American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . Fig. 27. Male Saltigrade, Habroces-tum splendens, when approachingfemale. (After Peckham.) • Idem, page 44. LOVE OF SALTIURADES. 53 Again he danced sidewise before her, strutting and showing oif like apeacock, wliirling around and around. Professor Peckham at first supposedthat this turning around was accidental, but it hap-pened so regularl} at a certain stage ofcourtship, tliat he conciluded that it was animportant part of his dis
American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . Fig. 27. Male Saltigrade, Habroces-tum splendens, when approachingfemale. (After Peckham.) • Idem, page 44. LOVE OF SALTIURADES. 53 Again he danced sidewise before her, strutting and showing oif like apeacock, wliirling around and around. Professor Peckham at first supposedthat this turning around was accidental, but it hap-pened so regularl} at a certain stage ofcourtship, tliat he conciluded that it was animportant part of his display, serving theKtter to sliow liis brilliant abdomen.^In ap2)roac]iing the female the males of Phila;usniilitaris were very eager and fairly quiv-ered with excitement. The first two legswere raised over the head and curved towardeach other, so that the tips nearly met, and the palpswere moved up and down. (Fig. 28.)- Astia vittata is peculiar in the fact that it has two well marked maleforms, which shade into each other, but maintain at least one characteristic distinction, namely, three tufts of hair which mark the black form, niger. Mrs. Peckh
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