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

[1237.] Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., ii. 280. K. and S. Introd., i. 337, note.

[1238.] Hist. of Beasts and Serpents, p. 778.

[1239.] Theatr. Ins., p. 235. Topsel’s Trans., p. 1072.

[1240.] Ins. Archit., p. 7.

[1241.] Swammerdam, Hist. of Ins., p. 5.

[1242.] Garasse, Recherches des Recherches de M. Estiene Pasquier, p. 357. Southey’s Com. Place Bk., 3d S. p. 282.

[1243.] Hone’s Ev. Day Bk., i. 294.

[1244.] Gent. Mag., iii. 492.

[1245.] Ibid., xxiv. 293.

[1246.] K. and S. Introd., ii. 415.