3. Dermestes vulpinus, _Fab._ 4. ---- pollinctus, _Hope_. 5. ---- roei, _Hope_. 6. ---- elongatus, _Hope_. 7. Pimelia spinulosa, _Klug_? 8. Copris sabæus? “found by Passalacqua; so named on the testimony of Latrielle.” 9. Midas, _Fab._ 10. Pithecius, _Fab._ 11. A species of Cantharis in Passalacqua’s Collection, No. 442.[117] The House-fly has also been found embalmed at Thebes.[118] * * * * * Concerning the worship in general of the Scarabæus, many curious observations have been made besides the ones above recorded. Pliny, in the words of his ancient translator, Philemon Holland, tells us “The greater part of Ægypt honour all beetles, and adore them as gods, or at leastwise having some divine power in them: which ceremoniall devotion of theirs, Appion giveth a subtile and curious reason of; for he doth collect, that there is some resemblance between the operations and works of the Sun, and this flie; and this he setteth abroad, for to colour and excuse his countrymen.”[119] Dr. Molyneux, in the conclusion of his article on the swarms of beetles that appeared in Ireland in 1688, makes the following allusion to the worship of the Scarabæus by the Egyptians: “It is also more than probable that this same destructive Beetle (Hedge-chafer--_Melontha vulgaris_) we are speaking of, was that very kind of _Scarabæus_ the idolatrous _Ægyptians_ of old had in such high veneration, as to pay divine worship to it. For nothing can be supposed more natural, than to imagine a Nation addicted to Polytheism, as the _Ægyptians_ were, in a Country frequently suffering great Mischief and Scarcity from Swarms of devouring Insects, should from a strong Sense and Fear of Evil to come (the common Principle of Superstition and Idolatry) give sacred worship to the visible Authors of these their Sufferings, in hopes to render them more propitious for the future. Thus ’tis allowed on all hands, that the same People adored as a God the ravenous Crocodile of the River Nile; and thus the _Romans_, though more polite and civilized in their Idolatry, _Febrem ad minas nocendam venerabantur, eamque variis Templis extructis colebant_, says Valerius Maximus, L. 2, c. 5.”[120]