INDEX OF VOLUME II. 



Abbot, John, 138, 386. 



Abdomen, curious use of, 417. 



Acoloides sai'tidis, 397. 



Acrosoma, 339. 



Acrosoma rugosa, 285, 289, 375. 



Activity of female, 70. 



Adaptation, 412. 



Adirondack Mountains, 463, 466. 



Aeronautic habit, 15, Chapter IX., 256, 399 ; 



flight, 179. 



African spiders, 208, 399, 450. 

 Agalena brunnea, 124, 292. 

 Agalena labyrinthea, 29, 45, 122, 189. 

 Agalena nsevia, 33, 36, 44, 85, 165, 166, 187, 189, 



208, 211, 236, 251, 252, 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. 

 Agrceca brunnea, 126, 132. 

 Agrocca proxima, 126. 

 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. 

 Annisquam, 336. 

 Anthrobia mammouthia, 154, 156, 189, 286, 



291, 335. 



Anthrocophila antiqua, 455. 

 Ant formed spiders, 357, 369. 

 Ant thrush, 363. 

 Ante, 427; cutting ante, 353; destroyed by 



birds, 362; driver ante, 363; eat spiders, 



364. 



Arachnophagous wasps, 388. 

 Aranea columbise, 459, 461. 

 Archea paradoxa, 457, 466, 468, 469. 



Architecture, 355 ; influenced by motherhood, 

 > 185 ; inspired by motherhood, 64. 



Arctosa cinerea, 393. 



Argiope argenteola, 83, 84 ; construction of 

 cocoon, 84, 388. 



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

 349, 386 ; cocoon of, manner of suspen- 

 sion, 82 ; hung among wild flowers, 83. 



Argiope aurelia, life of young, 228, 229. 



Argiope cophinaria, 20, 21, 22, 26, 71, 188, 189, 

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

 346, 348, 350, 395, 398, 426; cocoon, con- 

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

 methods of supension, 76 ; 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, 162 ; winding the thread, 

 163 ; mechanical ingenuity in weaving, 

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

 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, 388, 390. 



Argyrodes trigonum, 113, 114, 376, 389 ; see 

 Argyrodes argyrodes, 389. 



Argyroepeira hortorum, 39, 299. 



Argyroneta aquatica, 24, 29, 65, 125, 126, 188, 

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

 female, 23 ; pairing, 45. 



Ariadne bicolor, 134. 



Arthropoda, 314. 



Astia vittata, 262, 295 ; dance, 53, 54. 



Atkinson, George T., 416. 



Atrophy of eyes, 292. 



Atta fervens, 357. 



Attidse, 69, 333, 359, 364 ; colors of, 327 ; pair- 

 ing of, 50 ; attitudes in courtship, 59. 



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