12 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



WEATHER PROGNOSTICATIONS, SUNDRY SUPERSTITIONS, COMMERCIAL VALUE 



OF SPIDER SILK. 



PAGES 



Weather Prognostication Stories and Traditions The Popular Notion Notes of 

 Weather and Webs Orbweavers no Weather Prophets Spider Superstitions 

 Money Spinners Luck in Seeing Spiders Spider Silk in Industrial Art Sources 

 of Spider Silk M. Bon's Pioneer Attempts Reaumur's Results Abbe Termeyer's 

 Experiments Reeling Silk from Spiders Professor Wilder's Experiments Nephila 

 as a Silk Producer An Englishman's Attempt 77-89 



CHAFTER V. 

 MOULTING HABITS OF SPIDERS. 



Moulting of Young Cannibalism Young Epeiras Mode of Moulting Baby Congre- 

 gations Young Turret Spiders Young Dolomedes Theridioids Manner of 

 Moulting Orbweavers' Moulting After the Moult Argiope's Moulting Liny- 

 pliia Medicinal Spider Lycosids Tarantula Periodicity of Moulting Modifying 

 Agents Effect of Insect Stings Protective Habits Facility in Moulting Moulting 

 Dangers Limbs Lost in Moulting Effect of Nourishment Color Changes Change 

 in Males Peckham's Studies of Attidae Laterigrades Change in Tarantulas 

 Summary Periodicity of Moulting Physiological Moulting Changes Forming 

 New Skin Professor Wagner's Studies Blood Moulting of Hairs Origin of New 

 Hairs Poison Gland Abdominal Muscles Legs Spinning Organs Summary . . 90-115 



CHAPTER VI. 

 REGENERATION OF LOST ORGANS AND ANATOMICAL NOMENCLATURE. 



Renewal of Lost Organs Dr. Heineken's Observations Wagner's Work Lost Limbs 

 Imperfect Reproduction The Huntsman Spider Periodicity of Regeneration- 

 Atrophy of Old Tissues Formation of Cicatrix Red Blood Cells Atrophy of 

 Muscles Origin and Development of a New Leg Origin of Hairs Anatomical 

 Nomenclature The Eyes Cephalothorax Abdomen Epigynum and Parts Use 

 of Male Palps Cymbium Alveolus Hsematodocha Receptaculum seminis Blood 

 Ducts. .116-131 



PART II DESCRIPTION OF GENERA AND SPECIES. 



Orbitelarise Defined Habits and Classification The Name of the Order Aranese 

 Changes in Nomenclature Law of Priority The Abbot Manuscripts Influence 

 on the Hentzian Names Description of Genera and Species Epeira Marxia 

 Ordgarius Verrucosa Kaira Wagneria Wixia Carepalxis Gea Gastera- 

 cantha Acrosoma Cercidia Argiope Cyclosa Cyrtophora Zilla Singa Argyro- 

 epeira Abbotia Larinia Drexelia Meta Nephila Hentzia Tetragnatha Eug- 

 natha Eucta Pachygnatha Uloborus Hyptiotes Thcridiosoma Samples, of Ab- 

 bot's Manuscript Drawings Theridiurn Tubeweavers Agalena Dictyna Trapdoor 

 Spiders Cteniza A typus Misumena Attoids Phidippus Zygobalus Astia 

 Citigrades Lycosa Pucetia 132-277 



