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

[541.] Du Chaillu, p. 312.

[542.] The Swiss farmers, in order to rid their trees of caterpillars, allure the Ants to climb the trees, where, being confined by a circle of pitch round the holes, hunger soon causes them to attack the noxious larvæ.

[543.] Penny Encycl., sub. Ant.

[544.] Hakluyt Society, ii. 13.

[545.] The Mirror, xxxi. 342.

[546.] Smith’s Nature and Art, xii. 197.

[547.] Hist. Nat., i. 9, and v. 291. Cf. Sloane, Hist. of Jam., ii. 221.

[548.] Amer. Utriusq. Desc., p. 333.

[549.] Ibid., p. 379.

[550.] Southey’s Com. Place Book, 3d S. p. 346–7.