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

[231.] Shaw’s Zool., vi. 71–2. Merian, Ins. Sur., 24.

[232.] Hist. of Jamaica, ii. 193–4.

[233.] St. Pierre, Voy., 72.

[234.] Smeatham, 32. Kirb. and Sp. Introd., i. 303.

[235.] Wonders, i. 18.

[236.] Curtis, Farm Ins., p. 22. Baird’s Cyclop. of Nat. Sci.

[237.] Owen’s Geoponika, ii. 98.

[238.] Probably the coriaceous tortoise, which is covered with a strong hide.

[239.] Paladius, B. i. c. 35.

[240.] Med. Dict.