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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  • 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];
    • Locusts, [127].
  • 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];
    • Crane-flies, [286].
  • 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];
    • Katy-did, [131].
  • Lemurs kept to kill Roaches, [78].
  • Lentigo, Ants remedy for, [161].
  • Lepaute, Madame, Spiders eaten by, [355].
  • Lepidoptera, [216–249].
  • Leprosy, Ants for, [161];
    • Buprestis, [51];
    • Cantharides, [63];
    • Mylœcon of Pliny, [66].
  • 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].
    • quadrimaculata, [139].
  • Libellulidæ, [138–140].
  • Lice, [266], [306], [308], [316–320].
  • Lichen, Buprestis for, [51];
    • Cantharides, [63].
  • 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].
    • tartarica, [117].
  • 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];
    • Mantis, [89].
  • Lover, approach of, foretold by Crickets, [93].
  • Lucanidæ, [24–27].
  • Lucanus cervus, [24–27].
    • etymology of, [24].
  • Luck, omens of, from Bees, [185];
    • Crickets, [93–94];
    • Spiders, [339].
  • Lump-lac, [263].
  • Lunacy, Scorpion for, [330].
  • Lupines to drive away Locusts, [114].
  • Lutfullah and the Scorpion, [329];
    • Termites, [134].
  • Lygæus hyoscami, [267].
  • Madagascar, Silk-worms eaten in, [240].
  • Mad-dogs, Honey for bite of, [208];
    • Oil-beetles, [63].
  • Magical knots, nests of Carpenter-bee supposed to be, [213].
  • Magicians, Ants used by, [162];
    • beetle, [45].
  • Magistrate chosen by a Louse, [316].
  • Malabar, Ants in, [152];
    • Lice, [317];
    • Termites, [133].
  • 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].
    • oratoria, [82–92].
    • siccifolia, [92].
  • Manure, Day-flies used as, [138].
  • [Maryland], Black-beetle in, [82];
    • Blacksmith-beetle, [55];
    • Butterfly, [229];
    • Caterpillars, [242];
    • Crickets, [95];
    • Glow-worm, [57];
    • Grasshoppers, [100];
    • Katy-did, [131].
  • 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];
    • stung by Bees, [182].
  • 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];
    • Cochineal, [261];
    • Cucujus, [53–54];
    • Lice, [316], [318];
    • silk from a Bombyx, [239];
    • Water-boatmen, [275].
  • Mice for sting of Scorpions, [326];
    • generation of, [322].
  • 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];
    • Bees, [199];
    • Butterflies, [225];
    • Dragon-flies, [139–140];
    • Lady-birds, [21].
  • 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];
    • singular use of an, [156];
    • Spiders fed to, [357].
  • 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].
    • Locusts, [101].
  • 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].
    • on Spiders, [334];
    • of Cicadas, [252].
  • 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].
    • pustulata, [63].
  • 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];
    • Spiders, [340].
  • Nets, Mosquitoes kept away with, [282].
  • [New England], Cut-worm in, [247];
    • Humble-bees, [213].
  • 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].
    • ovis, [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];
    • Butterflies, [229].
  • Persia, Aphis in, [258];
    • Scorpions, [328];
    • Silk-worms, [235].
  • Peruvians, Flies offered to the Sun by, [292].
  • Pestilence foretold by Spiders, [143].
  • Petrified Bee-hive, [214].
  • Pets, beetles as, [50];
    • Mantis, [88–90];
    • Spiders, [235].
  • 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];
    • occasioned by Locusts, [101–118].
  • 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];
    • from ants, [161].
  • Poisonous Honey, [210].
  • Poland, poisonous Sirex in, [142];
    • scarlet grain of, [260];
    • Locusts in, [103–130].
  • Poma insana, [145].
  • Pontia brassicæ, [225].
    • cardimines, [226].
  • 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].
    • coriarius, [27].
    • damicornis, [27], [73].
  • [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];
    • emblematical of, [32].
  • 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].
    • penetrans, [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];
    • Spiders, [359].
  • 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];
    • Locusts, [116].
  • 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];
    • Locusts, [104–130].
  • 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];
    • Lady-bird in, [17].
  • Scarabæidæ, [27–45].
  • Scarabæus auratus, [45].
    • cornutus, [26].
    • nasicornis, [45].
    • pilurarius, [27–44], [293].
    • sacer, [27–44].
    • unctuosus, [63].
  • 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];
    • Flies, [289];
    • Humble-bees, [213];
    • Lady-birds, [19–20];
    • Lice, [319], [320].
  • 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];
    • of Gossamer, [347];
    • insects with snow, [364].
  • 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].
    • Spiders, [361].
  • Silk-worm Moths, [234–241].
  • Silver for sting of Scorpions, [325], [326].
  • Sins expiated by assisting Dung-beetles, [28].
  • Sirex fusicornis, [142].
    • gigas, [142].
    • juvencus, [142].
    • spectrum, [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];
    • Gnats falling with, [280];
    • insects in numbers on, [364];
    • origin of red, [220, n.]
  • Soap, beetle made into, [23];
    • Cicadas, [254].
  • Socrates measures the jump of a Flea, [311].
  • Solomon and the Ant, [148];
    • Ant in Paradise, [153].
  • 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];
    • Goliath-beetle, [46];
    • Grou-grou worm, [69];
    • Hercules-beetle, [45–46];
    • Termites, [132–137].
  • Spain, Bees in, [212];
    • Cantharides, [63];
    • Locusts, [102–130];
    • Silk-worms, [237].
  • 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].
    • (Deilephila) hippophaes, [367].
    • ligustris, [233].
  • 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].
    • sternicornis, [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];
    • Glow-worm, [57];
    • Scorpions, [329].
  • Storm, prognostication of, from Gnats, [280].
  • Strangles in horses, combs of Hornets for, [172].
  • Strangury, Bed-bugs for, [267];
    • Bees, [206].
  • Strength of Dung-beetle, [28];
    • Flea, [311];
    • Stag-beetle, [25].
  • 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];
    • Fire-ants, [157];
    • Gnats, [280];
    • Lantern-flies, [255].
  • Surat, hospital at, for animals, [266].
  • Swallow, heart of, for lunacy, [330];
    • odious and impious, [251].
  • Swammerdam, anecdote of, [363].
  • Swarms of Ants, [164];
    • Aphides, [258];
    • Butterflies, [225];
    • Cantharides, [64];
    • Day-flies, [138];
    • Dragon-flies, [139–140];
    • Flies, [287];
    • Gnats, [278];
    • Lady-birds, [21];
    • May-bugs, [48].
  • Swarming of Bees, notions concerning, [185–190].
  • Sweat, Fleas generated from, [305].
  • Sweden, Acanthocinus ædilis in, [73];
    • Ants, [161];
    • Blaps mortisaga, [65];
    • Fleas, [308];
    • Grasshoppers, [100];
    • Lady-bird, [17];
    • Lice, [316].
  • 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];
    • Locusts in, [103–130].
  • Tamableness of the Fly, [289].
  • Tarantula, [351].
  • Taylor, Mrs., and her Crickets, [95];
    • Mantis, [88–90].
  • 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].
    • Spiders, [359].
  • 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].
    • punctata, [248].
    • tapetzella, [249].
  • 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];
    • Flies, [296];
    • Mosquitoes, [284];
    • Termites, [135].
  • 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].
    • Mantis in, [84].
  • Turkey, beetle eaten by women in, [65];
  • Turnip-fly, [74].
  • Typographer-beetles, [61].