476 



Mimetus syllepsicus, 390. 



Nesting habits, 70, 402 ; of Argyroneta, 45, 46 ; 



Mimicry, 152, 190, 337, 345 ; of animal forms. 



influence of habit, 67 ; Trapdoor spiders, 64. 



357 ; of coloi-s, 367 ; of cocoons, 372 ; of en- 



Nesticus pallidus, 154, 156, 189. 



vironment, 365 ; knots and buds, 366 ; 



Nesticus speluncarum, 291. 



firound, 3()9. 



New PiUgland spider fauna, 90. 



Jliranda adianta, 394. 



New Lisbon, Ohio, spider fauna, 89. 



Missouri spider fauna, 108. ^ 



Night eyes, 288 ; habits, 180, 287, 308. 



Mistakes of mothers, 200. * 



Niantic, Conne(;ticut, 20. 



Misuinena vatia, 152, 192, 324, 34/(, 34(i, 367, 



Nocturnal eyes, 290. 



369, 371, 386. 



Numerical proportion, 69. 



Mitcliell, Dr. S. Weir, 443. 





Moggridge, T. Traherne, 182, 184, 247, 248, 249, 



Ocelkis, 283. 



250, 352, 354, 355, 356, 412, 415, 416, 429, 443. 



Odors, effects on spidere, 299. 



Morgan, T. H., 55. 



Oeningen spiders, 452. 



Mortality among spiders, 222, 228 ; flret stages 



Ogontz Seminary, 218. 



of, 422. 



Olfactory organs, 300. 



Motherhood, 72, 178, 186, 192, 193, 194, 197, 



Oligoccne spiders, 447, 458. 



200, 205. 



Olivet, Abbe, 307. 



Moulting, 207, 208, 220, 229, 341 ; dangers of. 



Oncodes pallipes, 393. 



428 ; influence on color, 331 ; of Argiope, 



Oonops pulcher, 189. 



22, 23 ; tents, 403. 



Orbwcavcrs, 65, 71 ; difference between sexes. 



Mud cocoons, 129, 203. 



62 ; position in pairing, 62 ; fiivoritc sites 



Mud dauber wasps, 364, 381, 382, 383, 387. 



of, 178 ; stored by wasps, 386 ; fossil, 406. 



Miillcr, Herr (Alpcn Bliimen), 346. 



Orchard spider, 339, 350, 366. 



Multifold cocoons, 108. 



Onuitt, C. R., 83, 388\ 



Murray, John, 276. 



Organs of hearing, 30lV 302. 



Muscular action, 332, 341. 



Ornamentation, 333. '^ 



Music, effects on spiders, 300, 305, 306, 307, 



Orthoptera, 466. \ . 



(309. 



Osborn, Capt., 444. \ 



Mygale avicularia, 142. 



Oustalct, M.,451, 458. \ 



Mygale blondii, 142, 189. 



Ovaries, 180. ) 



Mygale stridulans, 319. 



Oviposition, 181, 184. 



Mygale truncata, see Cyclocosmia truncata. 



Oxyopes salticus, 147. 



Mygalida>, 141, 142, 169, 316, 321. 



Oxyopes viridens, 147, 193, 380. 



Natural selection, 363, 370, 442, 445. 



Pachygnatha, 27. 



Navigating spiders, 268, 269. 



Packard, Prof A. S., .Jr., 128, 154, 155, 156, 286, 



Nemesia coementaria, 249, 363, 355, 416. 



335. 



Nemesia congener, 248, 415. 



Pairing of .spiders. Chapter II., 41. 



Nemesia eleanora, 248. 



Palmer, L. Ciialkley, 3(i8. 



Nemesia manderstjernie, 350. 



Palpal bulb, use of, 42. 



Nemesia meridionalis, 353, 355, 411 ; nest of 



Palpipes priscus, 457. 



young, 250. 



Palps, 48, 72, 302. 



Nemesia moggridgii, 248, 350. 



Paralysis, fear, 438. 



Nephila chrysogaster, 24. 



Paralyzed spiders, 383, 406. 



Nephila cocoons, 92 ; fossil, 450. 



Parasites, 129, 142, 393, 394 ; of boily, 391 ; veg- 



Nephila inaurata, 93, 235. 



etable, 399. 



Nephila nigra, 25, 26, 66, 235. ■ 



Parasitic larvae, 393 ; spiders, 235. 



Nephila pennatipes, 451. 



Parasitism, 395, 398. 



Nephila plumipes (wilderi), 66, 91, 189, 450. 



Parson .spider, 127; see Ilerpyllus ecclcsias- 



Neriene dentipalpis, 277. 



ticus. 



Nests, 339 ; building, 355 ; cocooning of Dras- 



Parthenogenesis, 74. 



sids, 134, 135; development of trapdoor, 



Partridges eat ants, 362. 



248 ; parasitism.;;^ 235, 388 ; repairing of. 



Patterns, doiml, 348. 



196 ; winter, 431, 432. 



Pavesi, Sig. Prof., 291. 



