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INDEX. 



Epeira benjamina, see Epeira domiciliorum. 



Epeira bicentenaria, 122. 



Epeira bifurca, see Cyclosa. 



Epeira cinerea, 121. 



Epeira cornuta, resemblance to Epeira sstrix, 

 111. 



Epeira diademata, 94, 231, 299; effects of 

 bite, 271; poison apparatus of, 269, 270; 

 silk glands, 41 ; spinning glands, 38 ; spin- 

 ning organs, 48, 49. 



Epeira displicata, 121. 



Epeira domiciliorum, 78, 79, 255, 339 ; distri- 

 bution, 116; nest of, 288. 



Epeira gemma, 15, 121. 



Epeira gibberosa, snare and nest of, 154; 

 distribution, 154. 



Epeira hortorum, see Argyroepeira. 



Epeira insularis, anatomy, 22 ; figure of foot, 

 25 ; its coloring and distribution, 118 ; its 

 bite, 273 ; identical with Marmorea, 77 ; 

 measurements of webs, 230 ; nest and orb, 

 117; nest and trapline, 337. 



Epeira labyrinthea, Chapter VIII., 130; de- 

 scription of snare and tent, 130, 131, 132; 

 geographical distribution, 136 ; joint house- 

 keeping, 135; the orb described, 133, 225, 

 226 ; nest of, 305, 306, 340, 348, 355, 356. 



Epeira marmorea, identical with Insularis, 77. 



Epeira patagiata, 116. 



Epeira quadrata, 299; mouth organs of, 270, 

 272. 



Epeira sclopetaria, 75, 229 ; habits and distri- 

 bution, 115. 



Epeira stellate, 122, 339, 340. 



Epeira strix, 218, 229, 255, 340; distribution, 

 110, 111; its habits, 112; favorite loca- 

 tions, 114 ; nest of, 288 ; snare twisted by 

 captive, 265 ; various forms of nest, 289- 

 291. 



Epeira sylvatica, 122. 



Epeira thaddeus, 34S ; tubular nest of, 303, 

 304, 305. 



Epeira triaranea, 166, 340 ; favorite sites, 136 ; 

 snare and tent, 137 ; variation in nest, 

 138; orientation of sector, 138; snares of 

 young, 139; variation in trapline, 139; 

 measurements of web, 140 ; retitelarian 

 maze, 140 ; affinities, 141 ; tubeweaving 

 tendency, 141 ; looped spirals in orb, 141 ; 

 distribution, 142 ; orientation of centre, 

 141 ; coloring, 118 ; habit and spinning- 

 work, 119; nest of, 305. 



Epeira trifolium, 340 ; fern nest of, 320 ; 

 swinging nest of, 216; various nests of, 

 293 ; an encampment of, 294. 



Epeira trivittata, 1 17 ; nesting habit, 298. 



Epeira umbratica, 215. 



Epeira vertebrate, 74, 120, 248, 252; nesting 

 habit, 298. 



Epeira vulgaris, see Epeira sclopetaria. 



Epei'roids, distinguished from Theridioids, 20 ; 

 general characteristics, 19. 



Epiblemum scenicum, 19, 342. 



Eurypelma, 16. 



Eurypelma hentzii, 260; weaving, 326, 327. 



Evolution, 151, 166, 170, 171; see Chapter 

 XIX. 



Eyes, basis of classification, 17;. Orb weavers 

 and Lineweavers, 21 ; use for specific dis- 

 tinction, 21. 



Face, characteristics, 20. 



Fecundity of female contributes to perpetu- 

 ity, 259. 



Feeding habits, 86, 191, 192; of Hyptiotes, 

 capturing insects, 187 ; of Labyrinthea, 132. 



Feet, anatomy, 23, 24; commanding the 

 snare, 113, 114; threads carried in, 75. 



Fern nests, 295. 



Fighting tarantulas, 281. 



Fish, captured by a spider, 236. 



Fitch, Dr. Asa, 240. 



Flies, mode of capture by spiders, 254 ; small 

 diptera banqueting with spider, 256. 



Floating, habit of Tetragnatha and Epeira, 161. 



Flocculent spirals, 186, 187; thread of Hyp- 

 tiotes, 186. 



Flossy tufts on webs, 124. 



Food, manner of capturing, 114; regulating 

 web sites, 144 ; small vertebrates, 246, 248, 

 249; enswathing captured insects, 250, 

 251, 252; food carried to the den, 251, 

 253; trussing captives for future use, 254, 

 255 ; subordination of instincts, 256 ; flies 

 banquet with the spider, 257 ; special in- 

 cidents and disappointments, 258; loca- 

 tion controls, 259; cannibalism, 259; long 

 fasting, 260; comparative feeding habits, 

 260 ; Tarantula's mode of feeding, 261 ; 

 drinking, 262 ; eating the web, 263 ; the 

 habit beneficial to man, 267. 



Fossil spiders, 172. 



Foundation lines, 60, 61, 71, 72, 219, 230; 

 double, 73; of Orchard spider, 152, 153; 

 by means of air currents, 62, 65; long 

 preserved, 66 ; strength of, 231. 



Frame lines, 60 ; see above. 



Fraternity, among spiders, 135; in a Scotch 

 colony of Zillas, 144. 



Free zone, 56, 58. 



