Tamableness of the Fly, 289. Tarantula, 351. Taylor, Mrs., and her Crickets, 95; Mantis, 88-90. Telephorus fuscus, 364. Tempests raised by magicians, 45. Tendons, Stag-beetle for contractions of, 26. Tenebrio molitor, 65, 68. Tenebrionidae, 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. Termitidae, 132-137. Tertian ague, Bed-bugs for, 268; Spiders, 359. 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. Tiberius Caesar, 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. Tineidae, 248, 249. Tipulidae, 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; Flies, 296; Mosquitoes, 284; Termites, 135. 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; Mantis in, 84. Turnip-fly, 74. Typographer-beetles, 61.
Ulcers, Blatta of Pliny for, 66; Cockroaches, 78; Honey-dew, 258. Unchastity, insect to discover, 367; punished by Bees, 181. Unclean thoughts, Flies emblem of, 292. United States, Ant-lions in, 141; Cicada, 254; Spiders, 340; see Indians, American; New England; New York; Maryland; Ohio; Mississippi; Pennsylvania; North Carolina; Virginia. Urine, Fleas generated from, 305; forced with Cantharides, 63; Lice to suppress, 319; Stag-beetle, 26. Uroceridae, 142.
Vanessa cardui, 226, 230; polychloros, 220; urticae, 220, 230. Vegetable-flies, 90-92. Venery, Ants to provoke to, 161. Veneration for Acanthocinus sedilis, 73; chrysalids of Butterflies, 230; Mantis, 83-88; Scarab, 28-44. Vermin, origin of, 305. Vertigo, silk-worms for, 240. Vesicatory, Cantharides as, 63; Cerambyx moschatus, 73. Vespa crabro, 171. Vespidae, 170-174. Vessel attacked by Termites, 133; saved from being wrecked by song of a Spanish grillo, 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, 209.
Wall-lice, 265. War, omens of, from Agaric-Gnat, 286; Gall-fiy, 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; Grasshoppers, 100. 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; Pela, 254. Way, lost, discovered by Mantis, 83. Weasel, young of, for bite of Spider, 356. Weather, prognostications as to, from Ants, 153; Bees, 182, 194; Butterflies, 229; Fleas, 310; Flies, 290; Hornets, 172; Spiders, 336; Lady-bird connected with fine, 17, 18. 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; to drive away Ants, 170. Woolly-bear Moths, 242-245. World, Scarab symbolical of, 30. Worm in the heart of a horse, 365; from stomach of a woman, 364. Wormalds, 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; pupae of Butterflies, 230; Scarab, 28-44; Egyptian, of animals, 43, n. 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.
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