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

[680.] Il. β. 87; μ. 67; Odyss., ν. 106.

[681.] Hesiod, Theog., 594, seq.

[682.] Bucke on Nature, ii. 75.

[683.] Cf. Kalm, ii. 427; Schneider, Observ. sur Ulloa, ii. 198.

[684.] Ibid.

[685.] Tour in the Prairies, ch. ix.

[686.] Langstroth on the Honey-Bee, p. 236.

[687.] Letters.

[688.] Voyages dans les Alpes. Ins. Misc., p. 262.

[689.] Brookes mentions the Duchy of Juliers, a district of Westphalia, Germany.—Nat. Hist. of Ins., p. 160.