1 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
= CHAPTER IV. 
WEATHER PROGNOSTICATIONS, SUNDRY SUPERSTITIONS, COMMERCIAL VALUE 
OF SPIDER SILK. 
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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 .........24...-.52 77-89 
CHAPTER 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- 
phia—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 Attidee—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—Hematodocha—Receptaculum seminis—Blood 
DCS e-jucce an cents. Te. ve eS ality, pene) Camco dey Wo eetels vets coca Git esate tate 116-131 
PART II—DESCRIPTION OF GENERA AND SPECIES. 
Orbitelarie 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—Hpeira—Marxia— 
Ordgarius — Verrucosa — Kaira — Wagneria — Wixia — Carepalxis — Gea — Gastera- 
cantha—Acrosoma—Cercidia—A rgiope—Cyclosa—Cyrtophora— Zilla—Singa—Argyro- 
epeira—A bbotia—Larinia—Drexelia—Meta— Nephila —Hentzia —Tetragnatha —Hug- 
natha—Eucta—Pachygnatha—Uloborus—Hy ptiotes —Theridiosoma—Samples, of Ab- 
bot’s Manuscript Drawings—Theridium—Tubeweavers—A galena—Dictyna—Trapdoor 
Spiders— Cteniza —Atypus — Misumena —Attoids — Phidippus — Zygobalus—Astia— 
Oltigrades—Liycora—Piicotia . 5 5 fo ae c ee sls) ane er 132-277 
