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.

by Frank Cowan

[46.] Kirb. and Sp. Introd., i. 255, note.

[47.] Ins. Archit., p. 252.

[48.] Detharding de Ins. Coleop. Danicis, 9. Quot. by Kirb. and Sp. Introd., i. 33.

[49.] Northern Mythol., ii. 53.

[50.] Bjornstj. Theog. of Hindoos, p. 108.

[51.] Oliv. Col. I. 3, viii. 59. Cuvier, An. King.—Ins., i. 452.

[52.] Cuvier, qua supra.

[53.] Donovan’s Ins. of China, p. 4.

[54.] Cuvier, qua supra.

[55.] De Pauw’s Sacred-beetle of the Egyptians was “the great golden Scarabee, called by some the Cantharides.”—ii. 104.