Gad-fly, 291. Galerucidae, 74. Galleria cereana, 249. Gall-flies, 143-145. Galls, 143-145. Gambia, Lice in, 317. Garlic, to keep away Scorpions, 327. Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis, 302. Generation of Fleas, 305; Flies, 290; Gnats, 278; Scorpions, 321; Spiders, 362; Wasps, 171, 184. Geography, study of, from cabinet of insects, 369. Geometridae, 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. Cleanthes 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. Golden 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. Good 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 Linnaean 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; larvae eaten by, 27; Mantis in soothsaying by, 83. Grou-grou worm, 68-70. Gryllidae, 98-100. Gryllotalpa vulgaris, 57, n. Gryllus aegypticus, 126; domesticus, 97. 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. Haemorrhoids, 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; nemorum, 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 heart 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; Galls, 145. 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; Scarab, 35, 37, 43, n. 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; Locusts, 116. 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 Scarabaei 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, 305. 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; Grasshopper, 98. Incantations, Locusts destroyed by, 116. Incontinence detected by Bees, 181. India, Ants in, 152; Blister-flies, 63; Buprestidae, 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, 368. Irish oak, Spiders repelled by, 340. Isis, respect of Scorpions for, 328; Scarab figured with the head of, 34. Italy, Blister-flies in, 63; Glow-worms, 57; Gnats, 281; Locusts, 102-130; Scorpions, 324; Silk-worms, 237. Ivory, Ants carved out of, 170. Jack-'o-lanterns, Glow-worms supposed to be, 57; Mole-crickets, 67. James I., anecdote of, 239. Jamaica, Cantharis maxima, in, 64; Cockroaches, 78; Crickets, 96; Dragon-flies, 140; frogs, 66; Gnats, 282. Japan, Grasshoppers in, 100; Moths and Night-flies, 242. Jaundice, Blatta of Pliny for, 67; Lice, 319; Oil of Scorpions, 330. Java, larvae of beetle eaten in, 70; Mantis in, 87. 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; Locusts, 127. 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; insect to relieve, 368. La Lande, Spiders eaten by, 355. Lamp, Cucuji used as, 54. Lac, -dye, -lake, 262. Lady-birds, 17-23. Lampyridae, 55-58. Lantern-flies, 255-6. Laock, Cockroach in the ear of, 79. Lapland, Acanthocinus sedilis in, 73; Crane-flies, 286. 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 coffeae, 158. Legends connected with Bees, 174-180; Katy-did, 131. 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; Mylöecon 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; quadrimaculata, 139. Libellulidae, 138-140. Lice, 266, 306, 308, 316-320. Lichen, Buprestis for, 51; Cantharides, 63. Lierman, 254. Light from Cucuji, 51-3; perpetual, from Glow-worms, 56; of the Lantern-fly, 255. Linnaeus 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; tartarica, 117. Locustidae, 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; Mantis, 89. Lover, approach of, foretold by Crickets, 93. Lucanidae, 24-27. Lucanus cervus, 24-27; etymology of, 24. Luck, omens of, from Bees, 185; Crickets, 93-94; Spiders, 339. Lump-lac, 263. Lunacy, Scorpion for, 330. Lupines to drive away Locusts, 114. Lutfullah and the Scorpion, 329; Termites, 134. Lygaeus hyoscyami, 267. Madagascar, Silk-worms eaten in, 240. Mad-dogs, Honey for bite of, 208; Oil-beetles, 68. Magical knots, nests of Carpenter-bee supposed to be, 213. Magicians, Ants used by, 162; beetle, 45. Magistrate chosen by a Louse, 316. Malabar, Ants in, 152; Lice, 317; Termites, 133. 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. Mantidae, 82-92. Mantis causta, 84; oratoria, 82-92; siccifolia, 92. 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 mass, 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; Buprestidae, 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. Melolonthidae, 47-49. Men killed by sting of Sirex, 142. Menstruous women, Caterpillars destroyed by, 244; stung by Bees, 182. 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; Cochineal, 261; Cucujus, 53-54; Lice, 316, 318; silk from a Bombyx, 239; Water-boatmen, 275. Mice for sting of Scorpions, 326; generation of, 322. Micrometer, Spider's web for divisions of, 362. Midas, riches of, foretold by Ants, 151; in head of mummy, 41. Migrations of Aphides, 258; Bees, 199; Butterflies, 225; Dragon-flies, 139-140; Lady-birds, 21. 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, mulet laid upon, for not catching Fleas, 311. Mosquitoes, 196, 278-286. Mourning, Bees put into, 186. Mule, Hornets generated from carcass of, 171; Locusts, 101. Mummy, insects in head of, 41; for sting of Scorpions, 326. Musca domestica, 287-301. Musidae, 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; pustulata, 63. Myrmeleonidae, 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; Spiders, 340. Nets, Mosquitoes kept away with, 282. New England, Cut-worm in, 247; Humble-bees, 213. 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, pupae of Ants food for, 159. Nile, Bee-hive barges on the, 200. Nits, 320. Noah and the origin of Vermin, 306; Wood-tic pinned by, 321. Noctiluca terrestris, 57. Noctua graminis, 246. Noctuidae, 246-248. Noise made by flights of Locusts, 117. North Carolina, Spiders for ague in, 359. Notonecta unifasciata, 276. Notonectidae, 275-277. Nun, antipathy of an, 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. Oedipoda corallipes, 112. Oestridae, 302-304. Oestrus equi, 302; ovis, 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 Coccidae, 264. Orators compared to Cicadas, 252. Ornaments, Blister-flies as, 64; Butterflies, 229; Buprestidae, 50; Cicadas, 251; Cucujus, 54; Diamond-beetle, 68; Fire-flies, 57; Geotrupes stercorarius, 44; Glow-worms, 57; Gold-beetles, 28; Lady-bird, 21; Scarabs, 38; Spiders, 354. Orthoptera, 78-131. Oryctes rhinoceros, 46. Ovens, Ant-hills made into, 134; Crickets reared in, 96. 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. Papilionidae, 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. Pausidae, 23-24. Peace foretold by Locusts, 119. Pediculidae, 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; Butterflies, 229. 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; Mantis, 88-90; Spiders, 335. Pewter for sting of Scorpions, 326. Phaerus, Spiders eaten by, 355. Phaeton's sisters, origin of fable of, 91, n. Phalangidae, 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; occasioned by Locusts, 101-118. 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; from ants, 161. Poisonous Honey, 210. Poland, poisonous Sirex in, 142; scarlet grain of, 260; Locusts in, 103-130. Poma insana, 145. Pontia brassicae, 225; cardimines, 226. 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. Primae viae, 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, 28; 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. Psychidae, 245-246. Pthah, Scarab sacred to, 30; emblematical of, 32. Pthah Tore, Scarab emblematical of, 33. Pthah-Sokari-Osiris, Scarab emblem of, 33. Ptinidae, 58-61. Public events, Bees informed of, 185. Pulex irritans, 305-314; penetrans, 314. Pulicidae, 305-315. Pulices arborescentes, 223. Pupae of Ants as food for birds, 159; of Termites eaten, 137. 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; Spiders, 359. 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; larvae 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; Locusts, 116. Revenue of "Lice" of Montezuma, 316. Rheumatism, Oil-beetle for, 63. Rhynchites auratus, 71. Richards, Buprestidae 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, 238. Rome, Flies in, 289; showers of blood in, 216. Rose-chafers, 49, 50. Rotharmel, Peter, 188. Rouge, Cochineal made into, 262. Rue, antidote for poisons, 193. Russia, Honey in, 195; Locusts, 104-130. 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. St. Domingo and the Flea, 310. St. Eustace, Spider at church of, 348. St. Felix, life of, saved by Spiders, 333. St. Francis, Lice nourished by, 317. St. George, Flies from the dragon killed by, 304; prayer to, to keep away Scorpions, 327. St. John, Locusts eaten by, 125. St. Hector, manner of discovering Bee-trees, 198. St. John's day, fires to kill Canker-worms on, 248. St. Julien, lawsuit between Commune of, and an Insect, 71. St. Macarius, penance of, for killing a Gnat, 285. St. Milburge, cure effected by the water in which his bones were washed, 364. St. Roche and "Sound as a Roach," 79. St. Saturnine, patron saint to destroy Ants, 166. St. 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; Lady-bird in, 17. Scarabaeidae, 27-45. Scarabaeus auratus, 45; cornutus, 26; nasicornis, 45; pilularius, 27-44, 293; sacer, 27-44; unctuosus, 63. Scarlet, history of dyeing, 259. Schurman, Anna Maria, Spiders eaten by, 355. Scleranthus perennis, 260. Scolopendras as food, 365. Scorpions, 65, 100, 295, 321-331. Scotland, bloody-rain in, 221; Flies, 289; Humble-bees, 213; Lady-birds, 19-20; Lice, 319, 320. 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 Tiberius Caesar 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 of Spiders, 361. Silk-worm Moths, 234-241. Silver for sting of Scorpions, 325, 326. Sins expiated by assisting Dung-beetles, 28. Sirex fusicornis, 142; gigas, 142; juvencus, 142; spectrum, 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; Cicadas, 254. Socrates measures the jump of a Flea, 311. Solomon and the Ant, 148; Ant in Paradise, 153. Song, Locusts kept for sake of, 130; vessel saved by song of a Spanish grillo, 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; Cantharides, 63; Locusts, 102-130; Silk-worms, 237. Spanish-flies, 62. Spanish Inquisition, detectives of, called Flies, 292. Span-worms, 248. Sparrman, Dr., anecdote of, 360. 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. Sphingidae, 232-234. Sphinx Atropos, 232; (Deilephila) hippophaes, 367; ligustri, 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; sternicornis, 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; Bees, 206. 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 sedilis, 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; odious and impious, 251. 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 sedilis 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; Locusts in, 103-130.