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

[1016.] Hist. of Ins. (Murray, 1838), ii. 313.

[1017.] Henry IV. Pt. I., Act ii. Sc. 1.

[1018.] Moufet, Theatr. Ins., p. 276. Topsel’s Hist. of Beasts, p. 1102.

[1019.] Hist. of Ins. (Murray, 1838), ii. 312.

[1020.] Jenkin’s Voy. of the U. S. Explor. Exped., p. 385.

[1021.] Introd., i. 100.

[1022.] Ibid.

[1023.] Ray, Hist. of Ins., p. 8.

[1024.] Pilgr., iii. 997.

Myas, a principal city of Ionia, was abandoned on account of Fleas.—Wanley’s Wonders, ii. 507.