Loops — Spinning Viscid Spirals — Cutting Away tlie Scaffold — 

 Size of Beads— Elasticity of Spiral Line— Formation of Beads— Beads Dissolved by 

 Rains — Tortion of Spirals by Rain — Number and Adhcsivent^ss of Beads — Medicinal 

 I'niperties .... "!t-95 



PART III.— CHARACTERISTIC FORMS AND VARIATIONS 



OF SNARES. 



CHAPTER VI. 



ARGIOPE AND HER RIBBONED ORB. 



Full Orbs— Argiope cophinaria, the Basket Argiope— Distribution and Habitat — The Zig- 

 zag Ribbon— The Central Shield — How the Shield is Spun — Spinning the Zigzag 

 Ril)l)on — A Spider Diary — Swathing Insects — The Notched Zone — Fenders or Pro- 

 te('tive Wings — AVeb of the Male Argiope— Size and Detiiils of Orbs — .Vrgiope 

 argyraspis, the Banded Argiope — An African .\rgiope — The Silvered Argiope, A. 

 argenteola '.Hi-lOO 



CHAPTER VII. 



EPEIRA AND THE ROUND VERTIC.VL WEB MAKERS. 



Familiar Orbwebs — Epeira Strix, the Furrow Spider — Spider Stowaways — The Head 

 1 )ownward Position — How the Feet Command the Snare — " Under Her Thumb " — 

 Natural Sites of Snares— Epeira domiciliorum, or the Domicile Spider — The Insular 

 Spider, Epeira insularis — The Shamrock Spider, Epeira trifolium — Tents in Hedge- 

 rows — Epeira vertebrata — A California Colonist — Epeira trivittata — Gasteracantha — 

 Tufted Webs — Orbs with Open Hubs — .\crosonia — Tlic ]\Iitred Sjiider — Epeira cau- 

 duta, the Tailed Spider— Meta— A Cave Dweller UO-ll'lt 



CHAPTER VIII. 



COMPOSITE SNARES AND SECTORAL ORBS. 



The Labyrinth Spider — How the Maze is Made — Uses of the Lal\\iinth — The Orb — The 

 Trapline and Hul)— Favorite Sites — Epeira triaranea— Open Sector and Free Radius — 

 Orientation of Trapline— Spirals Spun in Loojjs — Tlie Spinningwork of Three Tribes 

 in One Wei)— Ejieira th.addeus — Zilla and Her Snare — .\ Scotch Colony — Wilder's 

 Nephila— Nephila's Snare 130-149 



CHAPTER TX. 



HORIZONTAL SNARES AND DO.MED ORBS. 



Tlie Orcliard Spider — Variations in the Orb Plane — Protective .\pron — Tlie Hunchback 

 Spider, Epeira gibberosa— Hunchback's Hammock — Tetragnatha extensa — Cosmo- 

 politan Distribution— The Stilt Spider, Tetragnatha grallator— Snares Over the 

 Water — Tetragnatha as a Sailor— Influence of Distribution and Environment — 

 Climate as Influencing Distribution— Domed Orbs— The Basilica Spider — Basilica 

 Spider's Domed Orb — Basilica and Linyphia— Trijile Domed Snare of Linyphia — 

 Spinningwork .Vnalogies , 150-171 



