TABLE OF CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. 



PART I.— COURTSHIP AND MATING OF SPIDERS. 



. CHAPTER I. 



WOOING AND MATING OF OKBWEAVKRS. 



The Mystery of Mating — Tlie Male scarcliinj; for his Mate — Males relatively F(!\ver — 

 Males before Mating — Argiope cophinaria — Stages of Courtship — Aranead Lovers — A 

 Lover's Peril — Relative Sizes of Sexes — An unequally matched Coajjle — Nephila 

 and Argiope — Sexes that live together — The Water Spider— Quarrels of Males — Fe- 

 male Combativeuess — Methods of Pairing among Orbweavers — A Love Bower . . 15-40 



CHAPTER II. 



COURTSHIP AND PAIRING OF THE TRIBES. 



Love Dances of Saltigrades — Pairing of Linyphia marginata — The Period of Union — In- 

 terruptions — Agalena naivia pairing — Love beneath the AVaters — Caressing — Pairing 

 of Laterigrades — Lycosids — Love Dances of the Saltigrades — Love Dances of Birds — 

 Displays are to attract Females — A Saltigrade Harem — Color Development .... 41-60 



CHAPTER III. 



COMPARATIVE VIEWS OF VARIOUS MATING HABITS. 



Value of general Habits — Value of spinning Habit — Maternity inspires Insect Archi- 

 tecture — Spider Industry influenced by Maternity — By sexual Feeling in Males — 

 Disproportion of Size in Sexes — Sexes of equal Sizes— Numerical Proportion of 

 Sexes — Relative Activity of Sexes — Spermatozoa — Agamic Reproduction 01-74 



PART II.— MATERNAL INDUSTRY AND INSTINCTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



MATERNAL INDUSTRY: COCOONS OF ORBWEAVERS. 



Cocooiiing Sites — Argiope's Cocoons— Leafj' Canopies — Contents of Cocoons — The Egg 

 Mass — Argiope cophinaria — Epeira Cocoons— Cocoon ing Tents — Cocoons of Zilla — 

 Cocoon of Nephila — Gasteracantha — Spidei-s with several Cocoons — Tetragnatha 

 extensa— Cyrtarachne's Cocoon — The Cocoon String of Labyrinthea — Cyclosa bi- 

 furca. — Basilica Spider's Cocoon — Plumefoot Spider's Cocoon — Uloborus — Double Co- 



cooning in Argiope 7-')-110 



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