Insects--Beetles not mentioned in Scripture--The Locust--Various species of the insect, and different words used to signify it--The Arbeh of Scripture, and its derivation--The two migratory Locusts at rest and on the wing--The Locust swarms--Gordon Cumming's account--Progress of the insect hosts--Vain attempts to check them--Tossed up and down as a Locust--Effect of the winds on the insect--The east and the west winds--Locusts used for food--Ancient and modern travellers--The food of St. John 596 THE BEE. The Hebrew word _Debôrah_-The Honey Bee of Palestine--Abundance of Bees in the Holy Land--Habitations of the wild Bee--Hissing for the Bee--Bees in dead carcases--The honey of Scripture--Domesticated Bees and their hives--Stores of wild honey--The story of Jonathan--The Crusaders and the honey--Butter and honey--Oriental sweetmeats--The Dibs, or grape-honey, and mode of preparation--Wax, its use as a metaphor 605 THE HORNET. The Tzirah or Hornet of Scripture--Travellers driven away by Hornets--The Hornet used as a metaphor--Oriental symbolism--The Talmudical writers--Sting of the Hornet 613 THE ANT. The Ant of Scripture--Solomon's allusion to the Ant--Habit of laying up stores of food--A controversy respecting the Ant--The Ants of Palestine, and their habits--The Agricultural or Mound-making Ant--Preparing ground, sowing, tending, reaping, and storing the crop--Different habits of Ants--Development of the insect--The winged Ants--An Arab proverb 616 THE CRIMSON WORM. The scarlet or crimson of Scripture--Signification of the word _Tolââth_--The Coccus or Cochineal of Palestine compared with that of Mexico--Difference between the sexes--Mode of preparing the insect--The Arabic word _Kermes_ 622 THE CLOTHES MOTH. The Moth of Scripture evidently the Clothes Moth--The Sâs and the 'Ash--Similitude between the Hebrew _sâs_ and the Greek _sês_--Moths and garments--Accumulation of clothes in the East--Various uses of the hoarded robes--The Moths, the rust, and the thief 624 THE SILKWORM MOTH. Various passages wherein Silk is mentioned--The virtuous woman and her household--Probability that the Hebrews were acquainted with Silk--Present cultivation of the Silkworm--The Silk-farms of the Lebanon--Signification of the word _Meshi_--Silkworms and thunder--Luis of Grenada's sermon--The Hebrew word _Gâzam_, and its signification--The Palmer-worm of Scripture 627 FLIES. Flies of Scripture--Dead Flies and the apothecary's ointment--Gadflies and their attacks--Annoyance caused by the House-fly--Flies and ophthalmia--Signor Pierotti's account of the Flies--The sovereign remedy against Flies--Causes of their prevalence 632 GNATS. The Gnat of Scripture--Straining out the Gnat and swallowing the camel, a typographical error--Probable identity of the Gnat and the mosquito 635 THE LOUSE.