INDEX. 
281 
Fabricius, 254, 255. 
Fangs, used in toilet, 16. 
Feeding habits, 28, 71. 
Feet, cleansing, 16. 
Fertilization, 129. 
Fish killed by spider, 66. 
Flower mimicry, 51. 
Food, 91, 105. 
Food capturing, 48. 
Forbes, Mr. Henry 0., 48, 49. 
Foundation lines, mending, 73. 
Fox, Dr. W. H., 55. 
Fox, William J., 63. 
Fraternity in spiders, 35. 
Gabb, Professor William H., 156, 201, 222. 
Gallapagos Islands, 152. 
Gasteracantha, genus, described, 209. 
Gasteracantha cancriformis, described, 211. 
Gasteracantha maura, described, 210. 
Gasteracantha pallida, described, 209. 
Gasteracantha preciosa, described, 211. 
Gautier, M., 88. 
Gea, genus, described, 208. 
Gea heptagon, described, 208. 
Gentry, Dr. Alan, 24. 
Gentry, Mr. Thomas, 155, 194, 232. 
Glandular cells, 130. 
Gregarious habits, 43. 
Habits, general harmony of, 17; influencing 
spinningwork, 74. 
Habrocestum splendens, 106. 
Heematodocha, 129, 130. 
Hairs, 110, 111; dressing, 16; origin of, 123. 
Harford, Mr., 171. 
Hatching eggs, 30. 
Hayti spiders, 180. 
Heineken, Dr. C., 116. 
Hentz, Professor, 134, 137, 155, 219, 244, 250, 
261. See Frontispiece, 
Hentzia, genus, 244. 
Hentzia basilica, 244. 
Heredity, 61. 
Heteropota venatoria, 118. 
Histology, 108. 
Housekeeping, spider, 18. 
House spiders, 83. 
Howard, Professor Orson, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 
146, 151, 226. 
Huntsman spider, 118. 
Hymenoptera, 42, 63. 
Hymenopterous parasites, table of, 58. 
Hyptiotes, genus, 275. 
Hyptiotes Americanus, 276. 
Hyptiotes cavatus, 276. 
Ichneumonide, 54, 101. 
Immersion of spiders, 23. 
Tncubating chamber, 36. 
India, spiders of, 52, 64. 
Industrial insects, 44; mimicry, 50; uses of 
spider silk, 83. 
Insect memory, 47. 
Intellect of spiders, 45. 
Intelligence of spiders, 44, 52, 66, 74. 
Java, spiders of, 49. 
Jones, Mr. John Matthew, in Bermuda, 84. 
Kaira, genus, described, 202. 
Kaira alba, described, 202. 
Keyserling, Count, 133, 159, 162, 199, 227, 
248, 257, 267, 268, 271. 
Kincaid, Mr. Trevor, 248. 
Koch, Dr. C., 208, 245, 251, 267, 269, 270. 
Koch, Dr. Ludwig, 207, 219. 
Labrador spiders, 260. 
Labulla inconstans, 54. 
Labyrinth spider, 64. 
Larinia, genus, 247. 
Larinia borealis, 247. 
Larinia Defouri, 249. 
Larinia directa, 249. 
Larinia nigrifoliata, 165. 
Laterigrades, 48, 106. 
Latreille, 246, 251, 272. 
Leach, Mr., 250, 254, 255. 
Legs, armature of, 15, 95; deformation, 117; 
loss of, 104; origin of, 122. 
Leidy, Professor Joseph, 134. 
Lewis, Professor H., 134. 
Lineweavers, 102. 
Linneeus, 255, 259. 
Linyphia communis, 58, 97. 
Lizard spider, 266. 
Location, sense of, 46. 
Lost limbs, 118. . 
Lungs, 109. 
Lycosids, 24, 98, 100, 112, 114. 
Lycosa arenicola, 20, 25, 44, 92. 
Lycosa making trapdoor nest, 31. 
Lycosa rurestris, 129. 
Lycosa scutulata, 46. 
Lycosa tigrina, 20, 25, 69, 70, 103; burrowing 
habits of, 24, pl. xxx. 
