ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Frontispiece 



1. Aririo{)e and Snare 



2. Studying Bunk Argiope's Snare 



3. Cocoon of Argiope Riparia 



4. A Brood of Spiderlings on their First Outin 



5. Spiders at Cape May 



6. " Collecting a Specimen " . 



7. " Scalpage " .... 



8. Snare and Egg-sacs of Caudata . 



9. Caudata's Cocoons, with Scalpage 



10. Egg-sac of Banded Argiope 



11. Snare of Argiope Fasciata 



12. Decoration of Fasciata 

 13a Polyphemus Moth (Female) 

 136 Larva of Polyphemus Moth 

 ISc Cocoon of Polyphemus Moth 

 14-. Dame Nature Strips Young Polyphemus for Rest 



15. Pupa of Polyphemus . 



16. Cecropia Moth (Platysamia cecropia) 



17. Pupa of Butterfly Vanessa 

 Cluster of Cynthia Cocoons 

 The Sparrows' Sparring Match . 

 The Rape of the Yarns 

 Cocoon of Cecropia Moth 

 Cecropia Cocoon Partly Dissected 

 Potato-worm, Larva of Sphinx Quinque-maculata 

 Pupa of Potato-moth 



35. Sphinx Quinque-maculata 

 20. Riddle of the Sphinx . 

 27. The Shadow of a Moth 



Death's Head Moth and Larva 



The Mistress's Contribution 



A Case of " Old Clo's " and Charity 



Burrow of Apple-worm 



32. Cocoon, Pupa, Female and Larva of the Codling 



Moth, and a Parasitic Ichnuemon Fly 



33. A Mothical Version of Tell and the Apple 



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