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

[201.] Nat. Hist. of Ins., p. 49.

[202.] Cuvier, An. Kingd.—Ins., i. 569.

[203.] Linn. Faun. Suec., p. 822.

[204.] Lane’s Mod. Egypt., i. 237, ii. 275.

[205.] Cuvier, An. King.—Ins., i. 568.

[206.] Pinkerton’s Voy. and Trav., x. 190.

[207.] Pliny, Nat. Hist., xxix. 6. Holl., p. 370.

[208.] Trans. of Assoc. Phys. in Ireland, iv., vii., and v., p. 177, 8vo., Dublin, 1824–8.

[209.] In Kirby’s Wonderful Museum, iv. 360, there are several instances of living insects being found in the human stomach, quite as extraordinary as the above.

[210.] The Mirror, xxviii. 304.