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

[778.] Tennent’s Nat. Hist. of Ceylon, ch. xii. p. 407.

[779.] Theatr. Ins., p. 107. Topsel’s Hist. of Beasts, p. 974.

[780.] Bryant’s Anct. Mythol., ii. 386.

[781.] Fosbroke, Encycl. of Antiq., ii. 738.

[782.] Travels. He doubtless refers to an Indian totem.

[783.] N. and Q., iii. 4.

[784.] Du Halde, China, p. 21–2; Grosier’s China, i. 570; Williams’ Mid. Kingd., i. 273; Astley’s Col. of Voy. and Trav., iv. 512.

[785.] Harris’s Col. of Voy. and Trav., ii. 987.

[786.] Osbeck, Travels, i. 331.

[787.] Ibid., i. 324.