Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. / A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.
Frank Cowan
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  • Abortion, Ant to cause, [170];
    • from hurt, Cochineal to prevent, [262].
  • Abraxas for curing diseases, [37–39].
  • Acanthocinus ædilis, [73].
    • tribulus, [74].
  • 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];
    • Dung-beetle, [44];
    • Oil of Scorpions, [330];
    • Spiders, [357–360];
    • Stag-beetle, [26].
  • 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];
    • Bee, [212].
  • America, Bees in, [197];
    • Crickets, [95];
    • Fleas, [313];
    • Gnats, [281];
    • Lady-birds, [21];
    • Lice, [318];
    • Musk-beetle, [73];
    • Spiders, [354].
  • Amputation on account of Chigoes, [315].
  • Animals becoming plants, [90–92];
    • Egyptian worship of, theory on, [43, n.]
  • Anobium pertinax, [61].
    • striatum, [61].
    • tesselatum, [58–61].
  • Anopleura, [316–320].
  • Ant-hills, ovens made of, [134].
  • Antipathy to Beetles, [74];
    • Spiders, [344].
  • 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];
    • Silk-worms in, [239].
  • Arachnida, [321–362].
  • Araneidæ, [332–362].
  • Aranea diadema, [361].
  • Aranea edulis, [354].
    • obtextrix, [347].
    • tarantula, [351].
  • Arctiidæ, [242–245].
  • Arctia chrysorrhœa, [242].
  • Armies routed by Mosquitoes, [282].
  • Armpits, Silk-worms hatched under, [240].
  • Arms, Bees on coat of, [196];
    • Butterfly, [229].
  • Army-worm, [247].
  • Arrows tipped with poison of an Ant, [161].
  • Artificial flowers, beetles upon, [23].
  • Artillery employed against Ants, [168];
    • Locusts, [106].
  • Ascarides in human stomach, [67].
  • Asia, Honey-dew in, [257];
    • Locusts, [103–130].
  • 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].
    • sacer, [29–43].
  • Athenians, golden cicadas worn by, [251];
    • Locusts eaten by, [120].
  • Athens, so-called Flies at, [291, n.]
  • Atrophy, Lice remedy for, [319].
  • Auks, snow colored red by, [220, n.]
  • Australia, Butterflies in, [231];
    • Flies, [288];
    • larvæ eaten in, [70].
  • 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];
    • Flies, [295].
  • 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];
    • Gnats, [278].
  • 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];
    • Lice eaten by, [318].
  • Bell, Caterpillars cursed with a, [243].
  • Besiegers routed with Bees, [204];
    • by Mosquitoes, [283].
  • Beetle-headed, [49].
  • Beetles, [17–75].
  • Bermuda, Butterflies in, [227];
    • Spiders, [354], [362].
  • Berries, Cochineal supposed to be, [261].
  • Bezoar-stone for sting of Scorpions, [326].
  • Bible, Ant in the, [148];
    • Bees, [184];
    • Flea, [313];
    • Gnat, [285];
    • Locusts, [101], [128].
  • 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].
    • fœtida, [78].
    • orientalis, [79].
    • of the ancients, [78].
  • 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].
    • mori, [234].
  • 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];
    • Blister-flies, [63];
    • Diamond-beetles, [68];
    • Gold-beetles, [23];
    • Termites, [134–5].
  • 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].
    • fascicularius, [51].
    • maxima, [50].
    • ocellata, [50].
    • vittata, [50].
    • in Egypt, [29].
    • of the ancients, [51].
  • 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].
    • hilariæ, [227].
    • pyranthe, [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];
    • Cucujus in, [53].
  • Catamenia, women with, Caterpillars destroyed by, [244];
    • Buprestis for, [51].
  • 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].
    • septemdecim, [253].
  • Cicadidæ, [250–255].
  • Cicindela, larvæ of, how captured, [97].
  • Cimex brassicæ, [267].
    • juniperinus, [267].
    • pratensis, [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].
    • ficus, [263].
    • Hesperidum, [264].
    • ilicis, [259].
    • lacca, [263].
    • polonicus, [260].
    • uvæ-ursi, [260].
  • 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].
    • Scorpions, [329].
  • Colic, Lady-birds remedy for, [21];
    • omens from, [246].
  • Comet, Locusts sent by, [113];
    • Mantis, [92].
  • 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].
    • sabæus, [41].
    • in Egypt, [29].
  • Copris molossus, [44].
  • Coral for sting of Scorpions, [326].
    • mercenaria, [276].
  • Corixa femorata, [276].
    • Stag-beetle supposed to injure, [25];
    • stored by Ants, [148–150].
  • 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].
    • symbol of, [29].
  • Creator, Scarab sacred to, [30];
  • Creoles not attacked by Chigoes, [315].
  • Crete, Galls eaten in, [145].
  • Crickets, [92–97].
    • Locusts, [116].
  • Crimea, Gnats in, [282];
    • Flies, [296];
    • Mosquitoes, [284].
  • Criminals tortured with Ants, [158];
    • Cochineal, [259].
  • Crimson, Galls for dyeing, [258];
    • Wasps, [171];
    • Scorpions enemies to, [324];
    • worship of, in Egypt, [43, n.]
  • 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].
    • Bacchus, [71].
    • jæcac, [71].
    • in a plum, [76].
  • Curculio anti-odontalgicus, [71].
  • Cut-worm, [246].
  • Cynipidæ, [143–145].
    • gallæ tinctorum, [144].
    • glecome, [144].
    • insana, [145].
    • psenes, [144].
    • rosæ, [144].
  • 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];
    • Scarab-images, [36].
  • Dead Sea fruits, [145].
  • Deafness, Ants remedy for, [161];
    • Ear-wigs, [76].
  • 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].
    • pollinctus, [24], [41].
    • roei, [24], [41].
    • vulpinus, [24], [41].
  • Dermestidæ, [24].
  • Devil, Fleas attributed to the envy of the, [311];
    • in the shape of a Flea, [310];
    • Fly, [293].
  • 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];
    • Flies, [289];
    • Locusts, [119];
    • insects in general in Siam, [370].
  • 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].
    • Galls used in, [145].
  • Dyeing, Cochineal used in, [260];
    • Hercules, [45–47].
  • 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];
    • Termites, [137].
  • 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];
    • worship of animals, theory on, [43, n.]
  • 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];
    • House-fly, [41];
    • Scarab, [41].
  • 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];
    • Spider, [333].
  • 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];
    • on an Ant, [169];
    • Bee, [212];
    • Silk-worm, [241].
  • 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];
    • Locust, [130];
    • Pulex, [305].
  • Eucharist, holy, respect of Bees for, [174–177].
  • Eumeta, [245].
  • Eumolpus auratus, [23].
  • Eunota amphyoxis, [224].
  • Euplexoptera, [67–77].
  • Euplœa coras, [228].
    • prothoe, [228].
  • Europe, Antler-moth in, [246];
    • Bee-caravans, [199];
    • Deaths’-head moth, [233];
    • Dragon-flies, [139];
    • insect ornaments, [44];
    • Locusts in, [102–130];
    • Mantis, [83];
    • Silk-worms, [235];
    • Termites, [132–137];
    • trade in insects, [366].
  • Eutimis nobilis, [68].
  • Evil eye, silk-worms susceptible to, [239].
  • Exorcised, Ants, [169];
    • Locusts, [116];
    • Turnip-fly, [74].
  • 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];
    • Gossamer spun by, [349].
  • Famine foretold by Grasshoppers, [100];
    • maggot, [143];
    • Mantis, [83].
  • Farriers, Cantharides employed by, [64].
  • Fat, beetle eaten by women to become, [65].
  • Fecundity, Scarab symbolical of, [33];
    • eaten to cause, [33].
  • Fever, Bugs medicine for, [367];
    • Honey-dew, [257];
    • Spiders, [357], [359];
    • sign of, from dreams of Flies, [289].
  • Fever, man dead from, Scarab symbol of, [33].
  • Figs, caprification of, [144];
    • for sting of scorpions, [326].
  • Fighting, beetles kept for, [368];
    • Mantis, [87].
  • 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];
    • Locust’s, [129].
  • 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].
    • major, [161].
    • minor, [161].
    • omnivora, [166].
    • rufa, [159].
    • smaragdina, [157], [158].
  • 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].
    • Crickets, [97];
    • Cynips glecome, [145];
    • Death’s-head Moth, [233];
    • Lady-bird, [17];
    • Locusts, [103–130];
    • Mantis, [83];
    • shower of insects, [365];
    • Termites in, [132].
  • 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].
    • lanternaria, [255].
  • 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];
    • Flies, [290];
    • Gnats, [278];
    • Scorpions, [321];
    • Spiders, [362];
    • Wasps, [171], [184].
  • 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];
    • Oil-beetles, [63];
    • Spiders, [359].
  • 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].
    • domesticus, [97].
  • Guiana, Ants in, [168];
    • Bees, [205];
    • Black-ants, [156];
    • Cantharis maxima, [64];
    • Lantern-flies, [256].
  • 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].
    • nemorum, [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];
    • Galls, [145].
  • 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];
    • Scarab, [35], [37], [43, n.]
  • 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];
    • Locusts, [116].
  • 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];
    • poisonous Fly, [303];
    • shower of insects, [365].
  • 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];
    • Grasshopper, [98].
  • 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];
    • Coffin-cutter, [368];
    • Gnats, [281];
    • May-bugs, [48];
    • Spiders, [358].
  • Irish oak, Spiders repelled by, [340].
  • Isis, respect of Scorpions for, [328];
    • Scarab figured with the head of, [34].
  • Italy, Blister-flies in, [63];
    • Glow-worms, [57];
    • Gnats, [281];
    • Locusts, [102–130];
    • Scorpions, [324];
    • Silk-worms, [237].
  • Ivory, Ants carved out of, [170].
  • Jack-’o-lanterns, Glow-worms supposed to be, [57];
    • Mole-crickets, [57].
  • James I., anecdote of, [239].
  • Jamaica, Cantharis maxima, in, [64];
    • Cockroaches, [78];
    • Crickets, [96];
    • Dragon-flies, [140];
    • frogs, [55];
    • Gnats, [282].
  • Japan, Grasshoppers in, [100];
    • Moths and Night-flies, [242].
  • Jaundice, Blatta of Pliny for, [67];
    • Lice, [319];
    • Oil of Scorpions, [330].
  • Java, larvæ of beetle eaten in, [70];
    • Mantis in, [87].
  • 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].