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CHAPTER XVII.

Old Farm Fairies: a Summer Campaign in Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies · Henry C. McCook — chapter 47 of 58 · ~80 words · public domain

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=Note A, p. 153.=--Many Orbweavers spin together several leaves, or roll up the end of a single leaf and form the nests described and shown, Fig. 69. That at p. 158, Fig. 72, was made by Epeira trifolium HENTZ. (See p. 194.)

=Note B, p. 154.=--"The Cardinal Company." Phidippus cardinalis HENTZ has its abdomen and venter covered with brilliant red hairs. Phidippus rufus HENTZ resembles it but is less brilliant. These are jumping or Saltigrade spiders, belonging to the Attidae.

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