. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . vation of the si)inningwork of British spiders.^ sec rpj^^ economy of the Central Space in Space ^^^ several juirts must be a matter of conjecture, but there are some goodgrounds for the following opinions:— 1. It must be noted, first, that no part of theCentral space has viscid beads. This permits tliefreer motion of tlie spider around the centreAvithout liability of entanglement upon her own snare. She is, indeed,able to run over the
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . vation of the si)inningwork of British spiders.^ sec rpj^^ economy of the Central Space in Space ^^^ several juirts must be a matter of conjecture, but there are some goodgrounds for the following opinions:— 1. It must be noted, first, that no part of theCentral space has viscid beads. This permits tliefreer motion of tlie spider around the centreAvithout liability of entanglement upon her own snare. She is, indeed,able to run over the beaded spiral space with apparent impunity, yet her On the Construction of the Xets of Geometric Spiders, Zoological Journal, Vol. V.,1832-4, page 184. - As above, page ,3. Mr. Cecil Warl)iirton writes me from Soiithiinrt, 10iit;lanil, that the .snares (if .Metascgmentata are distin^uishalile at a glance from of most common English Kpeiruids, Zilla atrica, Epeira diademata, Ep. quadrata, etc., liy the jiresence of a notched zoneand the absence of a niesiicd i-eutre. EviiUiilly, Ins nbservation of the connnun sjucicsshowed a closed .53. Notched spirals igreatly en-larged). GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OP ORB WE A VERS SNARES. 57
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