473 



Eggs, spider, 75, 88, 193, li)9, 201, 202, 3()() ; 

 devoured by mother, 182; fecundity of, 

 177 ; irregular oviposition, 184 ; number of, 

 90,188; parasites on, 394; v.'.thin the ab- 

 domen, 180. 



Egress from cocoon, 212. 



Eigenmann, Mrs. Rosa, 83, 93, 135, 225, 329, 

 388, 395. 



Electricity, influencing ballooning, 279. 



Ells 4-notata, 384, 406, 414. 



Emerton, J. 11., 21,27, 36, 44, 49, 95, 109, 120, 

 121, 123, 135, 154, 155, 165, 181, 182, 187, 

 212, 261, 291, 292, 335, 351, 389, 404. 



Enemies and their influence. Chapter XIII., 

 378. 



Enemies of spiders, 191, 363, 375, 399, 411. 



English spiders, 280, 284, 289, 290, 292, 328, 

 330, 348, 366, 369, 374, 403, 429, 433 ; Dras- 

 sids, 133 ; Atypus, 137 ; gossamer showers 

 of, 276. 



Enock, Mr. Frederick, 29, 137, 244, 245, 249, 

 429. 



Environment, 352; influence of, 412; influ- 

 ence on color, 334. 



Entombment, manner of, in amber, 468; of 

 fossils, 447. 



Eo thoracica, 460. 



Eotypus woodwardii, 456. 



Epeira apoclisa, 27, 36, 38, 187, 433. 



Epeira basilica, 169, 191 ; cocoon string of, 106. 



Ei)eira bicentennaria, 330. 



Epeira bifurca, 95, 169; cocoon string, 104; 

 see Cyclosa bifurca. 



Epeira bombicinaria, 440. 



Epeira cavatica, see Epeira cinerea. 



Epeira cinerea, 89, 190, 224, 398. 



Epeira eooksonii, 334. 



Epeira cornigera, 207. 



Epeira cornuta, 290. 



Epeira cucurbitina, 330, 370. 



Epeini diademata, 21, HO, 187, 188, 189, 190, 

 224, 283, 284, 289, 328; pairing of, 34. 



Epeira domiciliorum, 224, 334; cocoon, 86, 87; 

 time of cocooning, 88. 



Epeira epiblenmm, 207. 



Epeira fiisca, 27 ; see Meta menardii. 

 ■ Epeira gemma, 330. 



Epeira indinata, 24, 292. 



Epeira infumata, 440, 441. 



Ei)eira insularis, 208, 214, 289, 441, 453; co- 

 coon of, 86, 87 ; male, 20. 



Epeira labyrinthea, 62, 99, 168, 187, 191, 222, 

 289, 305, 333, 386, 390 ; cocoons strung in 

 site, 100 ; string of, 101 ; suspension of, 102 ; 

 courtship, 21. 



Epeira marmorea, 34 ; see Epeira insularis. 



Epeira meekii, 4.53. 



Epeira parvula, 328, 371, 440. 



Epeira patagiata, 327. 



lOpeim quadrata, 28, 189, 289, 433. 



Epeira sclopetaria, 36, 62, 207, 234, 254, 289, 



293, 399, 432 ; time of cocooning, 88. 

 Epeira strix, 24, 26, KM, 165, 181, 288, 285, 329, 



338, 341, 386, 431, 433, 453. 

 Epeira thaddeus, 331 ; cocoon, 90. 

 Epeira triaranea, 89, 90, 195, 208, 222, 231, 33S, 



339. 

 Epeira trifolium, 289, 331, 439. 

 Epeira umbratica, 179, 290, 396. 

 Epeira vertebrata, 26, 334. 

 Epiblemum scenicum, 30, 50, 57, 23(i. 

 Erigone, cocoon of, 118. 

 Erigonum, 147. 

 Erber, Mr., 250. 

 ICresus monarchus, 467. 

 Ergatis benigua, 27. 

 Ere, 466. 



Ero setulosa, 467. 

 Ero thoracica, 114, 115. 

 Ero varicgata, 114, 115. 

 Eumenes, genus of wasi)s, 130, 131. 

 European spiders, 95, 289, 452. 

 Eurypelma heutzii, 140, 249, 321, 385, 428. 

 Evolution, 60, 360, 378. 

 Eye tubercles, 298. 

 Eye turrets, 297, 298. 

 Eyes of spiders, 283 ; atrophy of, 292 ; color of, 



287 ; night and day, 288 ; structure of, 284. 



Fabre, J. II., 445. 



Fakir, 444. 



Fairmount Park, 399. 



I'^aithfulness, maternal, 199. 



Fear paralysis, 438. 



Fecundity of female sjjidere, 177. 



Feigning death, 195, 255. 



Female spiders, quiescent during courtship, 



57 ; relative activity, 70. 

 Ferocity, 66. 

 Fertility of spiders, 189. 

 Fertilization, 72. 

 Feud among spidere, 389. 

 Fighting of females, 33; of males, 30, 31. 

 Fingal's Cave, spidere ui, 179, 290. 

 Flies, 387, 442. 

 Florida spiders, 91, 201, 356. 

 Florissant spiders, 447, 458. 

 Flowere, attracting insects and spiders, 346 ; 



mimicked, 368. 

 Flying spidera, 256. 



