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

[730.] Jamieson’s Scot. Dict.

[731.] Wright’s Prov. Dict.

[732.] Epigrams, B. iv. epigr. 32.

[733.] Smith’s Dict. of the Bible.

[734.] Osbeck’s Travels, i. 32–3.

[735.] Josselyn’s Voy., p. 121.

[736.] Chambers’ Pop. Rhymes of Scot., p. 292. Edit. of 1841, p. 172.

[737.] Dalyell’s Superst. of Scotland, p. 563.

[738.] Shaw’s Zool., vi. 346–7. Wood’s Zoog., ii. 436–7.

[739.] Kirby’s Wonderful Museum, v. 390–1, given at length.