
Illustrations 



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‘¢ Head downward, to await callers’? . . . . . . 56 
Miss Silverback. » . + «© «© s &% «% + @ © (58 
Diagram of Silverback’s eyes ... 2 « © © = « 99 
‘But where is she?” . . . - «© © «© © «© +.4 62 
“ Asa sailor would climb amast” . . . . . .- . 64 
“ The owner of this exquisite home”’. . . -»- - +. 695 
“ Her disguise is complete”? . - - - . - + + + 66 
“Mrs. Hunchback” . . . - © «© «© «© «© «© « 67 
The tent-emakers . . . + «+ + «© » «© + © « 69 
“Peeping out uponthe roof” . . . - + + «© «22 
“Mrs. Grass Spider”. . - - - + + © + + + 4 
“Mrs. Spinner has darted from her stairway” . . . 75 
“Like a ball asshe hangs from herweb” . . . . 78 
“ The beetle is hoisted to the desired position”. . . 80 
Cribellum and spinnerets of the Silk-Comber . . . 84 
Leg of the Silk-Comber . . - - + + + + + + 88 
Diagram of Mrs. Attide’seyes. - - - »- + + + 87 
“Tn the most threatening manner”. . . . + + + 89 
“ She is holding fast with four pairs of feet” . . . 96 
“She stands on tiptoe” . - - - + © + + + + 8 
“ All the home that our common black running spider 
possesses? «4. «4 27 4 «1 te Fe 4 GF 100 
“ Capture their prey by main force” . - + + + = 101 
“ You see what a beauty she is’? . . . + «+ + ~ 102 
Thedurrehe <4. Ges oo ce ees he oe es te BOS 
“Sometimes the lady of the house fastens her door 
open by means of threads” - + + + eos 105 
« Now and then one sets up its housekeeping in a bunch 
of bananas” . <.0 «1% He ee ee OT 
The house Mrs. Jumping-Spider has for her children . 109 
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