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

[798.] Cf. Penny Encycl., sub. Sphinx, and The Mirror, xix. 212.

[799.] Hist. of Ins., p. 191.

[800.] Reaumur, ii. 289. Shaw, Zool., vi. 217.

[801.] Saturday Mag., xix. 102.

[802.] Notes and Queries, xii. 200.

[803.] Bonnet, Œvres, ii. 124.

[804.] China, p. 253. Astley’s Col. of Voy. and Trav., iv. 138.

[805.] Williams’ Middle Kingdom, ii. 121–2.

[806.] Colebrook, Asiat. Research., v. 61.

[807.] Aristotle, v. 17–9. Pliny, ix. 20.