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AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. 



FIG. 58. 



FIG. 59. 



FIG. 60. 



FIG. 56. Globular cocoon of Insular spider, spun in a paper box. FIG. 57. Cocoon of Epeira insularis, 

 woven against a leaf within a glass tumbler. (Natural size.) FIG. 58. Cocoon of Epeira domicili- 

 orum, within a curled leaf. FIG. 59. Epeira cocoon enclosed within a curled leaf. FIG. 60. 

 Epeira cocoons overspun with a common tent. 



