The Irish have a large beetle of which strange tales are believed; they term it the Coffin-cutter, and deem it in some way connected with the grave and purgatory.
Turpin, in his History of Siam, says: "There is a very singular animal in Siam bred in the dung of elephants. It is entirely black, its wings are strong, and its head extremely curious: it is furnished on the top with several points, in the form of a trunk, and a small horn in the middle: it has four large feet, which raise it more than an inch from the ground: its back seems to be one very hard entire shell. It flies to the very top of the cocoa-trees, of which it eats the heart, and often kills them, if a remedy is not applied. Children play with them, and make them fight."
General Count Dejeau, Aid-de-camp to Napoleon Bonaparte, was so anxious, says Jaeger, in his Life of North American Insects, to increase the number of specimens in his entomological cabinet, that he even availed himself of his military campaigns for this purpose, and was continually occupied in collecting insects and fastening them with pins on the outside of his hat, which was always covered with them. The Emperor, as well as the whole army, were accustomed to see General Dejeau's head thus singularly ornamented, even when in battle. But the departed spirits of those murdered insects once had their revenge on him; for, in the battle of Wagram, in 1809, and while he was at the side of Napoleon, a shot from the enemy struck Dejeau's head, and precipitated him senseless from his horse. Soon, however, recovering from the shock, and being asked by the Emperor if he was still alive, he answered, "I am not dead but, alas! my insects are all gone!" for his hat was literally torn to pieces.
Professor Jaeger tells also the following anecdote of another passionate naturalist: The celebrated Prince Paul of Württemberg, whom Mr. Jaeger met in 1829 at Port-au-Prince, being one day at the latter's house, shed tears of envy when he showed him the gigantic beetle Actaeon, which, only a short time before, had been presented to him by the Haytien Admiral Banajotti, he having found it at the foot of a cocoa-nut tree on his plantation.
While traveling in Poland, Professor Jaeger visited the highly accomplished Countess Ragowska, at her country residence, when she exhibited her fine, scientifically-arranged collection of butterflies and other insects, and told him that she had personally instructed her children in botany, history, and geography by means of her entomological cabinet — botany, from the plants on which the various larvae feed; history, from the names, as Menelaus, Berenice, etc., given as specific names to the perfect insects; and geography, from the native countries of the several specimens. From the scientific names of insects, and the technical terms employed in their study, quite a knowledge of Latin and Greek, and philology in general, might also be gained.
In R. Brookes' "Natural History of Insects, with their properties and uses in medicine," we find the following statement: "There have been the solid shells of a sort of Beetle brought to England, that were found on the eastern coast of Africa, over against part of the Island of Madagascar, which the natives hang to their necks, and make use of them as whistles to call their cattle together." What this "sort of Beetle" is I have not been able yet to determine.
Mr. Fitch W. Taylor, chaplain to the squadron commanded by Commodore Geo. C. Read, gives a translation of several Siamese books, and among others the Siamese Dream-book. It was translated by Mrs. Davenport, and the subject is thus introduced:
"In former times a great prophet and magician, who had much wisdom and could foretell all future events, gave the following interpretation of signs and dreams. Whosoever sees signs and visions, if he wishes to know whether they forebode good or evil, whether happiness or misery, if he dream of any animals, insects, birds, or fishes, and wishes to know the interpretation, let him examine this book."
Of these signs and dreams I make extract of those which refer to insects, as follows:
"If a person be alone, and an insect or reptile fall before the face, but the individual see it only without touching it, it denotes that some heavenly being will bestow great blessings on him. If it fall to the right side, it denotes that all his friends, wherever scattered abroad, shall again meet him in peace. If it fall behind the person, it denotes that he shall be slandered and maliciously talked of by his friends."
and acquaintances. If in falling it strike the face, it denotes that the individual will soon be married. If it strike the right arm, it denotes that the individual's wishes, whatever they are, shall be accomplished. If it strike the left hand, it denotes that the individual will lose his friends by death. If it strike the foot, it denotes that whatever trouble the individual may have had, all shall vanish, and he shall reach the summit of happiness. If, after touching the foot, it should crawl upward toward the head, it denotes that the individual shall be raised to high office by the rulers of his country. If it crawl to the right side, it denotes that the person shall hear bad tidings of some absent friend. If the insect or reptile fall without touching the body, and immediately flee toward the northeast, it denotes deep but not lasting trouble; if toward the northwest, it denotes that the person shall receive numerous and valuable presents; if toward the southeast, it denotes that he shall receive great riches, and afterwards go to a distant land; or that he shall go to a distant land, and there amass great wealth.
"If an animal, insect, bird, or reptile, cross the path of any one as he walks along, the animal coming from the right, let him not proceed—some calamity will surely happen to him in the way. If the animal come from the left, let him proceed—good fortune shall surely happen to him. If the animal proceed before him in the same road in which he intends to travel, it denotes good fortune.
"I now beg to interpret the signs of the night. If at midnight an individual hears the noises of animals in the house where he resides, I will show him whether they indicate good or evil. If any insect cry 'click, click, click,' he will possess real treasures while he abides there. If it cry 'kek, kek,' it is an evil omen both to that and the neighboring houses. If it cry 'chit, chit,' it denotes that he shall always feed upon the most sumptuous provisions. If it cry 'keat, keat,' in a loud, shrill voice, it denotes that his residence there shall be attended with evil.
"I now beg to interpret with regard to the Spider. If a Spider on the ceiling utter a low, tremulous moan, it denotes that the individual who hears the noise shall either change his residence or that his goods shall be stolen. If it utter the same voice on the outside of the house, and afterward the Spider crawl to the head of the bed, it denotes troublesome visitors and quarrels to the residents."^1
Thevenot, in his Travels into the Levant, relates the following: "But I cannot tell what to say of a Moorish Woman who lives in a corner close by the quarter of France, and pulls worms out of Children's Ears. When a Child does nothing but cry, and that they know it is ill, they carry it to that Woman, who, laying the Child on its side upon her knee, scratches the ear of it, and then Worms, like those which breed in musty weevily flour, seem to fall out of the Child's Ear; then, turning it on the other side, she scratches the other Ear, out of which the like Worms drop also; and in all there may come out ten or twelve, which she wraps up in a Linen-Rag, and gives them to those that brought the Child to her, who keep them in that Rag at home in their House; and when she has done so she gives them back the Child, which in reality cries no more. She once told me that she performed this by means of some words that she spake. There was a French Physician and a Naturalist there, who attentively beheld this, and told me that he could not conceive how it could be done; but that he knew very well that if a child had any of these Worms in its head it would quickly die. In so much that the Moors and other inhabitants of Cairo look upon this as a great Virtue, and give her every time a great many medins (pieces of money). They say that it is a secret which hath been long in the Family. There are children every day carried to her, roaring and crying, and as many would see the thing done, need only to follow them, provided they be not Musulman Women who carry them, for then it would cost an avanie; but when they are Christian or Jewish Women, one may easily enter and give a few medins to that worm-drawer."^2
This is most probably but a sleight-of-hand performance, since "worms, like those which breed in musty weevily flour," could easily be obtained and concealed in her hand or sleeve; imagination would then effect the cure, as probably it had done the disease.
Dr. Livingstone and his party, in traveling in South Africa, sometimes suffered considerably from scarcity of meat, though not from absolute want of food. And the natives, says this traveler, to show their sympathy, gave the children, who suffered most, a large kind of caterpillar, which they seemed to relish. He concluded these insects could not be unwholesome, for the natives devoured them in large quantities themselves.^1
^1 Voy. round the World, ii. 35-7. ^2 Thevenot's Travels, Pt. I. p. 249. ^1 Trav. and Res. in S. Africa, p. 48.
INDEX
<!-- image -->Abortion, Ant to cause, 170; from hurt, Cochineal to prevent, 262. Abraxas for curing diseases, 37-39. Acanthocinus sedilis, 73. tribulus, 74. Acaridae, 321. Acarus, 320, 321. Acheta domestica, 92-97. Achetidae, 92-97. Acid made from Ants, 161. Acridites lincola, 126. Acridophagi, account of the, 120. Adultery, insect to detect, 367. Africa, Ants in, 166-7; Bees, 191, 200; Butterflies, 227, 231; Caterpillars, 372; Crickets, 95; Dragon-flies, 140; Flies, 288; Gnats, 282; Goliath-beetle, 46; Larvae, 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, 267; 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; Bee, 212. 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; striatum, 61; tessellatum, 58-61. Anopleura, 316-320. Ant-hills, ovens made of, 134; uses of clay from, 134-135. Antipathy to Beetles, 74; Spiders, 344. Antler-moth, 246. Ant-lions, 141. Ants, 146-170, 196, 295, 322, 327, 356. Anus, prolapsed, Scarab remedy for, 44. Aphaniptera, 305-315. Aphidae, 257-259. Aphis humuli, 258. Apidae, 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; Silk-worms in, 239. Arachnida, 321-362. Araneidae, 332-362. Aranea diadema, 361; edulis, 354; obtextrix, 347; tarantula, 351. Arctiidae, 242-245. Arctia chrysorrhoea, 242. Armies routed by Mosquitoes, 282. Armpits, Silk-worms hatched under, 240. Arms, Bees on coat of, 196; Butterfly, 229. Army-worm, 247. Arrows tipped with poison of an Ant, 161. Artificial flowers, beetles upon, 23. Artillery employed against Ants, 168; Locusts, 106. Ascarides in human stomach, 67. Asia, Honey-dew in, 257; Locusts, 103-130. 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 Aegyptorum, 29; sacer, 29-43. Athenians, golden cicadas worn by, 251; Locusts eaten by, 120. 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; larvae eaten in, 70. Automaton Flies, 294. Azores, Coccidae in, 264. Baalzebub worshiped under form of a Fly, 292. Back, Termite queens for strengthening the, 137. Baldness, Bees remedy for, 206; Flies, 295. 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. Basil, the herb, Scorpions generated from, 322. Basilisks, Scorpions generated from, 322. Battles of Ants, 151; Gnats, 278. 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 from by a Bee, 196. Bed-bugs, 265-274, 306. Bedeguar, 144. Beds, to rid of Bugs, 266; Scorpions to cool, 324. Bee-moth, 248. Bees, 174-215. Beggars hired as food for vermin, 266; Lice eaten by, 318. Bell, Caterpillars cursed with a, 243. Besiegers routed with Bees, 204; by Mosquitoes, 283. Beetle-headed, 49. Beetles, 17-75. Bermuda, Butterflies in, 227; Spiders, 354, 362. Berries, Cochineal supposed to be, 261. Bezoar-stone for sting of Scorpions, 326. Bible, Ant in the, 148; Bees, 184; Flea, 313; Gnat, 285; Locusts, 101, 128. Birds preserved to destroy Locusts, 114. Bishop Barnabee, Lady-bird so called, 19. Black-beetles, 78-82. Blacksmith-beetle, 55. Blapsidae, 65-68. Blaps mortisaga, 65, 68, 78; sulcata, 65. Blatta Americana, 79; foetida, 78; orientalis, 79; of the ancients, 78. Blattidae, 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. Bombycidae, 234-241. Bombus, 213. Bombyx Madroni, 239; mori, 234. Books perforated by beetles, 61. Bostrichidae, 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, pupae 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 carcasses of, 183. Burn-cows, 50-51. Burnie-bee, Lady-bird so called, 22. Burning Spiders for amusement, 350. Buprestidae, 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 cochinillifer, 261. Caffres make ovens of Ant-hills, 134. Calandra palmarum, 27, 68-70. Calichroma alpina, 367. California, Mosquitoes in, 284. Callidryas alcmeone, 227; hilaria, 227; pyranthe, 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. Cantharidae, 62-64. Cantharides, 62-64, 193. Cantharidine, 63. Cantharis vesicatoria, 62-64; in head of mummy, 41. Cantharus of the ancients, 27. Caprification of figs, 144. Capua, burning of, foreshown by Ants, 173. Carabidae, 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; Cucujus in, 53. Catamenia, women with, Caterpillars destroyed by, 244; Buprestis for, 51. Catarrh, Crickets remedy for, 96. Catch-'em-alive papers, sellers of, 296. Caterpillars, 158, n., 242-248, 372. 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. Cerambycidae, 72-74. Cerambyx moschatus, 73. Ceres, the Ant an attribute of, 152. Cetoniidae, 49. Ceylon, Ants in, 158; Bees, 214; Black-ants, 157; British soldiers tortured with Ants, 158; Buprestidae, 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, 314-315. Chili, Gold-beetles in, 23. China, Aphis for dyeing in, 258; Blister-flies in, 63; Buprestidae, 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. Chlaenius saponarius, 23. Chlorops laeta, 287. Cholera, Flies die before breaking out of, 290. Christiana, Queen, Fleas cannonaded by, 308. Chrysalids of Butterflies venerated, 230. Chrysomelidae, 23. Chululahs, Spider in cosmogony of the, 342. Church-yard Beetles, 65-68. Cicada chinensis, 255; septemdecim, 253. Cicadidae, 250-255. Cicindela, larvae of, how captured, 97. Cimex brassicae, 267; juniperinus, 267; lecturarius, 265-274; pratensis, 267. Cimicidae, 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, 288; of Tamly saved with Bees, 204. Clay, Locusts made from, 118; of Ant-hills, uses of, 134-135. Clothes'-moth, 248. Clothes, suit of, foretold by Measuring-worm, 248. Clouds, Gossamer supposed to form, 349. Cobra-de-Capello and the Ants, 157. Coccidae, 259-264. Coccinella septempunctata, 17-23. Coccinellidae, 17-23. Coccus cacti, 260; ficus, 263; Hesperidum, 264; ilicis, 259; lacca, 263; polonicus, 260; uvae-ursi, 260. Cochineal, 260, 317, n. Cock, brains of, for 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; Scarabaeidae supposed to be, 36. Cold in horses, Hornets' nest for, 172. Coleoptera, 17-75. Colias edusa, 227. Colic, Lady-birds remedy for, 21; Scorpions, 329. Comet, Locusts sent by, 113; omens from, 246. Commerce, Crickets as an article of, 95; Mantis, 92. Communication between Ants, 155. Conception, Spiders to prevent, 360. Conjuror of Bees, 201. Conradus, Bishop, Spider drunk 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; sabaeus, 41; in Egypt, 29. Coral for sting of Scorpions, 326. Corixa femorata, 276; mercenaria, 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; symbol of, 29. Creoles not attacked by Chigoes, 315. Crete, Galls eaten in, 145. Crickets, 92-97. Crimea, Gnats in, 282; Locusts, 116. Criminals tortured with Ants, 158; Flies, 296; Mosquitoes, 284. Crimson, Galls for dyeing, 258; Cochineal, 259. 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, 51-54. Culex pipiens, 278. Culicidae, 278-286. Cumana, Grasshoppers eaten in, 98. Curculionidae, 68-72. Curculio anti-odontalgicus, 71; Bacchus, 71; ipecac, 71; in a plum, 76. Cut-worm, 246. Cynipidae, 143-145. Cynips ficus caricae, 144; Galla tinctorum, 144; glechomae, 145; insana, 145; psenes, 144; rosae, 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; Scarab-images, 36. Dead Sea fruits, 145. Deafness, Ants remedy for, 161; Ear-wigs, 76. 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. Dejean, Genl. Count, anecdote of, 368. Democritus, fondness of, for Honey, 209. Denmark, Dung-beetle in, 28. Dermestes elongatus, 24, 41; pollinctus, 24, 41; roei, 24, 41; vulpinus, 24, 41. Dermestidae, 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. Diarrhoea, 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; Galls used in, 145. Dynastes Goliathus, 46, 47; Hercules, 45-47. Dynastidae, 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; Termites, 137. 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 Scarabaei, 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. Elateridae, 51-55. Elater noctilucus, 51-55, 255. Elephant named Lucas, 24; put to flight by Ants, 157. Elf-shot, cattle said to be, 308. 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; Spider, 333. 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; Buprestidae, 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. Ephemeridae, 138. Epigram compared to a Scorpion, 331; on an Ant, 169; Bee, 212; Silk-worm, 241. Epilepsy, larvae of Bots for, 302. Epitaph, cure for worms, on account of an, 363. Erinaceus Europaeus, 78. Eruca officinalis, 245. Esteem for Ant-lions, 141. Etruscans, Egyptian Scarab adopted by, 39. Etymology of Cricket, 97; Locust, 130; Pulex, 305. Eucharist, holy, respect of Bees for, 174-177. Eumeta, 245. Eumolpus auratus, 23. Eunota amphyoxis, 224. Euplexoptera, 61-77. Euploea coras, 228; prothoe, 228. Europe, Antler-moth in, 240; 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. Rhynchites aureus, 71. Fairies, Ants supposed to be, 152; Gossamer spun by, 349. Famine foretold by Grasshoppers, 100; maggot, 143; Mantis, 83. Farriers, Cantharides employed by, 64. Fat, beetle eaten by women to become, 65. Fecundity, Scarab symbolical of, 33; eaten to cause, 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; Mantis, 87. 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; Locust's, 129. 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, 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; Notonectidae, 275; Oryctes rhinoceros, 46; Prionus damicornis, 73; Scolopendras and Centipedes, 365; Scorpions, 329; Silk-worms, 240; Spiders, 354-356; Termites, 135-137. Forficulidae, 76, 77. Forger of Scarab-gems, 38, n. Formic acid, 161. Formica bispinosa, 162; major, 161; minor, 161; omnivora, 166; rufa, 159; smaragdina, 157, 158. Formicidae, 146-170. Fortune, good, presaged by Acanthocinus sedilis, 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 glechomae, 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; lanternaria, 255. Fulgoridae, 255-256. Funereal rites, Scarab connected with, 33, 36. Funerals, Bees invited to, 187.