TABLE OF CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. 



PART I. COURTSHIP AND MATING OF SPIDERS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 WOOING AND MATING OF ORBWEAVERS. 



PAGES 



The Mystery of Mating The Male searching for his Mate Males relatively Fewer 

 Males before Mating Argiope cophinaria Stages of Courtship Aranead Lovers A 

 Lover's Peril Relative Sizes of Sexes An unequally matched Couple Nephila 

 and Argiope Sexes that live together The AVater Spider Quarrels of Males Fe- 

 male Combativeness Methods of Pairing among Orbweavers 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- 

 terruptions Agalena nsevia pairing Love beneath the Waters Caressing Pairing 

 of Laterigrades Lycosids Love Dances of the Saltigrades Love Dances of Birds 

 Displays are to attract Females A Saltigrade Harem Color Development .... 41-60 



CHAPTER III. 

 COMPARATIVE VIEWS OF VARIOUS MATING HABITS. 



Value of general Habits Value of spinning Habit Maternity inspires Insect Archi- 

 tecture Spider Industry influenced by Maternity By sexual Feeling in Males 

 Disproportion of Size in Sexes Sexes of equal Sizes Numerical Proportion of 

 Sexes Relative Activity of Sexes Spermatozoa Agamic Reproduction 61-74 



PART II. MATERNAL INDUSTRY AND INSTINCTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 

 MATERNAL INDUSTRY: COCOONS OF ORBWEAVERS. 



Cocooning Sites Argiope's Cocoons Leafy Canopies Contents of Cocoons The Egg 

 Mass Argiope cophinaria Epeira Cocoons Cocooning Tents Cocoons of Zilla 

 Cocoon of Nephila Gasteracantha Spiders with several Cocoons Tetragnatha 

 extensa Cyrtarachne's Cocoon The Cocoon String of Labyrinthea Cyclosa bi- 

 furca Basilica Spider's Cocoon Plumefoot Spider's Cocoon Uloborus Double Co- 

 cooning in Argiope 75-110 



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