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

[670.] Fosb. Encycl. of Antiq., ii. 738.

[671.] Judg. xiv. 8.

[672.] Cf. Swammerdam, Hist. of Ins., Pt. I. p. 227, and Smith’s Dict. of the Bible.

[673.] Herod., v. 114–5.

[674.] Excursions, i. 127.

[675.] Fem. Monarchie, c. vi. 49.

[676.] Williams’ Chinese Empire, i. 275.

[677.] Chiflet, 164–181; Montf. Monarch. Franc., i. 12; Gough’s Sepul. Mon., vol. i. p. lxii.

[678.] Cf. N. & Q., vii. 478, 553; viii. 30.

[679.] Harper’s New Monthly Mag., xxvi. 441.