TABLE OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMK II. 



PART I.-COURTSHIP AND MATING OF SPIDERS. 



CHAPTER I. 



WOOING AND MATING OF OKIiWEAVERS. 



The Mystery of Mating The -Mai,- searching (or his Mate-Mates relatively Fewei 

 Mates before Mating-Airfope cophtoaria-Stagea of Conrtuhlp-AHinead Lovem-A 



Lovers Penl-Relahve Sizes of Sexes-An onequally matched Couple-NepMte 

 and Arg.ope-Sexes that live together-The Water Spider-Quarrels of Males- F* 



uOmDativeness-Methods of Pairing among Orbweave-A Love Bower . .15-40 



CHAPTER II. 

 COURTSHIP AND PAIRING OF THE TRIBES. 



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

 terrupt.ons-Agalena navia pairing-Love b,n,ath the Waters-Caressing-PairinK 

 of [^epigradeB-Lycorid^-LoTe Danow of the Saltigrade^-Love Dances rf KrT? 



hsplays are to attract Fenuiles-A SaltiRra,],. ILm-.n-CoIor DevclopiiM-nt . . . .41-60 



( HAITI']; in. 



COMPARATIVE VIEWS OF VARIOUS MATING HABITS. 



Value of general Habits- Valu, of spinning Habit-Maternity inspires Insect V.rhi- 

 tectare-Spider Industry influenced by Matemity-By sexual Ktvlin., in Mates 

 l>,sproportion of Size in Sexes-Sexes of equal Sizes-Numeriral Proportion of 

 8e-Belative Activity of Sexes-Spermatozoa-Agamic Reproduction (i , 74 



PART II. MATERNAL INDUSTRY AND INSTINCTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



MATERNAL INDUSTRY: COCOONS OF ORBWEAVERS. 



Oocooning Sites-A^iope's Cocoons-Leafy Canopfas-Contents of Coooons-The Em 



- Ar -"''"' 'Mnaria-Epeira Cocoons-Cocooning T,,,.s Oocoona of Xili-,'^ 



'"' " " f N ''-l'l'il'i-Gasteracantha-Spiders with aeveral Oocoona-lfetragnatha 



extensa-Cyrtarachm.'s Cocoon-The Cocoon String of t*bvrinthea-Cycla l,i- 

 rca-BasDica Bpider'a Cocoon-Plumefoot Spider's Cocoon-Uloboins-Itoable Co- 



oooning in Argiope ;:, IK) 



