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AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. 



FlG. 257. 



FIG. 258. 



FIG. 259. 



FIG. 260. FIG. 261. 



FIG. 257. The curtain or silken lining of the upper part of nest. FIG. 258. Nest lashed to an adjoin- 

 ing leaf. (Epeira insularis.) Fm. 259. Woven leaf nest of Insularis. FIG. 260. Tubular nest of 

 Epeira strix. FIG. 261. Bell shaped nest of Epeira domiciliorum. 



