INDEX OF VOLUME II. 



Abbot, John, 138,380. 



Abdomen, curious use of, 417. 



Acoloides saitidis, 397. 



Acrosoma, 339. 



Acrosoma rugosa, 285, 289, 375. 



Activity of female, 70. 



Adaptation, 41 L'. 



Adirondack .Mountains, 4(i3. 4(ili. 



Aeronautic habit, 15, Chapter IX., 250, 399; 



flight. 179. 



African spiders, 208, 399, 450. 

 Agalena brunnea, 124, 292. 

 Agalena labyrinthea, 29, 45, 122, 18'. i. 

 Ai:alena n.'evia, 33, 30, 44, 85, 165, ICO, 187, IS! I, 



208, 211, 236, 251, 2.->2, 253, 288, 334, 337, 347, 



389 ; cocoons of, 121 ; upholstering of co- 

 coon, 122. 



Agamic reproduction, 73. 

 Age of spiders, 341 ; influencing color, 331, 



428; of ants, 427. 

 Agreeca brunnea, 120, 132. 

 Agroeca proxima, 120. 

 Alaska, spider fauna, 97. 

 " Albatross," Fish Commission steamer, 334. 

 Alexandria Bay, New York, 131. 

 Amber bay, 466; collecting, 465; embalming, 



468; island, 466; stores of, 464; tree, 462; 



sources of, 462. 

 Andover Review, 280. 

 Androgeus, 452. 

 Animals, senses of, 345. 

 Annisijtiam, 336. 

 Anthrobia mammouthia, 154, 150, 189, 280, 



291, :;:!.->. 



Anthrocophila antiqua, 455. 

 Ant formed spiders, 357, 369. 

 Ant thrush, 303. 

 Ants, 427; cutting ants, 353; destroyed by 



birds, 302; driver ants. 303; eat spiders, 



364. 



Arachnophagous wasps. :',ss. 



Anmea columbine, 459, 401. 



Archea paradoxa. 457, 400, 40S, 401). 



Architecture, 355 ; influenced by motherhood, 

 185 ; inspired by motherhood, 04. 



Arctosi cinerea, 393. 



Argiope argenteohi, 83, 84; construction of 

 cocoon. S4. 388. 



Argiope argyraspis, 21, 71, 289, 334, 338, 347. 

 349, 380; cocoon of, manner of suspen- 

 sion, 82 ; hung among wild flowers, 83. 



Argiope aurelia, life of young, 22s, 229. 



Argiope eophinaria, 20, 21, 22, 20, 71, 188, 18!), 

 201, 203, 207, 209, 210, 288, 300, 329, 334, 338, 

 340, 348, 350, 395, ;!!is, 420; cocoon, con- 

 struction of, 159, Chapter II.; sites of, 75; 

 methods of supension, 70 ; among grasses 

 and wild flowers, 77; stability of poise. 

 78 ; hung to a curtain, 79 ; internal struct- 

 ure of, 80; variation in structure, 81; ovi- 

 positing, 160; spinning the brown pad- 

 ding of her cocoon, 160; weaving the co- 

 coon case, 161, 102; winding the thread, 

 163; mechanical ingenuity in weaving, 

 163 ; weaving, Argiope's method of, 103 ; 

 decline and death of, 419; male, courtship 

 of, 18; maternity, 19; pairing of, 37; sev- 

 eral cocoons, 108, 110. 



Argiope fenestrinus, 84. 



Argiope multiconcha, 108, 188. 



Argyrodes argyrodes, see Argyrodes trigonum. 



Argyrodes piraticum, 3ss, 390. 



Argyrodes trigonum, 113, 114, 370, 389; see 

 Argyrodes argyrodes, 389. 



Argyroepeira hortorum. 39. 2'.i9. 



Argyronetii aquatica, 24, 29, 05, 125, 120, 1SS, 

 239, 393; cell and eggs of, 125; male and 

 female, 23 ; pairing, 45. 



Ariadne bicolor, 134. 



Arthropoda, 314. 



Astia vittata, 2H2, 2! 15; dance, 53. 54. 



Atkinson, George T.. 410. 



Atrophy of eyes, 292. 



Atta fervens. 357. 



AttiiUe, 09, 333, 359, 3(54; colors of, 327; pair- 

 ing of, 50; attitudes in courtship, 59. 



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