Part 32
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. _major_, 161. _minor_, 161. _omnivora_, 166. _rufa_, 159. _smaragdina_, 157, 158.
_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. _lanternaria_, 255.
_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; Flies, 290; Gnats, 278; Scorpions, 321; Spiders, 362; Wasps, 171, 184.
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. _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.
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. _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, 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 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; Grasshopper, 98.
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; 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, 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; 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.
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; 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 coffea_, 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; _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. _quadrimaculata_, 139.
_Libellulidæ_, 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.
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. _tartarica_, 117.
_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; Mantis, 89.
Lover, approach of, foretold by Crickets, 93.
_Lucanidæ_, 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.
_Lygæus hyoscami_, 267.
Madagascar, Silk-worms eaten in, 240.
Mad-dogs, Honey for bite of, 208; Oil-beetles, 63.
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.
_Mantidæ_, 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, 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; 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.
_Midas_ 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, mulct 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.
_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. _pustulata_, 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; 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, pupæ 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.
_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. _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 _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; 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.
_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; 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, 235.
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; 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 brassicæ_, 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.
_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; emblematical of, 32.
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. _penetrans_, 314.
_Pulicidæ_, 305-315.
_Pulices arborescentes_, 223.
Pupæ 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; 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; Locusts, 116.
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; 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. 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.