INDEX OF VOLUME II. 



Abbot, .lobn, V.iH, :i8(). 



Abdomen, curious use of, 417. 



Acoloides •saitidis, 397. 



.\froKoma, 339. 



AiTosoma rugosa, 285, 289, 375. 



Activity of female, 70. 



Adaptjition, 412. 



.\dirondack Mountains, 4G3, 466. 



Aeronautic habit, 15, Chapter IX., 256, 399 ; 



flight, 179. 

 African spidcre, 208, 399, 450. 

 Agalena brunnea, 124, 292. 

 Agalena labyrinthea, 29, 45, 122, 189. 

 - Agalena naevia, 33, 36, 44, 85, 165, 166, 187, 189, 



208, 211, 236, 251, 252, 253, 288, 334, 337, 347, 



389 ; cocoons of, 121 ; upholstering of co- 

 coon, 122. 

 Agamic reproduction, 73. 

 Age of spiders, 341; influencing color, 331, 



428; of ants, 427. 

 AgroBca brunnea, 126, 132. 

 Agroeca proxima, 126. 

 Alaska, spider launa, 97. 

 " Albatross," Fish Commission steamer, 334. 

 -Vlexandria Bay, New York, 131. 

 Amber bay, 466 ; collecting, 465 ; embalming, 



468 ; island, 466 ; stores of, 464 ; tree, 462 ; 



sources of, 462. 

 Andover Review, 280. 

 .Vndrogeus, 452. 

 Animals, senses of, 345. 

 Annis(]uam, 336. 

 Antlirobia mammouthia, 154, 156, 189, 286, 



291, 335. 

 Anthrocophila antiqua, 455. 

 Ant formed spiders, 357, 369. 

 Ant thrush, 363. 

 -Vnts, 427; cutting ants, 353; destroyed by 



birds, 362; driver ants, 363; eat spiders, 



364. 

 .\rachnoj)hagous wasps, 388. 

 Aranea columbite, 459, 461. 

 Archea paradoxa, 457, 466, 468, 469. 



.Vri'liitcH'ture, 355 ; influenced by motherhood, 

 185 ; inspired by motherhood, 64. 



Arctosa cinerea, 393. 



Argiope argenteola, 83, 84; construction of 

 cocoon, 84, 388. 



Ai-giope argyraspis, 21, 71, 289, 334, 338, 347, 

 349, 386 ; cocoon of, manner of suspen- 

 sion, 82 ; hung among wild flowers, 83. 



Argiope aurelia, life of young, 228, 229. 



Argiope cophinaria, 20, 21, 22, 26, 71, 188, 189, 

 201, 203, 207, 209, 210, 288, 300, 329, 334, 338, 

 346, 348, 350, 395, 398, 426; cocoon, con- 

 struction of, 159, Chapter 11.; sites of, 75; 

 methods of supension, 76 ; among grasses 

 and wild flowers, 77 ; stability of poise, 

 78; hung to a curtain, 79; internal struct- 

 ure of, 80; variation in structure, 81; ovi- 

 positing, 160; spinning the brown pad- 

 ding of her cocoon, 160; weaving the co- 

 coon case, 161, 162 ; winding the thread, 

 163 ; mechanical ingenuity in weaving, 

 163; weaving, .Vrgiope's method of, 163; 

 decline and death of, 419 ; male, courtship 

 of, 18 ; maternity, 19 ; pairing of, 37 ; sev- 

 eral cocoons, 108, 110. 



Argiope fenestrinus, 84. 



Argiope multiconcha, 108, 188. 



.Vrgyiodci urgyrodes, see Argyrodes trigonum. 



.Vrgyrodcs piniticum, 388, 390. 



.\rgyrodes trigonum, 113, 114, 376, 389; see 

 Argyrodes argyrodes, 389. 

 ^ .Vrgyroepeii-a hortorum, 39, 299. 



Argyroneta aquatica, 24, 29, 65, 125, 126, 188, 

 239, 393 ; cell and eggs of, 125 ; male and 

 female, 23 ; pairing, 45. 



.'Vriadnc bicolor, 134. 



Arthropoda, 314. 



Astia vittiita, 262, 295 ; dance, 5,3, 54. 



Atkinson, (ieorge T., 41(5. 



Atrophy o^ eyes, 292. 



Atta fervens, 357. 



Attidic, 69, 333, 359, 364; colors of, 327; pair- 

 ing of, 50; attitudes in courtship, 59. 



(470) 



