222 HOUSE SPIDER ; GARDEN SPIDER. 



Epeira inhabit the neighbourhood of running streams, and feed 

 upon aquatic insects. Another is remarkable as being nocturnal 



FIG. 442. TEGENARIA DOMESTICA, OR HOUSE.SPIDER. 



in its habits. The natives of New Holland and the South Sea 

 Islands, when in want of other food, are said to devour a species 



of Epeira. The 

 RETITELJE bear a 

 close resemblance to 

 the preceding, both 

 in the aspect of their 

 bodies, and in the 

 construction of their 

 webs ; but these are 

 not formed on a 

 regular plan, the 

 FIG. 443.-EpEinA WADKMA. threads crossing in 



all directions and 

 leaving irregular meshes. When their prey is entangled in 



