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

[381.] Vide Bochart, Hierozoic, L. IV. c. 5, 474–5.

[382.] Volney, Trav., i. 304.

[383.] Robbins’ Journal, p. 228.

[384.] Southey’s Thalaba, i. 171.

[385.] Clarke’s Travels, i. 348.

[386.] Harleian Miscel., ii. 523.

[387.] Nature and Art, vi. 109.

[388.] Bochart, Hierozoic, Pt. II. L. iv. c. 5, 475.—Much of this description is quite oriental, but such is the general resemblance to some of the animals mentioned, that in Italy it still bears the name of “Cavalletta.” A German name for this Locust, as well as the Grasshopper (before mentioned), is the “Hay-horse.” About the Locust’s neck, too, the integuments have some resemblance to the trappings of a horse; some species, however, have the appearance of being hooded. In the Bible, Locusts are compared to horses.—Joel, ii. 4; Rev. ix. 7. Ray says, “Caput oblongum, equi instar prona spectans.”

[389.] Riley’s Narrative, p. 234.

[390.] Ins. (Murray, 1838), ii. 186.