MISCELLANEOUS.FOOTNOTES.INDEX.
- Abortion, Ant to cause, [170];
- from hurt, Cochineal to prevent, [262].
- Abraxas for curing diseases, [37–39].
- Acanthocinus ædilis, [73].
- Acaridæ, [321].
- Acarus, [320], [321].
- Acheta domestica, [92–97].
- Achetidæ, [92–97].
- Acid made from Ants, [161].
- Acridites lincola, [126].
- Acridophagi, account of the, [120].
- Adultery, insect to detect, [367].
- Africa, Ants in, [156–7];
- Bees, [191], [200];
- Butterflies, [227], [231];
- Caterpillars, [372];
- Crickets, [95];
- Dragon-flies, [140];
- Flies, [288];
- Gnats, [282];
- Goliath-beetle, [46];
- Larvæ, [71];
- Lice, [317];
- Locusts, [101–130];
- Mantis, [84–88];
- Soap from beetle, [23];
- Spiders, [354];
- Termites, [132–137].
- Agaric-Gnat, [286].
- Agestrata luconica, [49].
- Agrotis telifera, [247].
- Ague, Bed-bugs as a remedy for, [67];
- Albugo, Cobwebs remedy for, [357].
- Ali Gamooni, forger of Scarab-gems, [38, n.]
- Alopecia, Bees remedy for, [206].
- Altars ornamented with Chrysalids, [231].
- Amber, Ant inclosed in, [169];
- America, Bees in, [197];
- Amputation on account of Chigoes, [315].
- Animals becoming plants, [90–92];
- Egyptian worship of, theory on, [43, n.]
- Anobium pertinax, [61].
- Anopleura, [316–320].
- Ant-hills, ovens made of, [134].
- Antipathy to Beetles, [74];
- Antler-moth, [246].
- Ant-lions, [141].
- Ants, [146–170], [196], [295], [322], [327], [356].
- Anus, prolapsed, Scarab remedy for, [44].
- Aphaniptera, [305–315].
- Aphidæ, [257–259].
- Aphis humuli, [258].
- Apidæ, [174–215].
- Apis centuncularis, [213].
- Apple-blossoms, May-bugs produced with, [47].
- Apocalypse, symbolical Locusts of the, [123].
- Apollo, Locusts destroyed by, [128].
- Aquitaine, bloody-rain in, [218].
- Arabia, beetle eaten by women of, [65];
- Arachnida, [321–362].
- Araneidæ, [332–362].
- Aranea diadema, [361].
- Aranea edulis, [354].
- Arctiidæ, [242–245].
- Arctia chrysorrhœa, [242].
- Armies routed by Mosquitoes, [282].
- Armpits, Silk-worms hatched under, [240].
- Arms, Bees on coat of, [196];
- Army-worm, [247].
- Arrows tipped with poison of an Ant, [161].
- Artificial flowers, beetles upon, [23].
- Artillery employed against Ants, [168];
- Ascarides in human stomach, [67].
- Asia, Honey-dew in, [257];
- Ass, dung of, for sting of Scorpions, [326];
- Fleas do not bite, [310];
- Hornets generated from carcass of, [171];
- Locusts, [101];
- Scarabs, [170];
- Scarab supposed to make its balls of the dung of, [28];
- Silk woven by an, [241];
- sting of Scorpions transferred to, [325];
- Wasps generated from carcass of, [170].
- Assyria, Egyptian Scarab-gems among ruins of, [39–41].
- Assyrians, Locusts eaten by the, [126].
- Astringent, Galls as an, [145].
- Astronomical subjects, Scarab connected with, [33], [37].
- Ateuchus Ægyptorum, [29].
- Athenians, golden cicadas worn by, [251];
- Athens, so-called Flies at, [291, n.]
- Atrophy, Lice remedy for, [319].
- Auks, snow colored red by, [220, n.]
- Australia, Butterflies in, [231];
- Automaton Flies, [294].
- Azores, Coccidæ in, [264].
- Baalzebub worshiped under form of a Fly, [292].
- Back, Termite queens for strengthening the, [137].
- Baldness, Bees remedy for, [206];
- Balm, antidote for poisons, [193];
- Bee-hives prepared with, [190].
- Banian Hospital for animals, [266].
- Banks, Sir Joshua, Spiders eaten by, [356].
- Barbados, Ants in, [167];
- Ash-colored Cricket, [92];
- Ash-colored Grasshopper, [98];
- Gnats, [279];
- Grou-grou worm, [70];
- Lantern-flies, [256].
- Barbary, Locusts in, [105–130].
- Barley, Glow-worms indicate ripeness of, [58].
- Bashikouay-ants, [157], [158].
- Basilidians, abraxas invented by the, [37].
- Basill, the herb, Scorpions generated from, [322].
- Basilisks, Scorpions generated from, [322].
- Battles of Ants, [151];
- Bats eaten in Cumana, [99];
- to drive away Locusts, [114].
- Beans for sting of Scorpions, [327].
- Bears, Ants eaten by, to purge, [163];
- fat and blood of, to kill Caterpillars, [245];
- man saved by a, [196].
- Bed-bugs, [265–274], [306].
- Bedeguar, [144].
- Beds, to rid of Bugs, [266];
- Scorpions to cool, [324].
- Bee-moth, [248].
- Bees, [174–215].
- Beggars hired as food for vermin, [266];
- Bell, Caterpillars cursed with a, [243].
- Besiegers routed with Bees, [204];
- Beetle-headed, [49].
- Beetles, [17–75].
- Bermuda, Butterflies in, [227];
- Berries, Cochineal supposed to be, [261].
- Bezoar-stone for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Bible, Ant in the, [148];
- Birds preserved to destroy Locusts, [114].
- Bishop Barnabee, Lady-bird so called, [19].
- Black-beetles, [78–82].
- Blacksmith-beetle, [55].
- Blapsidæ, [65–68].
- Blaps mortisaga, [65], [68], [78].
- Blatta Americana, [79].
- Blattidæ, [78–82].
- Bleeding of wounds, cobwebs to arrest, [357].
- Blind as a beetle, [49].
- Blindness, Death’s-head Moth supposed to cause, [233].
- Blister-flies, [62–64].
- Blood, showers of, [216–225].
- Boars drowned in Honey, [211].
- Boils cured by Ants, [162].
- Bombicidæ, [234–241].
- Bombus, [213].
- Bombyx Madroni, [239].
- Books perforated by beetles, [61].
- Bostrichidæ, [61].
- Bostrichus typographus, [61].
- Botany, study of, from cabinet of insects, [369].
- Bot-flies, [302–304].
- Brain, Scorpion in a woman’s, [322].
- Brandy flavored with Ants, [161].
- Brides in Holland, pupæ compared to, [232].
- Briers, May-bug grubs changed into, [48].
- Brazen Fly, game so called, [294].
- Brazil, Ants in, [160], [168];
- Browny invoked in hiving Bees, [190].
- Bruce and the Spider, [333].
- Bubo, pestilential, Oil-beetles for, [63].
- Buenos Ayres, Flies in, [287].
- Buffalo, Locusts a cross between the and Spider, [113].
- Bug-bear, meaning of, [265].
- Bug-poison, vending of, in London, [268].
- Bull, fat of, in charm to destroy Fleas, [308].
- Bullocks, Bees generated from, [183].
- Burn-cows, [50–51].
- Burnie-bee, Lady-bird so called, [22].
- Burning Spiders for amusement, [350].
- Buprestidæ, [50–51].
- Buprestis attenuata, [50].
- Butterflies, [216–232].
- Butter, Grou-grou worm made into, [69].
- Cabbage-tree worm, [68–70].
- Cactus cochinilifer, [261].
- Caffres make ovens of Ant-hills, [134].
- Calandra palmarum, [27], [68–70].
- Calichroma alpina, [367].
- California, Mosquitoes in, [284].
- Callidryas alcmeone, [227].
- Cameleons, Meal-worms as food for, [65].
- Camels employed in stealing gold from Ants, [146].
- Canaan subdued with Hornets, [171].
- Canary Islands, Locusts in, [104].
- Cancers, Cockroaches cure for, [78].
- Candle, why Moths fly in a, [242].
- Canker-worms, [248].
- Canis corsac supposed to be the fabled gold-loving Ant of India, [148].
- Cannon employed against Fleas, [308].
- Cantharidæ, [62–64].
- Cantharides, [62–64], [193].
- Cantharidine, [63].
- Cantharis vesicatoria, [62–64].
- Cantharis in head of mummy, [41].
- Cantharus of the ancients, [27].
- Caprification of figs, [144].
- Capua, burning of, foreshown by Ants, [173].
- Carabidæ, [23].
- Carbuncle, Oil-beetle remedy for, [63].
- Carabus chrysocephalus, [71].
- Carcasses, Bees tenanting, [194].
- Caravans, Bee-, [199].
- Carcinoma, Buprestis remedy for, [51].
- Cardinals, Spiders so called, [342].
- Carli and the Ants, [156].
- Carpenter-bee, [213].
- Carriages drawn by Fleas, [312].
- Caribbean Islands, Bees in, [204];
- Catamenia, women with, Caterpillars destroyed by, [244];
- Catarrh, Crickets remedy for, [96].
- Catch-’em-alive papers, sellers of, [296].
- Caterpillars, [158, n.], [242–248].
- Cattle, Bees generated from carcasses of, [183];
- Daddy-Long-legs to find lost, [321];
- killed by Bees, [203];
- Mosquitoes, [283];
- sting of Sirex, [142];
- Spiders cure for poisoned, [360];
- warbles of, [303];
- whistle to call, made of beetle-shards, [369].
- Cats, Scarab-images with heads of, [36].
- Cayenne, Ants in, [162].
- Cedar, Spiders repelled by, [341].
- Centipedes as food, [365].
- Cerambycidæ, [72–74].
- Cerambyx moschatus, [73].
- Ceres, the Ant an attribute of, [152].
- Cetoniidæ, [49].
- Ceylon, Ants in, [158];
- Bees, [214];
- Black-ants, [157];
- British soldiers tortured with Ants, [158];
- Buprestidæ, [50];
- Butterflies, [227];
- Gnats, [282];
- Oryctes rhinoceros, [46];
- superstitions connected with insects, [46];
- Termites, [135];
- Wood-carrying Moth, [245].
- Chained Fleas, [312].
- Chalk, Ants cannot pass over a line of, [169].
- Chapelain, anecdote of, [332].
- Charity, sugar given to Ants as an act of, [152].
- Charles XII., army of, impeded by Locusts, [106].
- Charm for Bots in horses, [302].
- Chelonitis used in raising tempests, [45].
- Chemical process to destroy Locusts, [116].
- Chestnut, Spiders repelled by, [341].
- Chickens made to close Bee-hives against the Bee-moth, [249].
- Chigoes, [341].
- Chili, Gold-beetles in, [23].
- China, Aphis for dyeing in, [258];
- Blister-flies in, [63];
- Buprestidæ, [50];
- Butterflies, [229];
- Cicadas, [253];
- Copris molossus, [44];
- Grasshoppers, [100];
- insect to discover unchastity, [367];
- to forward delivery, [368];
- Lantern-fly, [256];
- Locusts, [112–130];
- Mantis, [87];
- Silk-worms, [234–241];
- Smelling-bug, [266], [272];
- Solitary Wasp, [174].
- Chlænius saponarius, [23].
- Chlorops læta, [287].
- Cholera, Flies die before breaking out of, [290].
- Christiana, Queen, Fleas cannonaded by, [308].
- Chrysalids of Butterflies venerated, [230].
- Chyrsomelidæ, [23].
- Chululahs, Spider in cosmogony of the, [342].
- Church-yard Beetles, [65–68].
- Cicada chinensis, [255].
- Cicadidæ, [250–255].
- Cicindela, larvæ of, how captured, [97].
- Cimex brassicæ, [267].
- Cimex lecturarius, [265–274].
- Cimicidæ, [265–274].
- depopulated by Bees, [204];
- of Myas dispeopled by Fleas, [307];
- of Nisibis, siege of, raised by Mosquitoes, [283];
- of Tamly saved with Bees, [204].
- City abandoned on account of Ants, [169];
- of Ant-hills, uses of, [134].
- Clay, Locusts made from, [118];
- Clothes’-moth, [248].
- Clothes, suit of, foretold by Measuring-worm, [248].
- Clouds, Gossamer supposed to form, [349].
- Cobra-de-Capello and the Ants, [157].
- Coccidæ, [259–264].
- Coccinella septempunctata, [17–23].
- Coccinellidæ, [17–23].
- Coccus cacti, [260].
- Cochineal, [260], [317, n.]
- Cock, brains of, for bite of Spider, [356].
- Cock-chafers, [47–49].
- Cockroaches, [78–82].
- Coffee-bug, [158].
- clothes laid on, to keep away Moths, [249].
- Coffin, Bees alighting on, [188];
- Coffin-cutter, the, of the Irish, [368].
- Scarab-gems supposed to be, [36].
- Coins, Bees on, [194];
- Cold in horses, Hornets’ nest for, [172].
- Coleoptera, [17–75].
- Colias edusa, [227].
- Colic, Lady-birds remedy for, [21];
- Comet, Locusts sent by, [113];
- Commerce, Crickets as an article of, [95];
- Communication between Ants, [155].
- Conception, Spiders to prevent, [360].
- Conjuror of Bees, [201].
- Conradus, Bishop, Spider drank in wine by, [356].
- Consumption, Honey-dew for, [257].
- Continental money, Bees on, [197].
- Convulsions, Silk-worms for, [240].
- Coprion of the ancients, [27].
- Copris molossus, [44].
- Coral for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Corixa femorata, [276].
- Corn, Indian mode of destroying Caterpillars injurious to, [244];
- Correspondence by means of Cucuji, [53].
- Cortes, army of, saved from attack by Cucuji, [53].
- Cosmogonies, Spiders in various, [342].
- Cossus of the ancients, [27], [74].
- Counterfeiting Scarab-gems, [38, n.]
- Country depopulated by Spiders and Scorpions, [353].
- Courtezans, Cantharides employed by, [62].
- Corynetes violaceous, [41].
- killed by Ants, [156];
- bewitched by killing Ants, [152];
- Scarab figured with head of, [35].
- Cow, in names of Lady-bird, [17];
- Crabley, Mrs. Jane, stiffness in knees of, cured by Ants, [162].
- Crabs for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Crane-flies, [286].
- Cray-fish, Scorpions generated from, [322].
- Creator, Scarab sacred to, [30];
- Creoles not attacked by Chigoes, [315].
- Crete, Galls eaten in, [145].
- Crickets, [92–97].
- Crimea, Gnats in, [282];
- Criminals tortured with Ants, [158];
- Crimson, Galls for dyeing, [258];
- Crocodile, Scorpions generated from carcass of, [323];
- Crow, dung of, for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Cuckoo to prevent breeding of Fleas, [307].
- Cucujus, [51].
- Culex pipiens, [278].
- Culicidæ, [278–286].
- Cumana, Grasshoppers eaten in, [98].
- Curculionidæ, [68–72].
- Curculio anti-odontalgicus, [71].
- Cut-worm, [246].
- Cynipidæ, [143–145].
- Cynips ficus caricæ, [144].
- Daddy-Long-legs, [321].
- Dance, Hottentot Bee-, [211].
- Dank food, Bots generated from, [303].
- Day-flies, [138].
- Dead, Leather-beetles buried with the, [24];
- Dead Sea fruits, [145].
- Deafness, Ants remedy for, [161];
- Death, Bees informed of a, [185–188];
- omens of, from Bees, [181], [185];
- Black-beetle, [82];
- Butterflies, [229];
- Caterpillars, [242];
- Church-yard beetle, [65];
- Crickets, [92–95];
- Death-watch, [58–61];
- Dragon-fly, [140];
- Glow-worm, [57];
- Hawk-moth, [232];
- Mantis, [83];
- Spiders, [340].
- Death’s-head Moth, [232].
- Death-watch, [58–61], [93].
- Debility, Termites remedy for, [137].
- Decticus verrucivorus, [100].
- Deer killed by Ants, [157];
- their antidote for poisons, [353];
- Wasps generated from the head of, [171].
- Dejeau, Genl. Count, anecdote of, [368].
- Democritis, fondness of, for Honey, [209].
- Denmark, Dung-beetle in, [28].
- Dermestes elongatus, [24], [41].
- Dermestidæ, [24].
- Devil, Fleas attributed to the envy of the, [311];
- Dew, scorched, Gossamer supposed to be, [348].
- Diamond-beetles, [23], [68].
- Diaphoretic, Bees as, [206].
- Diarrhœa, Rose-gall for, [144].
- Digger Indians, Grasshoppers eaten by, [99].
- Diptera, [278–304].
- Disease, foretold by Gnats, [280].
- Disjonval and his Spiders, [336].
- Distemper in horses, Hornets’ nest for, [172].
- Diuretic, Bees as, [206].
- Dog, fat of, to destroy Nits, [320];
- Fleas generated from humors on, [305];
- foiled with Bees, [201];
- Scarab-images with heads of, [36].
- Domitian, anecdote of, [332].
- Dragon-flies, [138–140].
- Dragon of St. George, Flies generated from, [304].
- Dreams, signification of, of Ants and Bees, [152];
- Dr. Ellison, Lady-bird so called, [20].
- Drink, Honey-dew as a, [257].
- Dropsy, Cantharides for, [63].
- Drouth foretold by Grasshoppers, [100].
- Du Chaillu runs from Ants to save his life, [157].
- Dufour, Mrs. A. L. R., verses by, [131], [243].
- Dung-beetles, [27–45].
- “Duo,” the pronouncing of, to prevent Scorpions stinging, [325].
- Dust, Fleas generated from, [305].
- Dwarfs, Gossamer woven by, [349].
- Dyeing, Cochineal used in, [260];
- Dynastes Goliathus, [46], [47].
- Dynastidæ, [45–47].
- Dysentery, bedeguar for, [144].
- Dysury, Grasshoppers for, [100].
- Eagle, Beetle’s revenge upon, [45].
- Ear, Beetle in the, of Capt. Speke, [79, n.];
- Cockroach in the, of a Swede, [79];
- Blatta of Pliny for diseases of the, [66];
- Bugs, [267];
- Cockroaches, [78];
- Crickets, [97];
- Spiders, [357];
- Stag-beetles, [26];
- worms extracted from children’s, [371].
- Ear-wigs, [76], [77].
- East Indies, Locusts in, [112], [113];
- Egypt, Beetles eaten by the women in, [65];
- buried with the dead, [24];
- bloody-waters, [223, n.];
- Buprestis, [29];
- Copris, [29];
- Cicadas, [253];
- frontiers of, made known from inscriptions on Scarabæi, [35];
- Gnats in, [282];
- insects embalmed in, [41];
- Locusts in, [101], [113];
- Scarab worshiped, [29–42];
- Scorpions in, [328].
- Egyptian pottery, Flies on, [292];
- Elateridæ, [51–55].
- Elater noctilucus, [51–55], [255].
- Elephant named Lucas, [24];
- put to flight by Ants, [157].
- Elf-shot, cattle said to be, [303].
- Elizabeth, Queen, silk stockings worn by, [238].
- Eloquence foretold by Bees, [178].
- Embalmed, Buprestis, [30];
- Embalming, Honey used for, [208].
- Embroidered, Spiders, on ladies’ dresses, [354].
- Emerald, Beetle engraven on, against witchcraft, [44].
- Emmets, [146–170].
- Emperor of China and the Locusts, [128].
- Enchantment, counter-charm for, [192].
- Encouragement taken from an Ant, [154];
- Enemies represented by a Scorpion and a Crocodile fighting, [324];
- sign of, from dreams of Flies, [289].
- England, Aphides in, [258];
- Bed-bugs, [265], [299];
- beetles buried with the dead, [24];
- Bees, [181–184];
- bloody-rain, [217];
- Buprestidæ, [50];
- Caterpillars, [242];
- Crickets, [92–94];
- Death’s-head Moth, [233];
- Fleas, [314];
- Flies, [287];
- Gnats, [278];
- hedge-hogs kept to kill roaches, [78];
- Lady-birds in, [17–23];
- Locusts, [107];
- silk and silk-worms, [238];
- Spiders, [336];
- Stag-beetles, [25].
- Engravers, Scarab used by, to steady their sight, [44].
- Enormous prices paid for insects, [46], [64].
- Equator, Lice leave sailors when crossing, [317].
- Epeira clavipes, [362].
- Ephemeridæ, [138].
- Epigram compared to a Scorpion, [331];
- Epilepsy, larvæ of Bots for, [302].
- Epitaph, cure for worms, on account of an, [363].
- Erinaceus Europæus, [78].
- Eruca officinalis, [245].
- Esteem for Ant-lions, [141].
- Etruscans, Egyptian Scarab adopted by, [39].
- Etymology of Cricket, [97];
- Eucharist, holy, respect of Bees for, [174–177].
- Eumeta, [245].
- Eumolpus auratus, [23].
- Eunota amphyoxis, [224].
- Euplexoptera, [67–77].
- Euplœa coras, [228].
- Europe, Antler-moth in, [246];
- Eutimis nobilis, [68].
- Evil eye, silk-worms susceptible to, [239].
- Exorcised, Ants, [169];
- Eyes, cobwebs for defluxions of, [356];
- green Scarab for, [44];
- Honey in preparation for, [209];
- oil of Scorpions for, [330];
- Scarab for protuberating, [44].
- Eynchitus aureus, [71].
- Fairies, Ants supposed to be, [152];
- Famine foretold by Grasshoppers, [100];
- Farriers, Cantharides employed by, [64].
- Fat, beetle eaten by women to become, [65].
- Fecundity, Scarab symbolical of, [33];
- Fever, Bugs medicine for, [367];
- Fever, man dead from, Scarab symbol of, [33].
- Figs, caprification of, [144];
- for sting of scorpions, [326].
- Fighting, beetles kept for, [368];
- Fire, alarms of, occasioned by Gnats, [278].
- Fire-flies, [51–55].
- Fires occasioned by Stag-beetles, [25];
- Scorpion surrounded with, [328];
- to destroy Canker-worms, [248].
- Fish killed by a Spider, [346];
- Locusts hatched from spawn, [118];
- for sting of Scorpions, [326];
- spawn of, sold for eggs of silk-worms, [241].
- Flata limbata, [254].
- Flatterers compared to Flies, [291].
- Fleas, [266], [273], [135], [305–315].
- Fleur de lis, origin of, on arms of France, [196].
- Flies, [287–301], [306], [324].
- Flight, extent of the Bee’s, [200];
- Floors made from clay of Ant-hills, [134].
- Flora, Ants’ remedy for, [161].
- Flour, Bees steal, from a mill, [191].
- Flying-bulls, [25].
- Food, Ants as, [159–161];
- Bees, [204];
- Buprestis, [51];
- Butterflies, [231];
- Caterpillars, [372];
- Cicadas, [254];
- Cossi, [27];
- Copris molossus, [44];
- Field-crickets, [96];
- Flies, [295];
- Galls, [145];
- Goliath-beetle, [46];
- Grasshoppers, [98], [99];
- Grou-grou worm, [69], [70];
- Honey, [208–211];
- Lice, [99], [317];
- Locusts, [98], [120–127];
- May-bug, [49];
- Notonectidæ, [275];
- Oryctes rhinoceros, [46];
- Prionus damicornis, [73];
- Scolopendras and Centipedes, [365];
- Scorpions, [329];
- Silk-worms, [240];
- Spiders, [354–356];
- Termites, [135–137].
- Forficulidæ, [76], [77].
- Forger of Scarab-gems, [38, n.]
- Formic acid, [161].
- Formica bispinosa, [162].
- Formicidæ, [146–170].
- Fortune, good, presaged by Acanthocinus ædilis, [73].
- how it kills Wasps for their combs, [174].
- Fox, how it rids itself of Fleas, [309];
- Fractures, cobwebs for, [357].
- France, bloody-rain in, [218];
- Frankfort, massacre of the Jews at, [218].
- Franklin and the Ants, [155].
- Freak of nature: five-winged Butterfly, [230].
- foot in chalk, to keep away witches, [247];
- for sting of Scorpions, [327].
- Frogs killed with hot charcoal, [55];
- Fruit, wasps generated from rotten, [171], [184].
- Fulgora candelaria, [256].
- Fulgoridæ, [255–256].
- Funereal rites, Scarab connected with, [33], [36].
- Funerals, Bees invited to, [187].
- Gad-fly, [291].
- Gallerucidæ, [74].
- Galleria cereana, [249].
- Gall-flies, [143–145].
- Galls, [143–145].
- Gambaia, Lice in, [317].
- Garlic, to keep away Scorpions, [327].
- Gasterophilus hæmorrhoidalis, [302].
- Generation of Fleas, [305];
- Geography, study of, from cabinet of insects, [369].
- Geometridæ, [248].
- Geotrupes stercorarius, [28], [44].
- Germany, Agaric-Gnat in, [286];
- Ants, [159];
- Blister-flies, [63];
- bloody-rain, [218];
- Butterflies, [225];
- Canker-worms, [248];
- Crickets, [96];
- Gall-flies, [143];
- Lady-bird, [17];
- Stag-beetle, [25];
- Typographer-beetle, [61].
- Ghosts, Glow-worms supposed to be, [56].
- Gilded-Dandy, [23].
- Gleanthus and the Ants, [154].
- Glow-worms, [55–58], [339].
- Gnats, [52], [194], [278–286].
- Goat, blood of, to destroy Fleas, [308];
- fat of, for sting of Scorpions, [325];
- gall of, in medicine, [210];
- liver of, to drive away Moths, [243];
- maggots in the brain of, [302].
- Gods, earthen, made of clay of Ant-hills, [135].
- Gold-beetles, [23].
- Golden-Bees in tomb of Childeric, [196].
- Fleece, search after the, [241].
- Gold obtained from Ants in India, [146].
- Goldsmiths, clay of Ant-hills used by, [135].
- Good foretold by Ants, [152].
- Friday, Bees removed on, [185].
- Goose-quill, Spider in, for Ague, [358].
- Gorilla put to rout by Ants, [157].
- Gossamer, [347].
- Gout, Ants remedy for, [162];
- Granada, Ants in, [167].
- Grasshoppers, [98–100], [251].
- Gray, characteristics of Linnæan orders of insects, turned into hexameters by, [363].
- Greece, silk-worms in, [237].
- Greek, study of, from names of insects, [369].
- Greeks, Ants in divination by, [152];
- Bees, [178];
- Buprestis as food by, [51];
- Egyptian Scarab adopted by, [39];
- estimation of, for Cicadas, [250];
- Grasshoppers eaten by, [98];
- knowledge of silk, [235];
- larvæ eaten by, [27];
- Mantis in soothsaying by, [83].
- Grou-grou worm, [68–70].
- Gryllidæ, [98–100].
- Gryllotalpa vulgaris, [57, n.]
- Gryllus Ægypticus, [126].
- Guiana, Ants in, [168];
- Guinea, Spiders in, [342].
- Gustavus Adolphus’ aversion for Spiders, [344].
- Gyre-carlin, Louse in rhyme of the, [320].
- Hæmorrhoids, Dung-beetle for, [44].
- Happiness of Cicadas, [251].
- Hair, Cicadas ornaments for the, [251];
- insects, [57];
- on children’s cheeks, Ants to remove, [161].
- Haltica oleracea, [74].
- Hampton Court, Spiders at, [342].
- Harvest, augury as to, from Dung-beetle, [28].
- Harvest-flies, [250–255].
- Harvest-man, [321].
- Hare, feet of, to drive away Bugs, [266];
- urine of, in a prescription, [76].
- Harp, Cicada emblem of, [252].
- Harts, their antidote for poison, [353].
- Hawking with Butterflies, [230].
- Hawk, Scarab figured with head of, [34].
- Hawk-moths, [232–234].
- Headache, Scarab on an emerald for, [45].
- Head-dresses, Butterflies on, [230].
- Heart, worm in the, of a horse, [365].
- Hedge-hog kept to kill Roaches, [78].
- Heliocantharus of the ancients, [27].
- Heliogabalus estimates population of Rome from collection of Spiders, [334].
- Hemorrhages, Ants for, [162];
- Hen, dung of, for sting of Scorpions, [326];
- moisture from mouth of, for same, [327].
- Hercules-beetle, [45–47].
- Hercules, god of the Flies, [292].
- Heteroptera, [265–277].
- Hieroglyphics, Cicadas as, [253];
- Hispaniola ravaged by Ants, [166].
- History, study of, from cabinet of insects, [369].
- Hiving Bees, curious practice at, [189].
- Hoax: bloody-rain in Tennessee, [224].
- Holy men, Lice nourished by, [317].
- Holy water, Caterpillars destroyed with, [243];
- Homoptera, [250–264].
- Honey, [208–211].
- Honey-dew, [257].
- Hops, Aphides and Lady-birds killed on, [21];
- injury to, from Hop-fly, [258].
- Hornets, [170–174], [194].
- Horns of Scarabæi in medicine, [26].
- Horse-hair, Gnats destroyed by, [285].
- Horse-leeches eaten in Cumana, [98].
- Horses, Bots in, [303];
- dung of, for sting of Scorpions, [326];
- diseases of, Hornets’ nest for, [172];
- in descriptions of Locusts, [118];
- Hornets generated from carcass of, [171], [184];
- Wasps, [170].
- Hottentots, Bee-dance of, [211];
- make floors of clay of Ant-hills, [135];
- origin of Locusts, [123];
- worship of Mantis, [84–88].
- House-fly, [41], [287–301].
- House-leek for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Humble-bees, [213].
- Hundred hives of Bees, cannot have, [188].
- Hungary, Fleas in, [308];
- Hydrophobia, Oil-beetles for, [63].
- Hymenoptera, [142–215].
- Hymn, singing of, when hiving Bees, [190].
- Hysteria, Bed-bugs for, [267].
- Ibis in Egypt, [43, n.]
- Iceland, bloody-rain in, [218].
- Ideographic, Scarab as an, [35].
- Ignatius, Lice nourished by, [317].
- Illness, omen of, from Black-beetle, [82];
- Incantations, Locusts destroyed by, [116].
- Incontinence detected by Bees, [181].
- India, Ants in, [152];
- Blister-flies, [63];
- Buprestidæ, [50];
- Dung-beetle, [29];
- fabled gold-loving Ants of, [146];
- Fire-flies in, [57];
- larva of beetle eaten in, [70];
- Mantis in, [83];
- Silk-worms, [235];
- Spiders, [342];
- Termites, [132–137].
- [Indians], American, Butterfly totem of, [229];
- Caterpillars destroyed by, [244];
- Cicadas eaten, [254];
- Cut-worms destroyed, [247];
- Grasshoppers eaten, [99];
- name for Bees, [197].
- Ingenuity of Ants, [154].
- Ink, Galls in manufacture of, [145].
- Inquisitive persons compared to Flies, [291].
- Ireland, Bees in, [181];
- Irish oak, Spiders repelled by, [340].
- Isis, respect of Scorpions for, [328];
- Scarab figured with the head of, [34].
- Italy, Blister-flies in, [63];
- Ivory, Ants carved out of, [170].
- Jack-’o-lanterns, Glow-worms supposed to be, [57];
- James I., anecdote of, [239].
- Jamaica, Cantharis maxima, in, [64];
- Japan, Grasshoppers in, [100];
- Moths and Night-flies, [242].
- Jaundice, Blatta of Pliny for, [67];
- Java, larvæ of beetle eaten in, [70];
- Jays preserved to kill Locusts, [114].
- Jerusalem saved by Locusts, [119].
- Jews, Locusts eaten by, [101];
- as playthings for children, [130];
- massacred on account of bloody-rain, [218];
- not permitted to burn Fleas, [311].
- Jiggers, [314].
- Julian the Apostate, army of, routed by Mosquitoes, [282].
- July, swarm of Bees in, [192].
- June, swarm of Bees in, [192].
- Jupiter in the form of an Ant, [151].
- Katy-did, [131].
- Kermes-dye, [259].
- Killing Bees for their Honey, [190].
- King Calowa, Lady-bird called, [20].
- King-fisher to keep away Clothes’-moth, [249].
- King of the Fleas, [307];
- King’s evil, Blatta of Pliny for, [66].
- Knife-grinder, Hercules-beetle called the, [46].
- Koran, the Ant of the, [153].
- Kuffelar’s color, origin of, [262].
- Labor, Flies driven away from women in, [292];
- insect to relieve, [368].
- Lac, -dye, -lake, [262].
- Lady-birds, [17–23].
- La Lande, Spiders eaten by, [355].
- Lamp, Cucuji used as, [54].
- Lampyridæ, [55–58].
- Lantern-flies, [255–6].
- Laock, Cockroach in the ear of, [79].
- Lapland, Acanthocinus ædilis in, [73];
- Lard, Fleas kept away with, [308].
- Latin, study of, from names of insects, [369].
- Lauzun and his pet Spider, [336].
- Law, Mosquitoes to execute the, [284].
- Lawsuit between Commune of St. Julien and an Insect, [71].
- Leather-beetles, [24].
- Leather, Galls in manufacture of, [145].
- Leaf becoming a Butterfly, [230].
- Leeches, Bed-bugs to remove or kill, [267].
- Lecanium coffea, [158].
- Legends connected with Bees, [174–180];
- Lemurs kept to kill Roaches, [78].
- Lentigo, Ants remedy for, [161].
- Lepaute, Madame, Spiders eaten by, [355].
- Lepidoptera, [216–249].
- Leprosy, Ants for, [161];
- Lethargy, Bed-bugs for, [268].
- Letters on wings of Locusts, [119].
- Lettuce-seed for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Leucania unipunctata, [247].
- Levant, Aphis for dyeing in, [258].
- Libellula depressa, [139].
- Libellulidæ, [138–140].
- Lice, [266], [306], [308], [316–320].
- Lichen, Buprestis for, [51];
- Lierman, [254].
- Light from Cucuji, [51–3];
- perpetual, from Glow-worms, [56];
- of the Lantern-fly, [255].
- Linnæus and the genus Pausus, [23].
- Lion, Bees from carcass of, slain by Samson, [194];
- driven mad by Mosquitoes, [284];
- fat of, to drive away Flies, [289];
- put to flight by Scorpions, [324];
- Scarab-images with head of, [36];
- skin of, to destroy Clothes’-moth, [249].
- Lithuania, Bees in, [186].
- Lizard for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Locusta migratoria, [101–131].
- Locustidæ, [101–131].
- Locusts, [101–131], [326].
- Loke in the form of a Fly, [294].
- London, vending of Bug-poison in, [268];
- Fly-papers, [296];
- Phosphor Paste for killing Roaches, etc., [80–82].
- Love divination, Lady-bird in, [19–20];
- Lover, approach of, foretold by Crickets, [93].
- Lucanidæ, [24–27].
- Lucanus cervus, [24–27].
- Luck, omens of, from Bees, [185];
- Lump-lac, [263].
- Lunacy, Scorpion for, [330].
- Lupines to drive away Locusts, [114].
- Lutfullah and the Scorpion, [329];
- Lygæus hyoscami, [267].
- Madagascar, Silk-worms eaten in, [240].
- Mad-dogs, Honey for bite of, [208];
- Magical knots, nests of Carpenter-bee supposed to be, [213].
- Magicians, Ants used by, [162];
- Magistrate chosen by a Louse, [316].
- Malabar, Ants in, [152];
- Maladies of Ants, [164].
- Mala Sodomitica, [145].
- Man, first formed by a Spider, [342];
- Scarab figured with the head of, [34].
- Mandrake, bears poisoned with, how cured, [163].
- Manilla, Rose-chafers kept as pets in, [50].
- Mantes, [82–92], [157].
- Mantidæ, [82–92].
- Mantis causta, [84].
- Manure, Day-flies used as, [138].
- [Maryland], Black-beetle in, [82];
- Marriage-feast, Bees invited to, [188].
- Mass, Locusts in celebration of, [130].
- Matchlocks, Cucuji mistaken for, [53], [54].
- Mauritius, Wasps eaten in, [174].
- May-bugs, [47–49].
- May, swarm of Bees in, [192].
- Meal-worms, [65].
- Measles, Lady-bird for the, [21].
- Measuring-worms, [248].
- Medicated earth from Ants’-nests, [162].
- Medicine, Ants in, [161–163];
- Bed-bugs, [266–268];
- Bees, [206];
- Blaps sulcata, [65];
- Blatta of Pliny, [65–66];
- Buprestidæ, [51];
- Cantharides, [62–64];
- Caterpillars, [245];
- Cochineal, [262];
- Crickets, [97];
- Curculios, [71];
- Ear-wigs, [76];
- Fleas, [311];
- Flies, [295];
- Gall-flies, [145];
- Glow-worm, [57];
- Grasshoppers, [100];
- Honey, [208];
- Honey-dew, [257];
- Hornets’ nest, [172];
- Lady-bird, [21];
- Lice, [319];
- Locusts, [130];
- Musk-beetles, [73];
- Oil-beetles, [62];
- Scarabs, [44];
- Scorpions, [329];
- Silk-worms, [240];
- Spiders, [357–360];
- Stag-beetle, [26];
- Wax, [206], [254].
- Mediterranean, Flies in the, [287].
- Meloe, [63].
- Melolontha vulgaris, [42], [47].
- Melolonthidæ, [47–49].
- Men killed by sting of Sirex, [142].
- Menstruous women, Caterpillars destroyed by, [244];
- Mercury, Scarab emblematical of, [32].
- Merian, Madame, her account of the Lantern-fly, [255].
- Metempsychosis under form of insects, [246].
- Mexico, Ants in, [157], [159];
- Mice for sting of Scorpions, [326];
- Micrometer, Spider’s web for divisions of, [362].
- Midas, riches of, foretold by Ants, [151].
- Midas in head of mummy, [41].
- Migrations of Aphides, [258];
- Milk, association of Butterflies with, [231].
- Millet, time to sow, indicated by Glow-worms, [58].
- Milton’s fondness for Crickets, [95].
- [Mississippi], the Gallinipper of the, [285].
- Missouri, Fleas in, [307].
- Mites, [320–321].
- Mob dispersed with Bees, [204].
- Mocking-birds, Spiders fed to, [357].
- Mohammed, anecdote of, [209];
- life of, saved by Spiders, [333].
- Mole-cricket, [57].
- Monas prodigiosa, [222].
- Money-spinners, [339].
- Money eaten by Termites, [132].
- Monkeys kept to kill Roaches, [78];
- Monk, life of, saved by a Spider, [341];
- poisoned with a Spider, [351].
- Month, Scarab symbol of an Egyptian, [33].
- Moon, beds to be cleaned in dark of, [266];
- horns of Stag-beetles dedicated to, [26];
- Scarab symbol of, [31];
- subject to, [32];
- swarms of Locusts from, [118].
- Moorish ladies frightened by Glow-worms, [56].
- Morea, etymology of, [237].
- Mormons, Locusts among the, [112].
- Morocco, Locusts in, [107–130].
- Morus alba, [237].
- Moscow, mulct laid upon, for not catching Fleas, [311].
- Mosquitoes, [196], [278–286].
- Mourning, Bees put into, [186].
- Mule, Hornets generated from carcass of, [171];
- for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Mummy, insects in head of, [41];
- Musca domestica, [287–301].
- Musidæ, [287–301].
- Mushrooms, Honey antidote for poisonous, [208].
- Music, effect of, on persons bitten by Tarantulas, [351];
- Musicians, Cicadas symbols of, [253].
- Musk-beetles, [72–74].
- Mustard to destroy Locusts, [114].
- Myas dispeopled by Fleas, [307].
- Mycetophila, [286].
- Myiodes, the god of Flies, [292].
- Mylabris cichorii, [63].
- Myrmeleonidæ, [141].
- Myrmidons, the, [150].
- Narvaez prevented from attacking Cortes by Cucuji, [53].
- Necrobia mumiarum, [41].
- Negroes run for their lives from Ants, [157].
- Nerves, Oil of Ear-wigs for strengthening, [76].
- Netherlands, Lady-bird in, [20];
- Nets, Mosquitoes kept away with, [282].
- [New England], Cut-worm in, [247];
- New Granada, Ants in, [160].
- Newt for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- [New York], Butterflies in, [229].
- Neuroptera, [132–141].
- Night-fly of Japan, [242].
- Nightingales, pupæ of Ants food for, [159].
- Nile, Bee-hive barges on the, [200].
- Nits, [320].
- Noah and the origin of Vermin, [306];
- Wood-tic pinned by, [321].
- Noctiluca terrestris, [57].
- Noctua graminis, [246].
- Noctuidæ, [246–248].
- Noise made by flights of Locusts, [117].
- [North Carolina], Spiders for ague in, [359].
- Notonecta unifasciata, [276].
- Notonectidæ, [275–277].
- Nun, antipathy of a, to a beetle, [74];
- frightened by a Hawk-moth, [233].
- Nut-galls of commerce, [144–145].
- Nut-shell, Spider in, for ague, [358].
- Nuts for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Oak-balls, superstition connected with, [143].
- Œdipoda corallipes, [112].
- Œstridæ, [302–304].
- Œstrus equi, [302].
- [Ohio], Bed-bugs for ague in, [268].
- Oiketicus, [245].
- Oil-beetles, [63].
- Old folks, Crickets supposed to be, [95].
- Ophthalmia, Fly in linen for, [295].
- Orange-trees injured by Coccidæ, [264].
- Orators compared to Cicadas, [252].
- Ornaments, Blister-flies as, [64];
- Butterflies, [229];
- Buprestidæ, [50];
- Cicadas, [251];
- Cucujus, [54];
- Diamond-beetle, [68];
- Fire-flies, [57];
- Geotrupes stercorarius, [44];
- Glow-worms, [57];
- Gold-beetles, [23];
- Lady-bird, [21];
- Scarabs, [38];
- Spiders, [354].
- Orthoptera, [78–131].
- Oryctes rhinoceros, [46].
- Ovens, Ant-hills made into, [134];
- Crickets reared in, [96].
- Owlet antidote for sting of Bees, [193].
- Oxford, bringing in the Fly at, [291].
- Painted, Flies on vessels newly, [287].
- Palm-tree, generation of the, [322].
- Palm-weevil, [68–70].
- Palpitations, wax to prevent, [254].
- Palsy, Ants remedy for, [162].
- Pans, beating of, when Bees swarm, [189].
- Paper, manufacture of, from silk, [239].
- Papilionidæ, [216–232].
- Paradise, Solomon’s Ant in, [153].
- Paraguay, Spiders in, [362].
- Parasol, swarm of Bees on a lady’s, [214].
- Paris, Cucujus in, [53].
- Park, Mungo, attacked by Bees, [203].
- Parnassius Apollo, [367].
- Paroxysms, Spiders for, [358].
- Parthians, Locusts eaten by, [121].
- Passalus cornutus, [27].
- Paul, Prince, anecdote of, [369].
- Pausidæ, [23–24].
- Peace foretold by Locusts, [119].
- Pediculidæ, [316–320].
- Pediculi corporis, [317].
- Pedipalpi, [321–331].
- Peiresc’s solution of bloody-rain, [218].
- Pelisson and his pet Spider, [335].
- [Pennsylvania], Bees in, [182], [188];
- Persia, Aphis in, [258];
- Peruvians, Flies offered to the Sun by, [292].
- Pestilence foretold by Spiders, [143].
- Petrified Bee-hive, [214].
- Pets, beetles as, [50];
- Pewter for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Phaerus, Spiders eaten by, [355].
- Phaeton’s sisters, origin of fable of, [91, n.]
- Phalangidæ, [321].
- Phalangium, [321].
- Philology, study of, from names of insects, [369].
- Phonetic, Scarab as a, [35].
- Phosphor Paste for killing Roaches, etc., manufacture and vending of, [80–82].
- Phthiriasis, [121], [320].
- Phthisic, Honey-dew for, [257].
- Physicians, Pliny’s invective against, [67].
- Piety of Bees, [174–177].
- Pigeon for sting of Scorpions, [326];
- Mohammed’s life saved by, [333].
- Pig-manure, Bee-hives prepared with, [189].
- Pimelia spinulosa, [41].
- Pindar, Bees induce, to write verses, [178].
- Pismires, [146–170].
- Pithecius, [41].
- Plague, oil of Scorpions for, [330];
- Plant-lice, [257–259].
- Plants, animals becoming, [90–92].
- Plato, eloquence of, foretold by Bees, [178].
- Platyphyllon concavum, [131].
- Plenty foretold by Lady-bird, [18].
- Plum, Ear-wig in a, [76].
- Poems on a Flea, [313].
- Poison of Spiders, antidotes for, [356];
- Poisonous Honey, [210].
- Poland, poisonous Sirex in, [142];
- Poma insana, [145].
- Pontia brassicæ, [225].
- Poor Humphrey’s satire on killing Fleas, [309].
- Popes, Caterpillars cursed by, [243].
- Poppy, Honey antidote for, [208].
- Poterium sanguisorba, [260].
- Prayers offered to destroy caterpillars, [242];
- to prevent stinging of Scorpions, [327].
- Praying-Mantis, [82–92].
- Priest, Cicada symbol of, [253].
- Primæ viæ, acidity in, Stag-beetle for, [26].
- Prionus cervicornis, [74].
- [Prognostications] from Ants, [152];
- Army-worm, [243];
- Bees, [178];
- Butterflies, [229];
- Cicadas, [252];
- comets, [246];
- Crane-fly, [286];
- Crickets, [92];
- Daddy-Long-legs, [321];
- Death’s-head Moth, [232];
- Death-watch, [58];
- Dragon-fly, [140];
- Dung-beetle, [148];
- Fleas, [310];
- Flies, [289];
- Gall-flies, [143];
- Glow-worm, [57];
- Gnats, [280];
- Grasshoppers, [98];
- Hornets, [172];
- Katy-did, [131];
- Lady-bird, [18];
- Locusts, [119];
- Mantis, [82];
- May-bugs, [47];
- Moths, [242];
- Span-worms, [248];
- Spiders, [336–340];
- Wasps, [173].
- Propolis, curious uses of, by Bees, [210].
- Prosecution against Ants, [168].
- Prosperity foretold by Ants, [152].
- Proverbial phrases connected with Bees, [212].
- Psalms, singing of, to Bees, [188].
- Psyche, Butterfly symbol of, [228].
- Psychidæ, [245–246].
- Pthah, Scarab sacred to, [30];
- Pthah Tore, Scarab emblematical of, [33].
- Pthah-Sokari-Osiris, Scarab emblem of, [33].
- Ptinidæ, [58–61].
- Public events, Bees informed of, [185].
- Pulex irritans, [305–314].
- Pulicidæ, [305–315].
- Pulices arborescentes, [223].
- Pupæ of Ants as food for birds, [159];
- of Termites eaten, [137].
- Purgatory, beetle connected with, [368].
- Putrefaction, generation from, [290], [322].
- Pygolampis Italica, [56].
- Pythagoreans, Honey eaten by, [209].
- Python natalensis killed by Ants, [157].
- Quang-tong, Butterflies of, [229].
- Quarrel prognosticated by Blacksmith-beetle, [55].
- Quarrelsome family, Bees will not thrive for, [184].
- Quartan ague, Bed-bugs for, [267];
- Quercus ilex, [259].
- Quinsey, Caterpillars for, [245].
- Radish to destroy Scorpions, [325].
- Rain: see [weather].
- Rain, bloody, [216–225].
- Rain-doctors, Locusts brought by, [125].
- Ram, flesh of, for sting of Scorpions, [326];
- Scarab figured with head of, [34].
- Ravages of the Antler-moth, [246];
- Ants, [166–169];
- Coccus Hesperidum, [264];
- Dermestes vulpinus, [24];
- Ear-wigs, [76];
- Gnats and Mosquitoes, [281–283];
- Grasshoppers, [100];
- Hop-fly, [258];
- larvæ of Woolly-bear Moths, [242];
- Locusts, [101–118];
- May-bugs, [48], [49];
- Scorpions, [327];
- Spiders, [353];
- Termites, [132–134];
- Turnip-fly, [74];
- Typographer-beetle, [61].
- Raven and the Scorpion, a fable, [331].
- Reason of Ants, [154].
- Red-haired persons stung by Bees, [182].
- Red snow, origin of, [220, n.]
- Regeneration, Scarab symbol of, [33].
- Rewards offered for killing Ants, [167];
- Revenue of “Lice” of Montecusuma, [316].
- Rheumatism, Oil-beetle for, [63].
- Rhynchitus auratus, [71].
- Richards, Buprestidæ called, [51].
- Rifle-balls, protection against, [241].
- Ringing swarms of Bees, [189].
- Rings, Scarab as signet in, [32], [39].
- Riordan, Mary, insects in stomach of, [67].
- Roach, sound as a, [79].
- Robin, veneration for the, [43, n.]
- Rock, solid, living Bees in, [215].
- Romans, Bees in divination by, [215];
- Cossi eaten, [27];
- Scarab emblem adopted by, [32];
- silks used, [236].
- Rome, Flies in, [289];
- showers of blood in, [216].
- Rose-chafers, [49].
- Rotharmel, Peter, [188].
- Rouge, Cochineal made into, [262].
- Rue, antidote for poisons, [193].
- Russia, Honey in, [195];
- Sabbath, Jews not permitted to burn Fleas on the, [311].
- Sacred-Scarab of the Egyptians, [29–44].
- St. Ambrose, eloquence of, foretold by Bees, [178].
- Domingo and the Flea, [310].
- Eustace, Spider at church of, [343].
- Felix, life of, saved by Spiders, [333].
- Francis, Lice nourished by, [317].
- George, Flies from the dragon killed by, [304];
- prayer to, to keep away Scorpions, [327].
- John, Locusts eaten by, [125].
- Hector, manner of discovering Bee-trees, [198].
- ’s day, fires to kill Canker-worms on, [248].
- Julien, lawsuit between Commune of, and an Insect, [71].
- Macarius, penance of, for killing a Gnat, [285].
- Milburge, cure effected by the water in which his bones were washed, [364].
- Roche and “Sound as a Roach,” [79].
- Saturnine, patron saint to destroy Ants, [166].
- Xavier and the Mantis, [88].
- Salt, use of, in witchcraft, [207].
- Salamander, antidote for poison of, [193].
- Samson, Bees from lion slain by, [184], [194].
- Sandwich Islands, Fleas in, [306].
- Sapor, army of, routed by Mosquitoes, [283].
- Scaliger, his fondness for Crickets, [95].
- Scandinavia, Dung-beetle in, [28–29];
- Scarabæidæ, [27–45].
- Scarabæus auratus, [45].
- Scarlet, history of dyeing, [259].
- Schurman, Anna Maria, Spiders eaten by, [355].
- cured of boils by Ants, [162].
- Scleranthus perennis, [260].
- Scolopendras as food, [365].
- Scorpions, [65], [100], [295], [321–331].
- Scotland, bloody-rain in, [221];
- Scrofula in horses, combs of Hornets’ nest for, [172].
- Scurvy, Bedeguar for, [144].
- Scutcheons, Scarab on Egyptian royal, [35].
- Scythia, Lice in, [318].
- Sea-crabs, Scorpions generated from, [322].
- Sea-water for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Seals, Scarab-gems as, [39].
- Sechell Islands, Dry-leaf Mantis in, [92].
- Seed-lac, [263].
- Seeds, Cochineal supposed to be, [261];
- sown in the hide of a tortoise, [75].
- Selborne, the Bee-eater of, [205].
- Selk, Scorpion emblem of, [328].
- Selling of Bees, notions concerning, [185].
- Septuagint, Bee eulogized in the, [212].
- Serpents and Ants, [157];
- enmity between Spiders and, [341];
- Honey for bite of, [208];
- a Mantis the parent of the, [157];
- of Tiberias Cæsar eaten by Ants, [151];
- to kill Nits, [320];
- worship of, in Egypt, [43, n.]
- Seventeen-year Locust, [254].
- Sheep, artificial migration of, [198];
- dung of, for bite of Spider, [356];
- killed by Ants, [157];
- maggots in brain of, [302].
- Shield-lice, [259–264].
- Shell-lac, [263].
- Ships, monkeys kept on board, to kill Roaches, [78].
- Showers of blood, [216–225];
- Siam, Ants in, [159];
- interpretation of signs and dreams of insects in, [370];
- beetle for fighting in, [368];
- Grasshoppers in, [98];
- Spiders, [354].
- Sideritis, the herb, for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Singing to Bees, [188].
- Signs: see [prognostications] and [superstitions].
- Silesia, poisonous Sirex in, [142].
- Silk of Silk-worms, [234–241], [248].
- Silk-worm Moths, [234–241].
- Silver for sting of Scorpions, [325], [326].
- Sins expiated by assisting Dung-beetles, [28].
- Sirex fusicornis, [142].
- Skull, Bees make Honey in a, [195].
- Sleep, Caterpillar to procure, [245];
- chirping of Crickets to induce, [95–96].
- Sleight-of-hand, supposed performance of, [372].
- Sloth, Fleas to prevent, [306].
- Sluggard referred to the Ant, [148].
- Smoke to drive away Locusts, [115].
- Snails embalmed by Bees, [210];
- eaten in the West Indies, [98].
- Snake, living, hung by a Spider, [345];
- danger from, in collecting Locusts, [124];
- fed by Dragon-flies, [139].
- Snow, Fleas on the, [314];
- Soap, beetle made into, [23];
- Socrates measures the jump of a Flea, [311].
- Solomon and the Ant, [148];
- Song, Locusts kept for sake of, [130];
- vessel saved by song of a Spanish Gryllo, [130].
- Son, Scarab emblematical of an only, [33].
- Soothsayers, [82–92].
- Soul, Butterfly symbol of, [228];
- Moths supposed to be, [243];
- of industrious from Ants, [150].
- Sound as a Roach, [79].
- South America, Ants in, [160];
- Spain, Bees in, [212];
- Spanish-flies, [62].
- Spanish Inquisition, detectives of, called Flies, [292].
- Span-worms, [248].
- Sparrman, Dr., anecdote of, [366].
- Spawn, fish, Locusts hatched from, [118];
- sold for eggs of Silk-worms, [241].
- Spectacles, Hornets’ nest to clean, [172].
- Speke, Capt., beetle in the ear of, [79, n.]
- Spiders, [61], [99], [113], [193], [322], [324], [332–362], [370].
- Spirits, Ants and lizards eaten by, [161].
- Sphex, notion respecting, [174].
- Sphingidæ, [232–234].
- Sphinx Atropos, [232].
- Spring-beetles, [51–55].
- Spring, Scarab symbolical of, [33].
- Squill for sting of Scorpions, [326].
- Stag-beetles, [24–27].
- Stag, feet of, to drive away Bugs, [266].
- Sternocera chrysis, [50].
- Stick-lac, [263].
- Stiffness in knees cured by Ants, [162].
- Sting of Bees, Hornets, etc., remedies for, [174], [193].
- Stockings, silk, [238].
- Stolen Bees will not thrive, [184].
- Stomach, insects introduced into the human, [67].
- Stone, Bedeguar for, [144];
- Storm, prognostication of, from Gnats, [280].
- Strangles in horses, combs of Hornets for, [172].
- Strangury, Bed-bugs for, [267];
- Strength of Dung-beetle, [28];
- Success foretold by Glow-worm, [57].
- Sudorific, Cochineal as a, [262].
- Sumatra, Cricket in, [96].
- Sun, Ants sacrificed to, [153];
- Flies, [292];
- Scarab sacred to, [30];
- the first worship of the, [36].
- [Superstitions] connected with Agaric-Gnat, [286];
- Ants, [151];
- Acanthocinus ædilis, [73];
- Army-worm, [247];
- Butterflies, [229];
- Caterpillars, [242];
- Cockroaches, [80–82];
- Crickets, [92–95];
- Death-watch, [58–61], [91];
- Death’s-head Moth, [232];
- Dragon-flies, [138], [140];
- Dung-beetle, [28];
- Ear-wig, [76];
- Flies, [290];
- Gall-flies, [143];
- Glow-worm, [57];
- Grasshoppers, [98], [100];
- Katy-did, [131];
- Lady-birds, [17–23];
- Locusts, [119];
- Mantis, [82–92];
- Silk-worms, [239];
- Stag-beetles, [25];
- Scorpions, [322–331];
- Spiders, [339];
- Wasps and Hornets, [173];
- Span-worms, [248].
- Surinam, Cicadas in, [254];
- Surat, hospital at, for animals, [266].
- Swallow, heart of, for lunacy, [330];
- odious and impious, [251].
- Swammerdam, anecdote of, [363].
- Swarms of Ants, [164];
- Swarming of Bees, notions concerning, [185–190].
- Sweat, Fleas generated from, [305].
- Sweden, Acanthocinus ædilis in, [73];
- Switzerland, Caterpillars in, [158, n.]
- Swoonings, wax to prevent, [254].
- Sword, in charm to destroy Fleas, [308].
- Sybils resorted to, to drive away Locusts, [113].
- Syria, Galls from, [145];
- Tamableness of the Fly, [289].
- Tarantula, [351].
- Taylor, Mrs., and her Crickets, [95];
- Telephorus fuscus, [364].
- Tempests raised by magicians, [45].
- Tendons, Stag-beetle for contractions of, [26].
- Tenebrio molitor, [65], [68].
- Tenebrionidæ, [65].
- Teneriffe, Locusts in Island of, [104].
- Tennessee, bloody-rain in, [224].
- Terambus transformed into the Cerambyx, [73].
- Terias lisa, [227].
- Termes bellicosus, [135].
- Termites, [132–137].
- Termitidæ, [132–137].
- Tertian ague, Bed-bugs for, [268];
- Tettix, [250].
- Thebes, Spiders in, [338].
- Thor, Dung-beetle sacred to, [28].
- Thread, sewing, Spider’s web used for, [362].
- Throat, Crickets for affections of, [96].
- Tiberias Cæsar, death of, foretold by Ants, [151].
- Tiffin and Son, Bug-destroyers in London, [268].
- Timour and the Ant, [154].
- Timpany, Spiders for, [360].
- Tinea padilla, [248].
- Tineidæ, [248], [249].
- Tipulidæ, [286].
- Toads, enmity between Spiders and, [341].
- Tobacco, clay of Ant-hills as substitute for, [135].
- Lady-bird, [21];
- tooth-picks of Spiders’ mandibles for, [354].
- Toothache, Curculios for, [71];
- Tooth-picks, mandibles of Spiders for, [354].
- Bugs administered in the blood of, [267];
- gall of, in medicine, [209];
- seeds sown in the hide of, [75].
- Tortoise and the Scorpion, a fable, [330];
- Torture, Ants as an instrument of, [158];
- Tonga Group, Ants in, [161].
- Trade in insects, [229], [255], [307], [366].
- Transylvania, Locusts in, [105–126].
- Tumuli, Leather-beetles buried in, [24].
- Turenne’s aversion for Spiders, [344].
- Turkey, beetle eaten by women in, [65];
- Turnip-fly, [74].
- Typographer-beetles, [61].
- Ulcers, Blatta of Pliny for, [66];
- Unchastity, insect to discover, [367];
- Unclean thoughts, Flies emblem of, [292].
- United States, Ant-lions in, [141];
- Urine, Fleas generated from, [305];
- forced with Cantharides, [63];
- Lice to suppress, [319];
- Stag-beetle, [26].
- Uroceridæ, [142].
- Vanessa cardui, [226], [230].
- Vegetable-flies, [90–92].
- Venery, Ants to provoke to, [161].
- Veneration for Acanthocinus ædilis, [73];
- Vermin, origin of, [305].
- Vertigo, silk-worms for, [240].
- Vesicatory, Cantharides as, [63];
- Cerambyx moschatus, [73].
- Vespa crabro, [171].
- Vespidæ, [170–174].
- saved from being wrecked by song of a Spanish Gryllo, [130].
- Vessel attacked by Termites, [133];
- Vienna, Lady-bird at, [17].
- Vines, to prevent “Cantharides” from injuring, [64].
- Vipers, generation of, [322].
- [Virginia], Ants in, [152];
- Virgin Mary, Lady-bird dedicated to, [17], [18].
- Virgins, hatred of Scorpions for, [324].
- Virtues of Honey, [208].
- Vives, Ludovicus, eloquence of, foretold by Bees, [178].
- Voluptuary, Scarab emblematical of a, [33].
- Vomiting, Bugs for, [267].
- Vulture, gall of, in medicine, [219].
- Wall-lice, [265].
- War, omens of, from Agaric-Gnat, [286];
- Warbles, [303].
- Wars of Ants, [151].
- Warrior, Scarab emblematical of, [32].
- Warts, Cobwebs to remove, [359];
- Washington City, Mantis in, [88].
- Washington, General, Mosquitoes pierce boots of, [281].
- Wasps, [170–174], [194], [202].
- Water as a charm to destroy Locusts, [116];
- found from swarms of Gnats, [280].
- Water-boatmen, [275–277].
- Wax, Bees-, [206–208].
- Way, lost, discovered by Mantis, [83].
- Weasel, young of, for bite of Spider, [356].
- [Weather], prognostications as to, from Ants, [153];
- Weevils, [68–72].
- West Indies, Ants in, [162], [167];
- Whales, generation of, [322].
- Wheat, prices of, connected with the ocean tides, [188, n.]
- Whistles to call cattle, made of beetle-shards, [369].
- White ants, [132–137].
- White-clover, Indian name for, [197].
- Wildman, anecdotes of, [201].
- Wind, Aphides produced by a, [258].
- Winter, prognostication from May-bug as to, [47].
- Wisdom of the Ant exaggerated, [148–151].
- Witchcraft, beetle against, [44];
- Witches in the forms of Flies, [294].
- Wolf, tail of, to drive away Flies, [288];
- Wasps generated from carcass of, [171].
- Women, hatred of Scorpions for, [324].
- Wood-louse, Death-watch supposed to be, [61].
- Woodpecker to keep Bees from stinging, [193].
- Wood-carrying Moth, [245].
- Wood-tic, [321].
- Wool, rain of, [348];
- to drive away Ants, [170].
- Woolly-bear Moths, [242–245].
- World, Scarab symbolical of, [30].
- Worm in the heart of a horse, [365];
- from stomach of a woman, [364].
- Wormals, [303].
- Worms extracted from children’s ears, [371];
- Worm-wood to destroy Fleas, [308].
- Worship of the Mantis, [83–88];
- Wounds, Blatta of Pliny for, [66];
- Zephyr, Butterfly symbol of, [229].
- Zisca, what he meant by “cobwebs,” [356].