INDEX. 



475 



Labyrinth spider; see Epeira labyrinthea. 

 Laterigrades, 09, 180, 434, 46(5 ; cocoon of, 151 ; 



colors of, 324, 3(59. 

 Latreille, 281. 

 Lathrodectus mac-tans, 112. 

 Lebert, Mr., 288. 



Leidy, Prof. Joseph, 154, 336, 394, 428, 429. 

 Legs, 313 ; restored when lost, 229 ; color of, 



349 ; relative length of male and female, 26. 

 Lepidoptera, 466. 

 Leptalis, 359. 



Leptopelma cavicula, 409. 

 Leptopelma elongata, 411. 

 Lesquereux, 447, 450, 458. 

 Life, prolonged, 425. 

 Lignac, Abbe de, 28. 

 Lincecum, Dr. G., 264, 267, 385. 

 Linton Park, England, 362. 

 Linyphia communis, 341, 389. 

 Linyphia costata, 27 ; see Linyphia phry- 



giana. 



Linyphia crypticolens, 119. 

 Linyphia inserta, 292. 

 Linyphia marginata, 21, 29, 33, 36, 73, 119; 



pairing of, 41, 42. 

 Linyphia montana, 16, 119. 

 Linyphia phrygiana = L. costata, 27. 

 Linyphia scripta, 389. 

 Linyphia subterranea, 335. 

 Linyphia tenebricola, 318. 

 Linyphia weyerii, 154, 289, 290. 

 Liphistius, 455. 

 Lister, Dr. Martin, 35, 95, 187, 264, 279, 374, 



375. 



Livingstone, Dr. David, 399. 

 Lizards, eating spiders, 379. 

 Local mimicry, 365. 

 Locy, William H., 284. 

 Love, a, bower, 57 ; call, 315 ; dances of male 



spiders, 51 ; maternal, 205 ; signals, 21, 59. 

 Lubbock, Sir John, 201, 283, 296, 342, 343, 344, 



345, 427, 429. 

 Lucas, M. H., 252. 

 Luray Cave, 289, 290, 336. 

 Lycosids, 72, 301, 334, 344, 364, 382, 403, 434 ; 



cocoon of, 143 ; cocoon making, 166 ; effects 



of music on, 301 ; maternal feeling of, 198 ; 



maternal instincts of, 193 ; sight of, 295 ; 



young of, 240, 242. 

 Lycosa agrestis, 189. 

 Lycosa arenicola, 336. 

 Lycosa carolinensis, 403, 407. 

 Lycosa herbigrada, 370. 

 Lycosa lenta, 193. 

 Lycosa narbonensis, 189, 445. 



Lycosa riparia, 143. 



Lycosa scutulata, 394. 



Lycosa tarentula, 407. 



Lycosa tigrina, 244, 384, 404, 407. 



Lycosa saccata, 144, 280, 296, 314. 



Magellan, Straits of, 333. 



Males, 206, 333 ; amorous solicitations, 63 ; at- 

 titude of, 58; before mating, 18; dwelling 

 with females, 27; fights of, 30; love call, 

 315; love dances of, 50, 51, 52; displays to 

 attract females, 57 ; interruptions during 

 pairing, 43; office of, 15; peril of, 22; po- 

 sition when mating, 59 ; pugnacity of, 32 ; 

 relative activity, 70 ; relative number, 16 ; 

 relative size of, 68 ; revelry and quarrel- 

 someness, 63 ; sluggishness of, 71 ; snare, 

 19; immature web of, 19. 



Mammoth Cave, 336, 337 ; spiders of, 154. 



Mandibles, 322. 



Manifold cocooning, 95. 



Marptusa familiaris, 51, 58. 



Martindale, Isaac H., 98. 



Marx, Dr. George, 93, 95, 98, 106, 107, 151, 334, 

 377, 397, 432, 460. 



Mason, Prof. Wood, 322. 



Maternal instincts, motherhood, Chapter VII., 

 178, 190, 195, 198, 202, 212, 417, 418; and 

 industry, Chapter IV., 75; influence on 

 industry, 64. 



Mating, 337. 



Mating habits, comparative views of, 61. 



Mechanical skill of spiders, 129, 203. 



Medicinal spider, 123, 288 ; see Tegenaria ine- 

 dicinalis. 



Meehan, Thomas, 210, 399. 



Memory, 199. 



Menge, Herr A., 22, 28, 34, 73, 182, 190, 212, 

 213, 272, 332, 393, 394, 452. 



Merejkowski, M., 342. 



Merian, Madame, 142. 



Mermis allicans, a " hair snake," 393. 



Meta, 178. 



Meta menardii, 94, 288. 



Meta segmentata, 29. 



Metallic colors, 325, 349, 371. 



Metatarsus, hairs on, 313. 



Micaria aureata, 127, 128. 



Micaria limicunse, 129, 130, 203, 204. 



Micaria longipes, 351. 



Micaria scintilans, 358. 



Micromata marmorata, 194. 



Micromata ornata, 332. 



Mimetic harmonies, 335, 337 ; resemblance, 353. 



Mimetus interfector, 389, 390. 



