INDEX.
- Abortion, Ant to cause, 170;
- from hurt, Cochineal to prevent, 262.
- Abraxas for curing diseases, 37–39.
- Acanthocinus ædilis, 73.
- Acaridæ, 321.
- Acarus, 320, 321.
- Acheta domestica, 92–97.
- Achetidæ, 92–97.
- Acid made from Ants, 161.
- Acridites lincola, 126.
- Acridophagi, account of the, 120.
- Adultery, insect to detect, 367.
- Africa, Ants in, 156–7;
- Bees, 191, 200;
- Butterflies, 227, 231;
- Caterpillars, 372;
- Crickets, 95;
- Dragon-flies, 140;
- Flies, 288;
- Gnats, 282;
- Goliath-beetle, 46;
- Larvæ, 71;
- Lice, 317;
- Locusts, 101–130;
- Mantis, 84–88;
- Soap from beetle, 23;
- Spiders, 354;
- Termites, 132–137.
- Agaric-Gnat, 286.
- Agestrata luconica, 49.
- Agrotis telifera, 247.
- Ague, Bed-bugs as a remedy for, 67;
- Dung-beetle, 44;
- Oil of Scorpions, 330;
- Spiders, 357–360;
- Stag-beetle, 26.
- Albugo, Cobwebs remedy for, 357.
- Ali Gamooni, forger of Scarab-gems, 38, n.
- Alopecia, Bees remedy for, 206.
- Altars ornamented with Chrysalids, 231.
- Amber, Ant inclosed in, 169;
- America, Bees in, 197;
- Crickets, 95;
- Fleas, 313;
- Gnats, 281;
- Lady-birds, 21;
- Lice, 318;
- Musk-beetle, 73;
- Spiders, 354.
- Amputation on account of Chigoes, 315.
- Animals becoming plants, 90–92;
- Egyptian worship of, theory on, 43, n.
- Anobium pertinax, 61.
- Anopleura, 316–320.
- Ant-hills, ovens made of, 134.
- Antipathy to Beetles, 74;
- Antler-moth, 246.
- Ant-lions, 141.
- Ants, 146–170, 196, 295, 322, 327, 356.
- Anus, prolapsed, Scarab remedy for, 44.
- Aphaniptera, 305–315.
- Aphidæ, 257–259.
- Aphis humuli, 258.
- Apidæ, 174–215.
- Apis centuncularis, 213.
- Apple-blossoms, May-bugs produced with, 47.
- Apocalypse, symbolical Locusts of the, 123.
- Apollo, Locusts destroyed by, 128.
- Aquitaine, bloody-rain in, 218.
- Arabia, beetle eaten by women of, 65;
- Arachnida, 321–362.
- Araneidæ, 332–362.
- Aranea diadema, 361.
- Aranea edulis, 354.
- obtextrix, 347.
- tarantula, 351.
- Arctiidæ, 242–245.
- Arctia chrysorrhœa, 242.
- Armies routed by Mosquitoes, 282.
- Armpits, Silk-worms hatched under, 240.
- Arms, Bees on coat of, 196;
- Army-worm, 247.
- Arrows tipped with poison of an Ant, 161.
- Artificial flowers, beetles upon, 23.
- Artillery employed against Ants, 168;
- Ascarides in human stomach, 67.
- Asia, Honey-dew in, 257;
- Ass, dung of, for sting of Scorpions, 326;
- Fleas do not bite, 310;
- Hornets generated from carcass of, 171;
- Locusts, 101;
- Scarabs, 170;
- Scarab supposed to make its balls of the dung of, 28;
- Silk woven by an, 241;
- sting of Scorpions transferred to, 325;
- Wasps generated from carcass of, 170.
- Assyria, Egyptian Scarab-gems among ruins of, 39–41.
- Assyrians, Locusts eaten by the, 126.
- Astringent, Galls as an, 145.
- Astronomical subjects, Scarab connected with, 33, 37.
- Ateuchus Ægyptorum, 29.
- Athenians, golden cicadas worn by, 251;
- Athens, so-called Flies at, 291, n.
- Atrophy, Lice remedy for, 319.
- Auks, snow colored red by, 220, n.
- Australia, Butterflies in, 231;
- Flies, 288;
- larvæ eaten in, 70.
- Automaton Flies, 294.
- Azores, Coccidæ in, 264.
- Baalzebub worshiped under form of a Fly, 292.
- Back, Termite queens for strengthening the, 137.
- Baldness, Bees remedy for, 206;
- Balm, antidote for poisons, 193;
- Bee-hives prepared with, 190.
- Banian Hospital for animals, 266.
- Banks, Sir Joshua, Spiders eaten by, 356.
- Barbados, Ants in, 167;
- Ash-colored Cricket, 92;
- Ash-colored Grasshopper, 98;
- Gnats, 279;
- Grou-grou worm, 70;
- Lantern-flies, 256.
- Barbary, Locusts in, 105–130.
- Barley, Glow-worms indicate ripeness of, 58.
- Bashikouay-ants, 157, 158.
- Basilidians, abraxas invented by the, 37.
- Basill, the herb, Scorpions generated from, 322.
- Basilisks, Scorpions generated from, 322.
- Battles of Ants, 151;
- Bats eaten in Cumana, 99;
- to drive away Locusts, 114.
- Beans for sting of Scorpions, 327.
- Bears, Ants eaten by, to purge, 163;
- fat and blood of, to kill Caterpillars, 245;
- man saved by a, 196.
- Bed-bugs, 265–274, 306.
- Bedeguar, 144.
- Beds, to rid of Bugs, 266;
- Bee-moth, 248.
- Bees, 174–215.
- Beggars hired as food for vermin, 266;
- Bell, Caterpillars cursed with a, 243.
- Besiegers routed with Bees, 204;
- Beetle-headed, 49.
- Beetles, 17–75.
- Bermuda, Butterflies in, 227;
- Berries, Cochineal supposed to be, 261.
- Bezoar-stone for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Bible, Ant in the, 148;
- Birds preserved to destroy Locusts, 114.
- Bishop Barnabee, Lady-bird so called, 19.
- Black-beetles, 78–82.
- Blacksmith-beetle, 55.
- Blapsidæ, 65–68.
- Blaps mortisaga, 65, 68, 78.
- Blatta Americana, 79.
- fœtida, 78.
- orientalis, 79.
- of the ancients, 78.
- Blattidæ, 78–82.
- Bleeding of wounds, cobwebs to arrest, 357.
- Blind as a beetle, 49.
- Blindness, Death’s-head Moth supposed to cause, 233.
- Blister-flies, 62–64.
- Blood, showers of, 216–225.
- Boars drowned in Honey, 211.
- Boils cured by Ants, 162.
- Bombicidæ, 234–241.
- Bombus, 213.
- Bombyx Madroni, 239.
- Books perforated by beetles, 61.
- Bostrichidæ, 61.
- Bostrichus typographus, 61.
- Botany, study of, from cabinet of insects, 369.
- Bot-flies, 302–304.
- Brain, Scorpion in a woman’s, 322.
- Brandy flavored with Ants, 161.
- Brides in Holland, pupæ compared to, 232.
- Briers, May-bug grubs changed into, 48.
- Brazen Fly, game so called, 294.
- Brazil, Ants in, 160, 168;
- Blister-flies, 63;
- Diamond-beetles, 68;
- Gold-beetles, 23;
- Termites, 134–5.
- Browny invoked in hiving Bees, 190.
- Bruce and the Spider, 333.
- Bubo, pestilential, Oil-beetles for, 63.
- Buenos Ayres, Flies in, 287.
- Buffalo, Locusts a cross between the and Spider, 113.
- Bug-bear, meaning of, 265.
- Bug-poison, vending of, in London, 268.
- Bull, fat of, in charm to destroy Fleas, 308.
- Bullocks, Bees generated from, 183.
- Burn-cows, 50–51.
- Burnie-bee, Lady-bird so called, 22.
- Burning Spiders for amusement, 350.
- Buprestidæ, 50–51.
- Buprestis attenuata, 50.
- fascicularius, 51.
- maxima, 50.
- ocellata, 50.
- vittata, 50.
- in Egypt, 29.
- of the ancients, 51.
- Butterflies, 216–232.
- Butter, Grou-grou worm made into, 69.
- Cabbage-tree worm, 68–70.
- Cactus cochinilifer, 261.
- Caffres make ovens of Ant-hills, 134.
- Calandra palmarum, 27, 68–70.
- Calichroma alpina, 367.
- California, Mosquitoes in, 284.
- Callidryas alcmeone, 227.
- Cameleons, Meal-worms as food for, 65.
- Camels employed in stealing gold from Ants, 146.
- Canaan subdued with Hornets, 171.
- Canary Islands, Locusts in, 104.
- Cancers, Cockroaches cure for, 78.
- Candle, why Moths fly in a, 242.
- Canker-worms, 248.
- Canis corsac supposed to be the fabled gold-loving Ant of India, 148.
- Cannon employed against Fleas, 308.
- Cantharidæ, 62–64.
- Cantharides, 62–64, 193.
- Cantharidine, 63.
- Cantharis vesicatoria, 62–64.
- Cantharis in head of mummy, 41.
- Cantharus of the ancients, 27.
- Caprification of figs, 144.
- Capua, burning of, foreshown by Ants, 173.
- Carabidæ, 23.
- Carbuncle, Oil-beetle remedy for, 63.
- Carabus chrysocephalus, 71.
- Carcasses, Bees tenanting, 194.
- Caravans, Bee-, 199.
- Carcinoma, Buprestis remedy for, 51.
- Cardinals, Spiders so called, 342.
- Carli and the Ants, 156.
- Carpenter-bee, 213.
- Carriages drawn by Fleas, 312.
- Caribbean Islands, Bees in, 204;
- Catamenia, women with, Caterpillars destroyed by, 244;
- Catarrh, Crickets remedy for, 96.
- Catch-’em-alive papers, sellers of, 296.
- Caterpillars, 158, n., 242–248.
- Cattle, Bees generated from carcasses of, 183;
- Daddy-Long-legs to find lost, 321;
- killed by Bees, 203;
- Mosquitoes, 283;
- sting of Sirex, 142;
- Spiders cure for poisoned, 360;
- warbles of, 303;
- whistle to call, made of beetle-shards, 369.
- Cats, Scarab-images with heads of, 36.
- Cayenne, Ants in, 162.
- Cedar, Spiders repelled by, 341.
- Centipedes as food, 365.
- Cerambycidæ, 72–74.
- Cerambyx moschatus, 73.
- Ceres, the Ant an attribute of, 152.
- Cetoniidæ, 49.
- Ceylon, Ants in, 158;
- Bees, 214;
- Black-ants, 157;
- British soldiers tortured with Ants, 158;
- Buprestidæ, 50;
- Butterflies, 227;
- Gnats, 282;
- Oryctes rhinoceros, 46;
- superstitions connected with insects, 46;
- Termites, 135;
- Wood-carrying Moth, 245.
- Chained Fleas, 312.
- Chalk, Ants cannot pass over a line of, 169.
- Chapelain, anecdote of, 332.
- Charity, sugar given to Ants as an act of, 152.
- Charles XII., army of, impeded by Locusts, 106.
- Charm for Bots in horses, 302.
- Chelonitis used in raising tempests, 45.
- Chemical process to destroy Locusts, 116.
- Chestnut, Spiders repelled by, 341.
- Chickens made to close Bee-hives against the Bee-moth, 249.
- Chigoes, 341.
- Chili, Gold-beetles in, 23.
- China, Aphis for dyeing in, 258;
- Blister-flies in, 63;
- Buprestidæ, 50;
- Butterflies, 229;
- Cicadas, 253;
- Copris molossus, 44;
- Grasshoppers, 100;
- insect to discover unchastity, 367;
- to forward delivery, 368;
- Lantern-fly, 256;
- Locusts, 112–130;
- Mantis, 87;
- Silk-worms, 234–241;
- Smelling-bug, 266, 272;
- Solitary Wasp, 174.
- Chlænius saponarius, 23.
- Chlorops læta, 287.
- Cholera, Flies die before breaking out of, 290.
- Christiana, Queen, Fleas cannonaded by, 308.
- Chrysalids of Butterflies venerated, 230.
- Chyrsomelidæ, 23.
- Chululahs, Spider in cosmogony of the, 342.
- Church-yard Beetles, 65–68.
- Cicada chinensis, 255.
- Cicadidæ, 250–255.
- Cicindela, larvæ of, how captured, 97.
- Cimex brassicæ, 267.
- Cimex lecturarius, 265–274.
- Cimicidæ, 265–274.
- City abandoned on account of Ants, 169;
- depopulated by Bees, 204;
- of Myas dispeopled by Fleas, 307;
- of Nisibis, siege of, raised by Mosquitoes, 283;
- of Tamly saved with Bees, 204.
- Clay, Locusts made from, 118;
- of Ant-hills, uses of, 134.
- Clothes’-moth, 248.
- Clothes, suit of, foretold by Measuring-worm, 248.
- Clouds, Gossamer supposed to form, 349.
- Cobra-de-Capello and the Ants, 157.
- Coccidæ, 259–264.
- Coccinella septempunctata, 17–23.
- Coccinellidæ, 17–23.
- Coccus cacti, 260.
- Cochineal, 260, 317, n.
- Cock, brains of, for bite of Spider, 356.
- Cock-chafers, 47–49.
- Cockroaches, 78–82.
- Coffee-bug, 158.
- Coffin, Bees alighting on, 188;
- clothes laid on, to keep away Moths, 249.
- Coffin-cutter, the, of the Irish, 368.
- Coins, Bees on, 194;
- Scarab-gems supposed to be, 36.
- Cold in horses, Hornets’ nest for, 172.
- Coleoptera, 17–75.
- Colias edusa, 227.
- Colic, Lady-birds remedy for, 21;
- Comet, Locusts sent by, 113;
- Commerce, Crickets as an article of, 95;
- Communication between Ants, 155.
- Conception, Spiders to prevent, 360.
- Conjuror of Bees, 201.
- Conradus, Bishop, Spider drank in wine by, 356.
- Consumption, Honey-dew for, 257.
- Continental money, Bees on, 197.
- Convulsions, Silk-worms for, 240.
- Coprion of the ancients, 27.
- Copris molossus, 44.
- sabæus, 41.
- in Egypt, 29.
- Coral for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Corixa femorata, 276.
- Corn, Indian mode of destroying Caterpillars injurious to, 244;
- Stag-beetle supposed to injure, 25;
- stored by Ants, 148–150.
- Correspondence by means of Cucuji, 53.
- Cortes, army of, saved from attack by Cucuji, 53.
- Cosmogonies, Spiders in various, 342.
- Cossus of the ancients, 27, 74.
- Counterfeiting Scarab-gems, 38, n.
- Country depopulated by Spiders and Scorpions, 353.
- Courtezans, Cantharides employed by, 62.
- Corynetes violaceous, 41.
- Cow, in names of Lady-bird, 17;
- killed by Ants, 156;
- bewitched by killing Ants, 152;
- Scarab figured with head of, 35.
- Crabley, Mrs. Jane, stiffness in knees of, cured by Ants, 162.
- Crabs for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Crane-flies, 286.
- Cray-fish, Scorpions generated from, 322.
- Creator, Scarab sacred to, 30;
- Creoles not attacked by Chigoes, 315.
- Crete, Galls eaten in, 145.
- Crickets, 92–97.
- Crimea, Gnats in, 282;
- Criminals tortured with Ants, 158;
- Crimson, Galls for dyeing, 258;
- Crocodile, Scorpions generated from carcass of, 323;
- Wasps, 171;
- Scorpions enemies to, 324;
- worship of, in Egypt, 43, n.
- Crow, dung of, for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Cuckoo to prevent breeding of Fleas, 307.
- Cucujus, 51.
- Culex pipiens, 278.
- Culicidæ, 278–286.
- Cumana, Grasshoppers eaten in, 98.
- Curculionidæ, 68–72.
- Curculio anti-odontalgicus, 71.
- Bacchus, 71.
- jæcac, 71.
- in a plum, 76.
- Cut-worm, 246.
- Cynipidæ, 143–145.
- Cynips ficus caricæ, 144.
- Daddy-Long-legs, 321.
- Dance, Hottentot Bee-, 211.
- Dank food, Bots generated from, 303.
- Day-flies, 138.
- Dead, Leather-beetles buried with the, 24;
- Dead Sea fruits, 145.
- Deafness, Ants remedy for, 161;
- Death, Bees informed of a, 185–188;
- omens of, from Bees, 181, 185;
- Black-beetle, 82;
- Butterflies, 229;
- Caterpillars, 242;
- Church-yard beetle, 65;
- Crickets, 92–95;
- Death-watch, 58–61;
- Dragon-fly, 140;
- Glow-worm, 57;
- Hawk-moth, 232;
- Mantis, 83;
- Spiders, 340.
- Death’s-head Moth, 232.
- Death-watch, 58–61, 93.
- Debility, Termites remedy for, 137.
- Decticus verrucivorus, 100.
- Deer killed by Ants, 157;
- their antidote for poisons, 353;
- Wasps generated from the head of, 171.
- Dejeau, Genl. Count, anecdote of, 368.
- Democritis, fondness of, for Honey, 209.
- Denmark, Dung-beetle in, 28.
- Dermestes elongatus, 24, 41.
- Dermestidæ, 24.
- Devil, Fleas attributed to the envy of the, 311;
- in the shape of a Flea, 310;
- Fly, 293.
- Dew, scorched, Gossamer supposed to be, 348.
- Diamond-beetles, 23, 68.
- Diaphoretic, Bees as, 206.
- Diarrhœa, Rose-gall for, 144.
- Digger Indians, Grasshoppers eaten by, 99.
- Diptera, 278–304.
- Disease, foretold by Gnats, 280.
- Disjonval and his Spiders, 336.
- Distemper in horses, Hornets’ nest for, 172.
- Diuretic, Bees as, 206.
- Dog, fat of, to destroy Nits, 320;
- Fleas generated from humors on, 305;
- foiled with Bees, 201;
- Scarab-images with heads of, 36.
- Domitian, anecdote of, 332.
- Dragon-flies, 138–140.
- Dragon of St. George, Flies generated from, 304.
- Dreams, signification of, of Ants and Bees, 152;
- Flies, 289;
- Locusts, 119;
- insects in general in Siam, 370.
- Dr. Ellison, Lady-bird so called, 20.
- Drink, Honey-dew as a, 257.
- Dropsy, Cantharides for, 63.
- Drouth foretold by Grasshoppers, 100.
- Du Chaillu runs from Ants to save his life, 157.
- Dufour, Mrs. A. L. R., verses by, 131, 243.
- Dung-beetles, 27–45.
- “Duo,” the pronouncing of, to prevent Scorpions stinging, 325.
- Dust, Fleas generated from, 305.
- Dwarfs, Gossamer woven by, 349.
- Dyeing, Cochineal used in, 260;
- Dynastes Goliathus, 46, 47.
- Dynastidæ, 45–47.
- Dysentery, bedeguar for, 144.
- Dysury, Grasshoppers for, 100.
- Eagle, Beetle’s revenge upon, 45.
- Ear, Beetle in the, of Capt. Speke, 79, n.;
- Cockroach in the, of a Swede, 79;
- Blatta of Pliny for diseases of the, 66;
- Bugs, 267;
- Cockroaches, 78;
- Crickets, 97;
- Spiders, 357;
- Stag-beetles, 26;
- worms extracted from children’s, 371.
- Ear-wigs, 76, 77.
- East Indies, Locusts in, 112, 113;
- Egypt, Beetles eaten by the women in, 65;
- buried with the dead, 24;
- bloody-waters, 223, n.;
- Buprestis, 29;
- Copris, 29;
- Cicadas, 253;
- frontiers of, made known from inscriptions on Scarabæi, 35;
- Gnats in, 282;
- insects embalmed in, 41;
- Locusts in, 101, 113;
- Scarab worshiped, 29–42;
- Scorpions in, 328.
- Egyptian pottery, Flies on, 292;
- worship of animals, theory on, 43, n.
- Elateridæ, 51–55.
- Elater noctilucus, 51–55, 255.
- Elephant named Lucas, 24;
- put to flight by Ants, 157.
- Elf-shot, cattle said to be, 303.
- Elizabeth, Queen, silk stockings worn by, 238.
- Eloquence foretold by Bees, 178.
- Embalmed, Buprestis, 30;
- House-fly, 41;
- Scarab, 41.
- Embalming, Honey used for, 208.
- Embroidered, Spiders, on ladies’ dresses, 354.
- Emerald, Beetle engraven on, against witchcraft, 44.
- Emmets, 146–170.
- Emperor of China and the Locusts, 128.
- Enchantment, counter-charm for, 192.
- Encouragement taken from an Ant, 154;
- Enemies represented by a Scorpion and a Crocodile fighting, 324;
- sign of, from dreams of Flies, 289.
- England, Aphides in, 258;
- Bed-bugs, 265, 299;
- beetles buried with the dead, 24;
- Bees, 181–184;
- bloody-rain, 217;
- Buprestidæ, 50;
- Caterpillars, 242;
- Crickets, 92–94;
- Death’s-head Moth, 233;
- Fleas, 314;
- Flies, 287;
- Gnats, 278;
- hedge-hogs kept to kill roaches, 78;
- Lady-birds in, 17–23;
- Locusts, 107;
- silk and silk-worms, 238;
- Spiders, 336;
- Stag-beetles, 25.
- Engravers, Scarab used by, to steady their sight, 44.
- Enormous prices paid for insects, 46, 64.
- Equator, Lice leave sailors when crossing, 317.
- Epeira clavipes, 362.
- Ephemeridæ, 138.
- Epigram compared to a Scorpion, 331;
- Epilepsy, larvæ of Bots for, 302.
- Epitaph, cure for worms, on account of an, 363.
- Erinaceus Europæus, 78.
- Eruca officinalis, 245.
- Esteem for Ant-lions, 141.
- Etruscans, Egyptian Scarab adopted by, 39.
- Etymology of Cricket, 97;
- Eucharist, holy, respect of Bees for, 174–177.
- Eumeta, 245.
- Eumolpus auratus, 23.
- Eunota amphyoxis, 224.
- Euplexoptera, 67–77.
- Euplœa coras, 228.
- Europe, Antler-moth in, 246;
- Bee-caravans, 199;
- Deaths’-head moth, 233;
- Dragon-flies, 139;
- insect ornaments, 44;
- Locusts in, 102–130;
- Mantis, 83;
- Silk-worms, 235;
- Termites, 132–137;
- trade in insects, 366.
- Eutimis nobilis, 68.
- Evil eye, silk-worms susceptible to, 239.
- Exorcised, Ants, 169;
- Locusts, 116;
- Turnip-fly, 74.
- Eyes, cobwebs for defluxions of, 356;
- green Scarab for, 44;
- Honey in preparation for, 209;
- oil of Scorpions for, 330;
- Scarab for protuberating, 44.
- Eynchitus aureus, 71.
- Fairies, Ants supposed to be, 152;
- Famine foretold by Grasshoppers, 100;
- Farriers, Cantharides employed by, 64.
- Fat, beetle eaten by women to become, 65.
- Fecundity, Scarab symbolical of, 33;
- Fever, Bugs medicine for, 367;
- Honey-dew, 257;
- Spiders, 357, 359;
- sign of, from dreams of Flies, 289.
- Fever, man dead from, Scarab symbol of, 33.
- Figs, caprification of, 144;
- for sting of scorpions, 326.
- Fighting, beetles kept for, 368;
- Fire, alarms of, occasioned by Gnats, 278.
- Fire-flies, 51–55.
- Fires occasioned by Stag-beetles, 25;
- Scorpion surrounded with, 328;
- to destroy Canker-worms, 248.
- Fish killed by a Spider, 346;
- Locusts hatched from spawn, 118;
- for sting of Scorpions, 326;
- spawn of, sold for eggs of silk-worms, 241.
- Flata limbata, 254.
- Flatterers compared to Flies, 291.
- Fleas, 266, 273, 135, 305–315.
- Fleur de lis, origin of, on arms of France, 196.
- Flies, 287–301, 306, 324.
- Flight, extent of the Bee’s, 200;
- Floors made from clay of Ant-hills, 134.
- Flora, Ants’ remedy for, 161.
- Flour, Bees steal, from a mill, 191.
- Flying-bulls, 25.
- Food, Ants as, 159–161;
- Bees, 204;
- Buprestis, 51;
- Butterflies, 231;
- Caterpillars, 372;
- Cicadas, 254;
- Cossi, 27;
- Copris molossus, 44;
- Field-crickets, 96;
- Flies, 295;
- Galls, 145;
- Goliath-beetle, 46;
- Grasshoppers, 98, 99;
- Grou-grou worm, 69, 70;
- Honey, 208–211;
- Lice, 99, 317;
- Locusts, 98, 120–127;
- May-bug, 49;
- Notonectidæ, 275;
- Oryctes rhinoceros, 46;
- Prionus damicornis, 73;
- Scolopendras and Centipedes, 365;
- Scorpions, 329;
- Silk-worms, 240;
- Spiders, 354–356;
- Termites, 135–137.
- Forficulidæ, 76, 77.
- Forger of Scarab-gems, 38, n.
- Formic acid, 161.
- Formica bispinosa, 162.
- Formicidæ, 146–170.
- Fortune, good, presaged by Acanthocinus ædilis, 73.
- Fox, how it rids itself of Fleas, 309;
- how it kills Wasps for their combs, 174.
- Fractures, cobwebs for, 357.
- France, bloody-rain in, 218;
- Crickets, 97;
- Cynips glecome, 145;
- Death’s-head Moth, 233;
- Lady-bird, 17;
- Locusts, 103–130;
- Mantis, 83;
- shower of insects, 365;
- Termites in, 132.
- Frankfort, massacre of the Jews at, 218.
- Franklin and the Ants, 155.
- Freak of nature: five-winged Butterfly, 230.
- Frogs killed with hot charcoal, 55;
- foot in chalk, to keep away witches, 247;
- for sting of Scorpions, 327.
- Fruit, wasps generated from rotten, 171, 184.
- Fulgora candelaria, 256.
- Fulgoridæ, 255–256.
- Funereal rites, Scarab connected with, 33, 36.
- Funerals, Bees invited to, 187.
- Gad-fly, 291.
- Gallerucidæ, 74.
- Galleria cereana, 249.
- Gall-flies, 143–145.
- Galls, 143–145.
- Gambaia, Lice in, 317.
- Garlic, to keep away Scorpions, 327.
- Gasterophilus hæmorrhoidalis, 302.
- Generation of Fleas, 305;
- Geography, study of, from cabinet of insects, 369.
- Geometridæ, 248.
- Geotrupes stercorarius, 28, 44.
- Germany, Agaric-Gnat in, 286;
- Ants, 159;
- Blister-flies, 63;
- bloody-rain, 218;
- Butterflies, 225;
- Canker-worms, 248;
- Crickets, 96;
- Gall-flies, 143;
- Lady-bird, 17;
- Stag-beetle, 25;
- Typographer-beetle, 61.
- Ghosts, Glow-worms supposed to be, 56.
- Gilded-Dandy, 23.
- Gleanthus and the Ants, 154.
- Glow-worms, 55–58, 339.
- Gnats, 52, 194, 278–286.
- Goat, blood of, to destroy Fleas, 308;
- fat of, for sting of Scorpions, 325;
- gall of, in medicine, 210;
- liver of, to drive away Moths, 243;
- maggots in the brain of, 302.
- Gods, earthen, made of clay of Ant-hills, 135.
- Gold-beetles, 23.
- Golden-Bees in tomb of Childeric, 196.
- Fleece, search after the, 241.
- Gold obtained from Ants in India, 146.
- Goldsmiths, clay of Ant-hills used by, 135.
- Good foretold by Ants, 152.
- Friday, Bees removed on, 185.
- Goose-quill, Spider in, for Ague, 358.
- Gorilla put to rout by Ants, 157.
- Gossamer, 347.
- Gout, Ants remedy for, 162;
- Oil-beetles, 63;
- Spiders, 359.
- Granada, Ants in, 167.
- Grasshoppers, 98–100, 251.
- Gray, characteristics of Linnæan orders of insects, turned into hexameters by, 363.
- Greece, silk-worms in, 237.
- Greek, study of, from names of insects, 369.
- Greeks, Ants in divination by, 152;
- Bees, 178;
- Buprestis as food by, 51;
- Egyptian Scarab adopted by, 39;
- estimation of, for Cicadas, 250;
- Grasshoppers eaten by, 98;
- knowledge of silk, 235;
- larvæ eaten by, 27;
- Mantis in soothsaying by, 83.
- Grou-grou worm, 68–70.
- Gryllidæ, 98–100.
- Gryllotalpa vulgaris, 57, n.
- Gryllus Ægypticus, 126.
- Guiana, Ants in, 168;
- Bees, 205;
- Black-ants, 156;
- Cantharis maxima, 64;
- Lantern-flies, 256.
- Guinea, Spiders in, 342.
- Gustavus Adolphus’ aversion for Spiders, 344.
- Gyre-carlin, Louse in rhyme of the, 320.
- Hæmorrhoids, Dung-beetle for, 44.
- Happiness of Cicadas, 251.
- Hair, Cicadas ornaments for the, 251;
- insects, 57;
- on children’s cheeks, Ants to remove, 161.
- Haltica oleracea, 74.
- Hampton Court, Spiders at, 342.
- Harvest, augury as to, from Dung-beetle, 28.
- Harvest-flies, 250–255.
- Harvest-man, 321.
- Hare, feet of, to drive away Bugs, 266;
- urine of, in a prescription, 76.
- Harp, Cicada emblem of, 252.
- Harts, their antidote for poison, 353.
- Hawking with Butterflies, 230.
- Hawk, Scarab figured with head of, 34.
- Hawk-moths, 232–234.
- Headache, Scarab on an emerald for, 45.
- Head-dresses, Butterflies on, 230.
- Heart, worm in the, of a horse, 365.
- Hedge-hog kept to kill Roaches, 78.
- Heliocantharus of the ancients, 27.
- Heliogabalus estimates population of Rome from collection of Spiders, 334.
- Hemorrhages, Ants for, 162;
- Hen, dung of, for sting of Scorpions, 326;
- moisture from mouth of, for same, 327.
- Hercules-beetle, 45–47.
- Hercules, god of the Flies, 292.
- Heteroptera, 265–277.
- Hieroglyphics, Cicadas as, 253;
- Hispaniola ravaged by Ants, 166.
- History, study of, from cabinet of insects, 369.
- Hiving Bees, curious practice at, 189.
- Hoax: bloody-rain in Tennessee, 224.
- Holy men, Lice nourished by, 317.
- Holy water, Caterpillars destroyed with, 243;
- Homoptera, 250–264.
- Honey, 208–211.
- Honey-dew, 257.
- Hops, Aphides and Lady-birds killed on, 21;
- injury to, from Hop-fly, 258.
- Hornets, 170–174, 194.
- Horns of Scarabæi in medicine, 26.
- Horse-hair, Gnats destroyed by, 285.
- Horse-leeches eaten in Cumana, 98.
- Horses, Bots in, 303;
- dung of, for sting of Scorpions, 326;
- diseases of, Hornets’ nest for, 172;
- in descriptions of Locusts, 118;
- Hornets generated from carcass of, 171, 184;
- Wasps, 170.
- Hottentots, Bee-dance of, 211;
- make floors of clay of Ant-hills, 135;
- origin of Locusts, 123;
- worship of Mantis, 84–88.
- House-fly, 41, 287–301.
- House-leek for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Humble-bees, 213.
- Hundred hives of Bees, cannot have, 188.
- Hungary, Fleas in, 308;
- poisonous Fly, 303;
- shower of insects, 365.
- Hydrophobia, Oil-beetles for, 63.
- Hymenoptera, 142–215.
- Hymn, singing of, when hiving Bees, 190.
- Hysteria, Bed-bugs for, 267.
- Ibis in Egypt, 43, n.
- Iceland, bloody-rain in, 218.
- Ideographic, Scarab as an, 35.
- Ignatius, Lice nourished by, 317.
- Illness, omen of, from Black-beetle, 82;
- Incantations, Locusts destroyed by, 116.
- Incontinence detected by Bees, 181.
- India, Ants in, 152;
- Blister-flies, 63;
- Buprestidæ, 50;
- Dung-beetle, 29;
- fabled gold-loving Ants of, 146;
- Fire-flies in, 57;
- larva of beetle eaten in, 70;
- Mantis in, 83;
- Silk-worms, 235;
- Spiders, 342;
- Termites, 132–137.
- Indians, American, Butterfly totem of, 229;
- Caterpillars destroyed by, 244;
- Cicadas eaten, 254;
- Cut-worms destroyed, 247;
- Grasshoppers eaten, 99;
- name for Bees, 197.
- Ingenuity of Ants, 154.
- Ink, Galls in manufacture of, 145.
- Inquisitive persons compared to Flies, 291.
- Ireland, Bees in, 181;
- Coffin-cutter, 368;
- Gnats, 281;
- May-bugs, 48;
- Spiders, 358.
- Irish oak, Spiders repelled by, 340.
- Isis, respect of Scorpions for, 328;
- Scarab figured with the head of, 34.
- Italy, Blister-flies in, 63;
- Ivory, Ants carved out of, 170.
- Jack-’o-lanterns, Glow-worms supposed to be, 57;
- James I., anecdote of, 239.
- Jamaica, Cantharis maxima, in, 64;
- Cockroaches, 78;
- Crickets, 96;
- Dragon-flies, 140;
- frogs, 55;
- Gnats, 282.
- Japan, Grasshoppers in, 100;
- Moths and Night-flies, 242.
- Jaundice, Blatta of Pliny for, 67;
- Lice, 319;
- Oil of Scorpions, 330.
- Java, larvæ of beetle eaten in, 70;
- Jays preserved to kill Locusts, 114.
- Jerusalem saved by Locusts, 119.
- Jews, Locusts eaten by, 101;
- as playthings for children, 130;
- massacred on account of bloody-rain, 218;
- not permitted to burn Fleas, 311.
- Jiggers, 314.
- Julian the Apostate, army of, routed by Mosquitoes, 282.
- July, swarm of Bees in, 192.
- June, swarm of Bees in, 192.
- Jupiter in the form of an Ant, 151.
- Katy-did, 131.
- Kermes-dye, 259.
- Killing Bees for their Honey, 190.
- King Calowa, Lady-bird called, 20.
- King-fisher to keep away Clothes’-moth, 249.
- King of the Fleas, 307;
- King’s evil, Blatta of Pliny for, 66.
- Knife-grinder, Hercules-beetle called the, 46.
- Koran, the Ant of the, 153.
- Kuffelar’s color, origin of, 262.
- Labor, Flies driven away from women in, 292;
- Lac, -dye, -lake, 262.
- Lady-birds, 17–23.
- La Lande, Spiders eaten by, 355.
- Lamp, Cucuji used as, 54.
- Lampyridæ, 55–58.
- Lantern-flies, 255–6.
- Laock, Cockroach in the ear of, 79.
- Lapland, Acanthocinus ædilis in, 73;
- Lard, Fleas kept away with, 308.
- Latin, study of, from names of insects, 369.
- Lauzun and his pet Spider, 336.
- Law, Mosquitoes to execute the, 284.
- Lawsuit between Commune of St. Julien and an Insect, 71.
- Leather-beetles, 24.
- Leather, Galls in manufacture of, 145.
- Leaf becoming a Butterfly, 230.
- Leeches, Bed-bugs to remove or kill, 267.
- Lecanium coffea, 158.
- Legends connected with Bees, 174–180;
- Lemurs kept to kill Roaches, 78.
- Lentigo, Ants remedy for, 161.
- Lepaute, Madame, Spiders eaten by, 355.
- Lepidoptera, 216–249.
- Leprosy, Ants for, 161;
- Buprestis, 51;
- Cantharides, 63;
- Mylœcon of Pliny, 66.
- Lethargy, Bed-bugs for, 268.
- Letters on wings of Locusts, 119.
- Lettuce-seed for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Leucania unipunctata, 247.
- Levant, Aphis for dyeing in, 258.
- Libellula depressa, 139.
- Libellulidæ, 138–140.
- Lice, 266, 306, 308, 316–320.
- Lichen, Buprestis for, 51;
- Lierman, 254.
- Light from Cucuji, 51–3;
- perpetual, from Glow-worms, 56;
- of the Lantern-fly, 255.
- Linnæus and the genus Pausus, 23.
- Lion, Bees from carcass of, slain by Samson, 194;
- driven mad by Mosquitoes, 284;
- fat of, to drive away Flies, 289;
- put to flight by Scorpions, 324;
- Scarab-images with head of, 36;
- skin of, to destroy Clothes’-moth, 249.
- Lithuania, Bees in, 186.
- Lizard for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Locusta migratoria, 101–131.
- Locustidæ, 101–131.
- Locusts, 101–131, 326.
- Loke in the form of a Fly, 294.
- London, vending of Bug-poison in, 268;
- Fly-papers, 296;
- Phosphor Paste for killing Roaches, etc., 80–82.
- Love divination, Lady-bird in, 19–20;
- Lover, approach of, foretold by Crickets, 93.
- Lucanidæ, 24–27.
- Lucanus cervus, 24–27.
- Luck, omens of, from Bees, 185;
- Lump-lac, 263.
- Lunacy, Scorpion for, 330.
- Lupines to drive away Locusts, 114.
- Lutfullah and the Scorpion, 329;
- Lygæus hyoscami, 267.
- Madagascar, Silk-worms eaten in, 240.
- Mad-dogs, Honey for bite of, 208;
- Magical knots, nests of Carpenter-bee supposed to be, 213.
- Magicians, Ants used by, 162;
- Magistrate chosen by a Louse, 316.
- Malabar, Ants in, 152;
- Maladies of Ants, 164.
- Mala Sodomitica, 145.
- Man, first formed by a Spider, 342;
- Scarab figured with the head of, 34.
- Mandrake, bears poisoned with, how cured, 163.
- Manilla, Rose-chafers kept as pets in, 50.
- Mantes, 82–92, 157.
- Mantidæ, 82–92.
- Mantis causta, 84.
- Manure, Day-flies used as, 138.
- Maryland, Black-beetle in, 82;
- Blacksmith-beetle, 55;
- Butterfly, 229;
- Caterpillars, 242;
- Crickets, 95;
- Glow-worm, 57;
- Grasshoppers, 100;
- Katy-did, 131.
- Marriage-feast, Bees invited to, 188.
- Mass, Locusts in celebration of, 130.
- Matchlocks, Cucuji mistaken for, 53, 54.
- Mauritius, Wasps eaten in, 174.
- May-bugs, 47–49.
- May, swarm of Bees in, 192.
- Meal-worms, 65.
- Measles, Lady-bird for the, 21.
- Measuring-worms, 248.
- Medicated earth from Ants’-nests, 162.
- Medicine, Ants in, 161–163;
- Bed-bugs, 266–268;
- Bees, 206;
- Blaps sulcata, 65;
- Blatta of Pliny, 65–66;
- Buprestidæ, 51;
- Cantharides, 62–64;
- Caterpillars, 245;
- Cochineal, 262;
- Crickets, 97;
- Curculios, 71;
- Ear-wigs, 76;
- Fleas, 311;
- Flies, 295;
- Gall-flies, 145;
- Glow-worm, 57;
- Grasshoppers, 100;
- Honey, 208;
- Honey-dew, 257;
- Hornets’ nest, 172;
- Lady-bird, 21;
- Lice, 319;
- Locusts, 130;
- Musk-beetles, 73;
- Oil-beetles, 62;
- Scarabs, 44;
- Scorpions, 329;
- Silk-worms, 240;
- Spiders, 357–360;
- Stag-beetle, 26;
- Wax, 206, 254.
- Mediterranean, Flies in the, 287.
- Meloe, 63.
- Melolontha vulgaris, 42, 47.
- Melolonthidæ, 47–49.
- Men killed by sting of Sirex, 142.
- Menstruous women, Caterpillars destroyed by, 244;
- Mercury, Scarab emblematical of, 32.
- Merian, Madame, her account of the Lantern-fly, 255.
- Metempsychosis under form of insects, 246.
- Mexico, Ants in, 157, 159;
- Mice for sting of Scorpions, 326;
- Micrometer, Spider’s web for divisions of, 362.
- Midas, riches of, foretold by Ants, 151.
- Midas in head of mummy, 41.
- Migrations of Aphides, 258;
- Milk, association of Butterflies with, 231.
- Millet, time to sow, indicated by Glow-worms, 58.
- Milton’s fondness for Crickets, 95.
- Mississippi, the Gallinipper of the, 285.
- Missouri, Fleas in, 307.
- Mites, 320–321.
- Mob dispersed with Bees, 204.
- Mocking-birds, Spiders fed to, 357.
- Mohammed, anecdote of, 209;
- life of, saved by Spiders, 333.
- Mole-cricket, 57.
- Monas prodigiosa, 222.
- Money-spinners, 339.
- Money eaten by Termites, 132.
- Monkeys kept to kill Roaches, 78;
- singular use of an, 156;
- Spiders fed to, 357.
- Monk, life of, saved by a Spider, 341;
- poisoned with a Spider, 351.
- Month, Scarab symbol of an Egyptian, 33.
- Moon, beds to be cleaned in dark of, 266;
- horns of Stag-beetles dedicated to, 26;
- Scarab symbol of, 31;
- subject to, 32;
- swarms of Locusts from, 118.
- Moorish ladies frightened by Glow-worms, 56.
- Morea, etymology of, 237.
- Mormons, Locusts among the, 112.
- Morocco, Locusts in, 107–130.
- Morus alba, 237.
- Moscow, mulct laid upon, for not catching Fleas, 311.
- Mosquitoes, 196, 278–286.
- Mourning, Bees put into, 186.
- Mule, Hornets generated from carcass of, 171;
- Mummy, insects in head of, 41;
- for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Musca domestica, 287–301.
- Musidæ, 287–301.
- Mushrooms, Honey antidote for poisonous, 208.
- Music, effect of, on persons bitten by Tarantulas, 351;
- on Spiders, 334;
- of Cicadas, 252.
- Musicians, Cicadas symbols of, 253.
- Musk-beetles, 72–74.
- Mustard to destroy Locusts, 114.
- Myas dispeopled by Fleas, 307.
- Mycetophila, 286.
- Myiodes, the god of Flies, 292.
- Mylabris cichorii, 63.
- Myrmeleonidæ, 141.
- Myrmidons, the, 150.
- Narvaez prevented from attacking Cortes by Cucuji, 53.
- Necrobia mumiarum, 41.
- Negroes run for their lives from Ants, 157.
- Nerves, Oil of Ear-wigs for strengthening, 76.
- Netherlands, Lady-bird in, 20;
- Nets, Mosquitoes kept away with, 282.
- New England, Cut-worm in, 247;
- New Granada, Ants in, 160.
- Newt for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- New York, Butterflies in, 229.
- Neuroptera, 132–141.
- Night-fly of Japan, 242.
- Nightingales, pupæ of Ants food for, 159.
- Nile, Bee-hive barges on the, 200.
- Nits, 320.
- Noah and the origin of Vermin, 306;
- Noctiluca terrestris, 57.
- Noctua graminis, 246.
- Noctuidæ, 246–248.
- Noise made by flights of Locusts, 117.
- North Carolina, Spiders for ague in, 359.
- Notonecta unifasciata, 276.
- Notonectidæ, 275–277.
- Nun, antipathy of a, to a beetle, 74;
- frightened by a Hawk-moth, 233.
- Nut-galls of commerce, 144–145.
- Nut-shell, Spider in, for ague, 358.
- Nuts for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Oak-balls, superstition connected with, 143.
- Œdipoda corallipes, 112.
- Œstridæ, 302–304.
- Œstrus equi, 302.
- Ohio, Bed-bugs for ague in, 268.
- Oiketicus, 245.
- Oil-beetles, 63.
- Old folks, Crickets supposed to be, 95.
- Ophthalmia, Fly in linen for, 295.
- Orange-trees injured by Coccidæ, 264.
- Orators compared to Cicadas, 252.
- Ornaments, Blister-flies as, 64;
- Butterflies, 229;
- Buprestidæ, 50;
- Cicadas, 251;
- Cucujus, 54;
- Diamond-beetle, 68;
- Fire-flies, 57;
- Geotrupes stercorarius, 44;
- Glow-worms, 57;
- Gold-beetles, 23;
- Lady-bird, 21;
- Scarabs, 38;
- Spiders, 354.
- Orthoptera, 78–131.
- Oryctes rhinoceros, 46.
- Ovens, Ant-hills made into, 134;
- Owlet antidote for sting of Bees, 193.
- Oxford, bringing in the Fly at, 291.
- Painted, Flies on vessels newly, 287.
- Palm-tree, generation of the, 322.
- Palm-weevil, 68–70.
- Palpitations, wax to prevent, 254.
- Palsy, Ants remedy for, 162.
- Pans, beating of, when Bees swarm, 189.
- Paper, manufacture of, from silk, 239.
- Papilionidæ, 216–232.
- Paradise, Solomon’s Ant in, 153.
- Paraguay, Spiders in, 362.
- Parasol, swarm of Bees on a lady’s, 214.
- Paris, Cucujus in, 53.
- Park, Mungo, attacked by Bees, 203.
- Parnassius Apollo, 367.
- Paroxysms, Spiders for, 358.
- Parthians, Locusts eaten by, 121.
- Passalus cornutus, 27.
- Paul, Prince, anecdote of, 369.
- Pausidæ, 23–24.
- Peace foretold by Locusts, 119.
- Pediculidæ, 316–320.
- Pediculi corporis, 317.
- Pedipalpi, 321–331.
- Peiresc’s solution of bloody-rain, 218.
- Pelisson and his pet Spider, 335.
- Pennsylvania, Bees in, 182, 188;
- Persia, Aphis in, 258;
- Scorpions, 328;
- Silk-worms, 235.
- Peruvians, Flies offered to the Sun by, 292.
- Pestilence foretold by Spiders, 143.
- Petrified Bee-hive, 214.
- Pets, beetles as, 50;
- Pewter for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Phaerus, Spiders eaten by, 355.
- Phaeton’s sisters, origin of fable of, 91, n.
- Phalangidæ, 321.
- Phalangium, 321.
- Philology, study of, from names of insects, 369.
- Phonetic, Scarab as a, 35.
- Phosphor Paste for killing Roaches, etc., manufacture and vending of, 80–82.
- Phthiriasis, 121, 320.
- Phthisic, Honey-dew for, 257.
- Physicians, Pliny’s invective against, 67.
- Piety of Bees, 174–177.
- Pigeon for sting of Scorpions, 326;
- Mohammed’s life saved by, 333.
- Pig-manure, Bee-hives prepared with, 189.
- Pimelia spinulosa, 41.
- Pindar, Bees induce, to write verses, 178.
- Pismires, 146–170.
- Pithecius, 41.
- Plague, oil of Scorpions for, 330;
- Plant-lice, 257–259.
- Plants, animals becoming, 90–92.
- Plato, eloquence of, foretold by Bees, 178.
- Platyphyllon concavum, 131.
- Plenty foretold by Lady-bird, 18.
- Plum, Ear-wig in a, 76.
- Poems on a Flea, 313.
- Poison of Spiders, antidotes for, 356;
- Poisonous Honey, 210.
- Poland, poisonous Sirex in, 142;
- Poma insana, 145.
- Pontia brassicæ, 225.
- Poor Humphrey’s satire on killing Fleas, 309.
- Popes, Caterpillars cursed by, 243.
- Poppy, Honey antidote for, 208.
- Poterium sanguisorba, 260.
- Prayers offered to destroy caterpillars, 242;
- to prevent stinging of Scorpions, 327.
- Praying-Mantis, 82–92.
- Priest, Cicada symbol of, 253.
- Primæ viæ, acidity in, Stag-beetle for, 26.
- Prionus cervicornis, 74.
- coriarius, 27.
- damicornis, 27, 73.
- Prognostications from Ants, 152;
- Army-worm, 243;
- Bees, 178;
- Butterflies, 229;
- Cicadas, 252;
- comets, 246;
- Crane-fly, 286;
- Crickets, 92;
- Daddy-Long-legs, 321;
- Death’s-head Moth, 232;
- Death-watch, 58;
- Dragon-fly, 140;
- Dung-beetle, 148;
- Fleas, 310;
- Flies, 289;
- Gall-flies, 143;
- Glow-worm, 57;
- Gnats, 280;
- Grasshoppers, 98;
- Hornets, 172;
- Katy-did, 131;
- Lady-bird, 18;
- Locusts, 119;
- Mantis, 82;
- May-bugs, 47;
- Moths, 242;
- Span-worms, 248;
- Spiders, 336–340;
- Wasps, 173.
- Propolis, curious uses of, by Bees, 210.
- Prosecution against Ants, 168.
- Prosperity foretold by Ants, 152.
- Proverbial phrases connected with Bees, 212.
- Psalms, singing of, to Bees, 188.
- Psyche, Butterfly symbol of, 228.
- Psychidæ, 245–246.
- Pthah, Scarab sacred to, 30;
- Pthah Tore, Scarab emblematical of, 33.
- Pthah-Sokari-Osiris, Scarab emblem of, 33.
- Ptinidæ, 58–61.
- Public events, Bees informed of, 185.
- Pulex irritans, 305–314.
- Pulicidæ, 305–315.
- Pulices arborescentes, 223.
- Pupæ of Ants as food for birds, 159;
- Purgatory, beetle connected with, 368.
- Putrefaction, generation from, 290, 322.
- Pygolampis Italica, 56.
- Pythagoreans, Honey eaten by, 209.
- Python natalensis killed by Ants, 157.
- Quang-tong, Butterflies of, 229.
- Quarrel prognosticated by Blacksmith-beetle, 55.
- Quarrelsome family, Bees will not thrive for, 184.
- Quartan ague, Bed-bugs for, 267;
- Quercus ilex, 259.
- Quinsey, Caterpillars for, 245.
- Radish to destroy Scorpions, 325.
- Rain: see weather.
- Rain, bloody, 216–225.
- Rain-doctors, Locusts brought by, 125.
- Ram, flesh of, for sting of Scorpions, 326;
- Scarab figured with head of, 34.
- Ravages of the Antler-moth, 246;
- Ants, 166–169;
- Coccus Hesperidum, 264;
- Dermestes vulpinus, 24;
- Ear-wigs, 76;
- Gnats and Mosquitoes, 281–283;
- Grasshoppers, 100;
- Hop-fly, 258;
- larvæ of Woolly-bear Moths, 242;
- Locusts, 101–118;
- May-bugs, 48, 49;
- Scorpions, 327;
- Spiders, 353;
- Termites, 132–134;
- Turnip-fly, 74;
- Typographer-beetle, 61.
- Raven and the Scorpion, a fable, 331.
- Reason of Ants, 154.
- Red-haired persons stung by Bees, 182.
- Red snow, origin of, 220, n.
- Regeneration, Scarab symbol of, 33.
- Rewards offered for killing Ants, 167;
- Revenue of “Lice” of Montecusuma, 316.
- Rheumatism, Oil-beetle for, 63.
- Rhynchitus auratus, 71.
- Richards, Buprestidæ called, 51.
- Rifle-balls, protection against, 241.
- Ringing swarms of Bees, 189.
- Rings, Scarab as signet in, 32, 39.
- Riordan, Mary, insects in stomach of, 67.
- Roach, sound as a, 79.
- Robin, veneration for the, 43, n.
- Rock, solid, living Bees in, 215.
- Romans, Bees in divination by, 215;
- Cossi eaten, 27;
- Scarab emblem adopted by, 32;
- silks used, 236.
- Rome, Flies in, 289;
- showers of blood in, 216.
- Rose-chafers, 49.
- Rotharmel, Peter, 188.
- Rouge, Cochineal made into, 262.
- Rue, antidote for poisons, 193.
- Russia, Honey in, 195;
- Sabbath, Jews not permitted to burn Fleas on the, 311.
- Sacred-Scarab of the Egyptians, 29–44.
- St. Ambrose, eloquence of, foretold by Bees, 178.
- Domingo and the Flea, 310.
- Eustace, Spider at church of, 343.
- Felix, life of, saved by Spiders, 333.
- Francis, Lice nourished by, 317.
- George, Flies from the dragon killed by, 304;
- prayer to, to keep away Scorpions, 327.
- John, Locusts eaten by, 125.
- Hector, manner of discovering Bee-trees, 198.
- ’s day, fires to kill Canker-worms on, 248.
- Julien, lawsuit between Commune of, and an Insect, 71.
- Macarius, penance of, for killing a Gnat, 285.
- Milburge, cure effected by the water in which his bones were washed, 364.
- Roche and “Sound as a Roach,” 79.
- Saturnine, patron saint to destroy Ants, 166.
- Xavier and the Mantis, 88.
- Salt, use of, in witchcraft, 207.
- Salamander, antidote for poison of, 193.
- Samson, Bees from lion slain by, 184, 194.
- Sandwich Islands, Fleas in, 306.
- Sapor, army of, routed by Mosquitoes, 283.
- Scaliger, his fondness for Crickets, 95.
- Scandinavia, Dung-beetle in, 28–29;
- Scarabæidæ, 27–45.
- Scarabæus auratus, 45.
- Scarlet, history of dyeing, 259.
- Schurman, Anna Maria, Spiders eaten by, 355.
- cured of boils by Ants, 162.
- Scleranthus perennis, 260.
- Scolopendras as food, 365.
- Scorpions, 65, 100, 295, 321–331.
- Scotland, bloody-rain in, 221;
- Scrofula in horses, combs of Hornets’ nest for, 172.
- Scurvy, Bedeguar for, 144.
- Scutcheons, Scarab on Egyptian royal, 35.
- Scythia, Lice in, 318.
- Sea-crabs, Scorpions generated from, 322.
- Sea-water for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Seals, Scarab-gems as, 39.
- Sechell Islands, Dry-leaf Mantis in, 92.
- Seed-lac, 263.
- Seeds, Cochineal supposed to be, 261;
- sown in the hide of a tortoise, 75.
- Selborne, the Bee-eater of, 205.
- Selk, Scorpion emblem of, 328.
- Selling of Bees, notions concerning, 185.
- Septuagint, Bee eulogized in the, 212.
- Serpents and Ants, 157;
- enmity between Spiders and, 341;
- Honey for bite of, 208;
- a Mantis the parent of the, 157;
- of Tiberias Cæsar eaten by Ants, 151;
- to kill Nits, 320;
- worship of, in Egypt, 43, n.
- Seventeen-year Locust, 254.
- Sheep, artificial migration of, 198;
- dung of, for bite of Spider, 356;
- killed by Ants, 157;
- maggots in brain of, 302.
- Shield-lice, 259–264.
- Shell-lac, 263.
- Ships, monkeys kept on board, to kill Roaches, 78.
- Showers of blood, 216–225;
- of Gossamer, 347;
- insects with snow, 364.
- Siam, Ants in, 159;
- interpretation of signs and dreams of insects in, 370;
- beetle for fighting in, 368;
- Grasshoppers in, 98;
- Spiders, 354.
- Sideritis, the herb, for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Singing to Bees, 188.
- Signs: see prognostications and superstitions.
- Silesia, poisonous Sirex in, 142.
- Silk of Silk-worms, 234–241, 248.
- Silk-worm Moths, 234–241.
- Silver for sting of Scorpions, 325, 326.
- Sins expiated by assisting Dung-beetles, 28.
- Sirex fusicornis, 142.
- Skull, Bees make Honey in a, 195.
- Sleep, Caterpillar to procure, 245;
- chirping of Crickets to induce, 95–96.
- Sleight-of-hand, supposed performance of, 372.
- Sloth, Fleas to prevent, 306.
- Sluggard referred to the Ant, 148.
- Smoke to drive away Locusts, 115.
- Snails embalmed by Bees, 210;
- eaten in the West Indies, 98.
- Snake, living, hung by a Spider, 345;
- danger from, in collecting Locusts, 124;
- fed by Dragon-flies, 139.
- Snow, Fleas on the, 314;
- Gnats falling with, 280;
- insects in numbers on, 364;
- origin of red, 220, n.
- Soap, beetle made into, 23;
- Socrates measures the jump of a Flea, 311.
- Solomon and the Ant, 148;
- Song, Locusts kept for sake of, 130;
- vessel saved by song of a Spanish Gryllo, 130.
- Son, Scarab emblematical of an only, 33.
- Soothsayers, 82–92.
- Soul, Butterfly symbol of, 228;
- Moths supposed to be, 243;
- of industrious from Ants, 150.
- Sound as a Roach, 79.
- South America, Ants in, 160;
- Goliath-beetle, 46;
- Grou-grou worm, 69;
- Hercules-beetle, 45–46;
- Termites, 132–137.
- Spain, Bees in, 212;
- Spanish-flies, 62.
- Spanish Inquisition, detectives of, called Flies, 292.
- Span-worms, 248.
- Sparrman, Dr., anecdote of, 366.
- Spawn, fish, Locusts hatched from, 118;
- sold for eggs of Silk-worms, 241.
- Spectacles, Hornets’ nest to clean, 172.
- Speke, Capt., beetle in the ear of, 79, n.
- Spiders, 61, 99, 113, 193, 322, 324, 332–362, 370.
- Spirits, Ants and lizards eaten by, 161.
- Sphex, notion respecting, 174.
- Sphingidæ, 232–234.
- Sphinx Atropos, 232.
- (Deilephila) hippophaes, 367.
- ligustris, 233.
- Spring-beetles, 51–55.
- Spring, Scarab symbolical of, 33.
- Squill for sting of Scorpions, 326.
- Stag-beetles, 24–27.
- Stag, feet of, to drive away Bugs, 266.
- Sternocera chrysis, 50.
- Stick-lac, 263.
- Stiffness in knees cured by Ants, 162.
- Sting of Bees, Hornets, etc., remedies for, 174, 193.
- Stockings, silk, 238.
- Stolen Bees will not thrive, 184.
- Stomach, insects introduced into the human, 67.
- Stone, Bedeguar for, 144;
- Glow-worm, 57;
- Scorpions, 329.
- Storm, prognostication of, from Gnats, 280.
- Strangles in horses, combs of Hornets for, 172.
- Strangury, Bed-bugs for, 267;
- Strength of Dung-beetle, 28;
- Flea, 311;
- Stag-beetle, 25.
- Success foretold by Glow-worm, 57.
- Sudorific, Cochineal as a, 262.
- Sumatra, Cricket in, 96.
- Sun, Ants sacrificed to, 153;
- Flies, 292;
- Scarab sacred to, 30;
- the first worship of the, 36.
- Superstitions connected with Agaric-Gnat, 286;
- Ants, 151;
- Acanthocinus ædilis, 73;
- Army-worm, 247;
- Butterflies, 229;
- Caterpillars, 242;
- Cockroaches, 80–82;
- Crickets, 92–95;
- Death-watch, 58–61, 91;
- Death’s-head Moth, 232;
- Dragon-flies, 138, 140;
- Dung-beetle, 28;
- Ear-wig, 76;
- Flies, 290;
- Gall-flies, 143;
- Glow-worm, 57;
- Grasshoppers, 98, 100;
- Katy-did, 131;
- Lady-birds, 17–23;
- Locusts, 119;
- Mantis, 82–92;
- Silk-worms, 239;
- Stag-beetles, 25;
- Scorpions, 322–331;
- Spiders, 339;
- Wasps and Hornets, 173;
- Span-worms, 248.
- Surinam, Cicadas in, 254;
- Fire-ants, 157;
- Gnats, 280;
- Lantern-flies, 255.
- Surat, hospital at, for animals, 266.
- Swallow, heart of, for lunacy, 330;
- Swammerdam, anecdote of, 363.
- Swarms of Ants, 164;
- Aphides, 258;
- Butterflies, 225;
- Cantharides, 64;
- Day-flies, 138;
- Dragon-flies, 139–140;
- Flies, 287;
- Gnats, 278;
- Lady-birds, 21;
- May-bugs, 48.
- Swarming of Bees, notions concerning, 185–190.
- Sweat, Fleas generated from, 305.
- Sweden, Acanthocinus ædilis in, 73;
- Ants, 161;
- Blaps mortisaga, 65;
- Fleas, 308;
- Grasshoppers, 100;
- Lady-bird, 17;
- Lice, 316.
- Switzerland, Caterpillars in, 158, n.
- Swoonings, wax to prevent, 254.
- Sword, in charm to destroy Fleas, 308.
- Sybils resorted to, to drive away Locusts, 113.
- Syria, Galls from, 145;
- Tamableness of the Fly, 289.
- Tarantula, 351.
- Taylor, Mrs., and her Crickets, 95;
- Telephorus fuscus, 364.
- Tempests raised by magicians, 45.
- Tendons, Stag-beetle for contractions of, 26.
- Tenebrio molitor, 65, 68.
- Tenebrionidæ, 65.
- Teneriffe, Locusts in Island of, 104.
- Tennessee, bloody-rain in, 224.
- Terambus transformed into the Cerambyx, 73.
- Terias lisa, 227.
- Termes bellicosus, 135.
- Termites, 132–137.
- Termitidæ, 132–137.
- Tertian ague, Bed-bugs for, 268;
- Tettix, 250.
- Thebes, Spiders in, 338.
- Thor, Dung-beetle sacred to, 28.
- Thread, sewing, Spider’s web used for, 362.
- Throat, Crickets for affections of, 96.
- Tiberias Cæsar, death of, foretold by Ants, 151.
- Tiffin and Son, Bug-destroyers in London, 268.
- Timour and the Ant, 154.
- Timpany, Spiders for, 360.
- Tinea padilla, 248.
- punctata, 248.
- tapetzella, 249.
- Tineidæ, 248, 249.
- Tipulidæ, 286.
- Toads, enmity between Spiders and, 341.
- Tobacco, clay of Ant-hills as substitute for, 135.
- Toothache, Curculios for, 71;
- Lady-bird, 21;
- tooth-picks of Spiders’ mandibles for, 354.
- Tooth-picks, mandibles of Spiders for, 354.
- Tortoise and the Scorpion, a fable, 330;
- Bugs administered in the blood of, 267;
- gall of, in medicine, 209;
- seeds sown in the hide of, 75.
- Torture, Ants as an instrument of, 158;
- Tonga Group, Ants in, 161.
- Trade in insects, 229, 255, 307, 366.
- Transylvania, Locusts in, 105–126.
- Tumuli, Leather-beetles buried in, 24.
- Turenne’s aversion for Spiders, 344.
- Turkey, beetle eaten by women in, 65;
- Turnip-fly, 74.
- Typographer-beetles, 61.
- Ulcers, Blatta of Pliny for, 66;
- Cockroaches, 78;
- Honey-dew, 258.
- Unchastity, insect to discover, 367;
- Unclean thoughts, Flies emblem of, 292.
- United States, Ant-lions in, 141;
- Urine, Fleas generated from, 305;
- forced with Cantharides, 63;
- Lice to suppress, 319;
- Stag-beetle, 26.
- Uroceridæ, 142.
- Vanessa cardui, 226, 230.
- Vegetable-flies, 90–92.
- Venery, Ants to provoke to, 161.
- Veneration for Acanthocinus ædilis, 73;
- Vermin, origin of, 305.
- Vertigo, silk-worms for, 240.
- Vesicatory, Cantharides as, 63;
- Vespa crabro, 171.
- Vespidæ, 170–174.
- Vessel attacked by Termites, 133;
- saved from being wrecked by song of a Spanish Gryllo, 130.
- Vienna, Lady-bird at, 17.
- Vines, to prevent “Cantharides” from injuring, 64.
- Vipers, generation of, 322.
- Virginia, Ants in, 152;
- Caterpillars, 242;
- Crickets, 95.
- Virgin Mary, Lady-bird dedicated to, 17, 18.
- Virgins, hatred of Scorpions for, 324.
- Virtues of Honey, 208.
- Vives, Ludovicus, eloquence of, foretold by Bees, 178.
- Voluptuary, Scarab emblematical of a, 33.
- Vomiting, Bugs for, 267.
- Vulture, gall of, in medicine, 219.
- Wall-lice, 265.
- War, omens of, from Agaric-Gnat, 286;
- Gall-fly, 143;
- Gnats, 280;
- Locusts, 119;
- Spiders, 338;
- waged against Locusts, 114;
- Bees idle during, 184.
- Warbles, 303.
- Wars of Ants, 151.
- Warrior, Scarab emblematical of, 32.
- Warts, Cobwebs to remove, 359;
- Washington City, Mantis in, 88.
- Washington, General, Mosquitoes pierce boots of, 281.
- Wasps, 170–174, 194, 202.
- Water as a charm to destroy Locusts, 116;
- found from swarms of Gnats, 280.
- Water-boatmen, 275–277.
- Wax, Bees-, 206–208.
- Way, lost, discovered by Mantis, 83.
- Weasel, young of, for bite of Spider, 356.
- Weather, prognostications as to, from Ants, 153;
- Weevils, 68–72.
- West Indies, Ants in, 162, 167;
- Cucujus, 51;
- Grasshoppers, 98;
- Grou-grou worm, 68–70;
- Musk-beetle, 73;
- Spiders, 354;
- saved from invasion by Cucuji, 53.
- Whales, generation of, 322.
- Wheat, prices of, connected with the ocean tides, 188, n.
- Whistles to call cattle, made of beetle-shards, 369.
- White ants, 132–137.
- White-clover, Indian name for, 197.
- Wildman, anecdotes of, 201.
- Wind, Aphides produced by a, 258.
- Winter, prognostication from May-bug as to, 47.
- Wisdom of the Ant exaggerated, 148–151.
- Witchcraft, beetle against, 44;
- Bot-fly in, 303;
- Humble-bees, 213;
- use of wax in, 206.
- Witches in the forms of Flies, 294.
- Wolf, tail of, to drive away Flies, 288;
- Wasps generated from carcass of, 171.
- Women, hatred of Scorpions for, 324.
- Wood-louse, Death-watch supposed to be, 61.
- Woodpecker to keep Bees from stinging, 193.
- Wood-carrying Moth, 245.
- Wood-tic, 321.
- Wool, rain of, 348;
- Woolly-bear Moths, 242–245.
- World, Scarab symbolical of, 30.
- Worm in the heart of a horse, 365;
- from stomach of a woman, 364.
- Wormals, 303.
- Worms extracted from children’s ears, 371;
- intestinal, Bedeguar for, 144;
- charm, 365;
- Cockroaches, 78;
- oil of Scorpions, 330;
- powder of a tombstone, 363.
- Worm-wood to destroy Fleas, 308.
- Worship of the Mantis, 83–88;
- Wounds, Blatta of Pliny for, 66;
- Crickets, 97;
- Oil-beetles, 63;
- Spiders, 359.
- Zephyr, Butterfly symbol of, 229.
- Zisca, what he meant by “cobwebs,” 356.