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[481.] Theatr. Ins., 252. Topsel’s Hist. of Beasts, p. 1085.

[482.] Hasselquist’s Travels, p. 253.

[483.] Cuv. An. King.—Ins., ii. 424.

[484.] Ibid., p. 427.

[485.] Baird’s Cyclop. of Nat. Sci. Cf. Cuv.—Ins., ii. 428; K. and S. Introd., i. 318. Medict. Virt. Cf. Geoffroy’s Treatise on Subs. used in Physic, p. 369.

[486.] Cuv. An. Kingd.—Ins., ii. 428. Cf. Geoffroy’s Subs. used in Phys., p. 369.

[487.] Reaum. iii. 416. Cf. Cuv. Ibid. ii. 429. K. and S. Introd., i. 310.

[488.] Smith’s Introd. to Bot., p. 346. Olivier’s Trav., i. 139. Cf. Ibid.

[489.] Baird’s Cyclop. of Nat. Sci.

[490.] Herod., B. 3, 102–5. Cary’s Trans., p. 214.