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INDEX. 



Mimetus syllepsicus, 390. 



Mimicry, 152, 190, 337, 345 ; of animal forms, 



357 ; of colors, 367 ; of cocoons, 372 ; of en- 

 vironment, 365 ; knots and buds, 366 ; 



ground, 369. 

 Miranda adianta, 394. 

 Missouri spider fauna, 108. 

 Mistakes of mothers, 200. 

 Misumena vatia, 152, 192, 324, 344, 346, 367, 



369, 371, 386. 

 Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir, 443. 

 Moggridge, T. Traherne, 182, 184, 247, 248, 249, 



250, 352, 354, 355, 356, 412, 415, 416, 429, 443. 

 Morgan, T. H., 55. 

 Mortality among spiders, 222, 228 ; first stages 



of, 422. 

 Motherhood, 72, 178, 186, 192, 193, 194, 197, 



200, 205. 

 Moulting, 207, 208, 220, 229, 341 ; dangers of, 



428 ; influence on color, 331 ; of Argiope, 



22, 23 ; tents, 403. 

 Mud cocoons, 129, 203. 

 Mud dauber wasps, 364, 381, 382, 383, 387. 

 Miiller, Herr (Alpen Bliimen), 346. 

 Multifold cocoons, 108. 

 Murray, John, 276. 

 Muscular action, 332, 341. 

 Music, effects on spiders, 300, 305, 306, 307, 



309. 



Mygale avicularia, 142. 

 Mygale blondii, 142, 189. 

 Mygale stridulans, 319. 

 Mygala truncata, see Cyclocosmia truncata. 

 Mygalidse, 141, 142, 169, 316, 321. 



Natural selection, 363, 370, 442, 445. 



Navigating spiders, 268, 269. 



Nemesia ccementaria, 249, 353, 355, 416. 



Nemesia congener, 248, 415. 



Nemesia eleanora, 248. 



Nemesia manderstjernae, 356. 



Nemesia meridionalis, 353, 355, 411 ; nest of 



young, 250. 



Nemesia moggridgii, 248, 356. 

 Nephila chrysogaster, 24. 

 Nephila cocoons, 92 ; fossil, 450. 

 Nephila inaurata, 93, 235. 

 Nephila nigra, 25, 26, 66, 235. 

 Nephila pennatipes, 451. 

 Nephila plumipes (wilderi), 66, 91, 189, 450. 

 Neriene dentipalpis, 277. 

 Neste, 339 ; building, 355 ; cocooning of Dras- 



sids, 134, 135; development of trapdoor, 



248 ; parasitism. 235, 388 ; repairing of, 



196 ; winter, 431, 432. 



Nesting habite, 70, 402 ; of Argyroneta, 45, 46 ; 

 influence of habit, 67 ; Trapdoor spiders, 64. 

 Nesticus pallidus, 154, 156, 189. 

 Nesticus speluncarum, 291. 

 New England spider fauna, 90. 

 New Lisbon, Ohio, spider fauna, 89. 

 Night eyes, 288 ; habits, 180, 287, 308. 

 Niantic, Connecticut, 20. 

 Nocturnal eyes, 290. 

 Numerical proportion, 69. 



Ocellus, 283. 



Odors, effects on spiders, 299. 



Oeningen spiders, 452. 



Ogontz Seminary, 218. 



Olfactory organs, 300. 



Oligocene spiders, 447, 458. 



Olivet, Abbe, 307. 



Oncodes pallipes, 393. 



Oonops pulcher, 189. 



Orbweavers, 65, 71 ; difference between sexes, 

 62 ; position in pairing, 62 ; favorite sites 

 of, 178 ; stored by wasps, 386 ; fossil, 466. 



Orchard spider, 339, 350, 366. 



Orcutt, C. R, 83, 388. 



Organs of hearing, 301, 302. 



Ornamentation, 333. 



Orthoptera, 466. 



Osborn, Capt., 444. 



Oustalet, M., 451, 458. 



Ovaries, 180. 



Oviposition, 181, 184. 



Oxyopes salticus, 147. 



Oxyopes viridens, 147, 193, 380. 



Pachygnatha, 27. 



Packard, Prof. A. S., Jr., 128, 154, 155, 156, 286, 

 335. 



Pairing of spiders, Chapter II., 41. 



Palmer, L. Chalkley, 368. 



Palpal bulb, use of, 42. 



Palpipes priscus, 457. 



Palps, 48, 72, 302. 



Paralysis, fear, 438. 



Paralyzed spiders, 383, 406. 



Parasites, 129, 142, 393, 394 ; of body, 391 ; veg- 

 etable, 399. 



Parasitic larvae, 393 ; spiders, 235. 



Parasitism, 395, 398. 



Parson spider, 127; see Herpyllus ecclesias- 

 ticus. 



Parthenogenesis, 74. 



Partridges eat ants, 362. 



Patterns, dorsal, 348. 



Pavesi, Sig. Prof., 291. 



