364 
Epeira benjamina, see Epeira domiciliorum. 
Epeira bicentenaria, 122. 
Epeira bifurca, see Cyclosa. 
Hpeira cinerea, 121. 
Epeira cornuta, resemblance to Epeira strix, 
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 VIITL., 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 stellata, 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, 348; tubular nest of, 303, 
304, 305. 
Epeira triaranea, 166, 340; favorite sites, 136; 
snare and tent, 137; yariation 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, 
298; an encampment of, 294. : 
INDEX. 
Epeira trivittata, 117; nesting habit, 298. 
Epeira umbratica, 215. 
Epeira vertebrata, 74, 120, 248, 252; nesting 
habit, 298. 
Kpeira vulgaris, see Hpeira sclopetaria. 
Epeiroids, distinguished from Theridioids, 20; 
general characteristics, 19. 
Epiblemum scenicum, 19, 342. 
Kurypelma, 16, 
Eurypelma hentzii, 260; weaving, 326, 327. 
Evolution, 151, 166, 170, 171; see Chapter 
XIX. 
Eyes, basis of classification, 17; Orbweavers 
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. 
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