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

[996.] Moufet, Theatr. Ins., p. 79. Topsel’s Transl., p. 951.

[997.] Dalyell’s Darker Superst. of Scotland, p. 562. Edinbgh. 1834.

[998.] Ibid.

[999.] St. John’s Man. and Cust. of Anct. Grec., i. 150.

[1000.] Wanley’s Wonders, i. 377.

[1001.] Mem. of Robt. Houdin, p. 156. Philad. 1859.

[1002.] Nat. Hist., xxix. 6. Holland’s Trans., p. 364. I.

[1003.] Ibid., xxviii. 2 (5).

[1004.] Voy., C. 56, p. 222. Wanley’s Wonders, ii. 373.

[1005.] Theatr. Ins., p. 79. Topsel’s Hist. of Beasts, p. 951.