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Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.: A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.Cowan, Frank

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Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.: A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

Name: Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.: A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.
Author: Cowan, Frank

Cowan, Frank

Insects

Africa, Ants in, 156-7;
    Bees, 191, 200;
    Butterflies, 227, 231;
    Caterpillars, 372;
    Crickets, 95;
    Dragon-flies, 140;
    Flies, 288;
    Gnats, 282;
    Goliath-beetle, 46;
    Larvæ, 71;
    Lice, 317;
    Locusts, 101-130;
    Mantis, 84-88;
    Soap from beetle, 23;
    Spiders, 354;
    Termites, 132-137.

  Agaric-Gnat, 286.

  _Agestrata luconica_, 49.

  _Agrotis telifera_, 247.

  Ague, Bed-bugs as a remedy for, 67;
    Dung-beetle, 44;
    Oil of Scorpions, 330;
    Spiders, 357-360;
    Stag-beetle, 26.

  Albugo, Cobwebs remedy for, 357.

  Ali Gamooni, forger of Scarab-gems, 38, n.

  Alopecia, Bees remedy for, 206.

  Altars ornamented with Chrysalids, 231.

  Amber, Ant inclosed in, 169;
    Bee, 212.

  America, Bees in, 197;
    Crickets, 95;
    Fleas, 313;
    Gnats, 281;
    Lady-birds, 21;
    Lice, 318;
    Musk-beetle, 73;
    Spiders, 354.

  Amputation on account of Chigoes, 315.

  Animals becoming plants, 90-92;
    Egyptian worship of, theory on, 43, n.

  _Anobium pertinax_, 61.
    _striatum_, 61.
    _tesselatum_, 58-61.

  _Anopleura_, 316-320.

  Ant-hills, ovens made of, 134.

  Antipathy to Beetles, 74;
    Spiders, 344.

  Antler-moth, 246.

  _Ant-lions_, 141.

  _Ants_, 146-170, 196, 295, 322, 327, 356.

  Anus, prolapsed, Scarab remedy for, 44.

  _Aphaniptera_, 305-315.

  _Aphidæ_, 257-259.

  _Aphis humuli_, 258.

  _Apidæ_, 174-215.

  _Apis centuncularis_, 213.

  Apple-blossoms, May-bugs produced with, 47.

  Apocalypse, symbolical Locusts of the, 123.

  Apollo, Locusts destroyed by, 128.

  Aquitaine, bloody-rain in, 218.

  Arabia, beetle eaten by women of, 65;
    Silk-worms in, 239.

  _Arachnida_, 321-362.

  _Araneidæ_, 332-362.

  _Aranea diadema_, 361.

  _Aranea edulis_, 354.
    _obtextrix_, 347.
    _tarantula_, 351.

  _Arctiidæ_, 242-245.

  _Arctia chrysorrhœa_, 242.

  Armies routed by Mosquitoes, 282.

  Armpits, Silk-worms hatched under, 240.

  Arms, Bees on coat of, 196;
    Butterfly, 229.

  Army-worm, 247.

  Arrows tipped with poison of an Ant, 161.

  Artificial flowers, beetles upon, 23.

  Artillery employed against Ants, 168;
    Locusts, 106.

  _Ascarides_ in human stomach, 67.

  Asia, Honey-dew in, 257;
    Locusts, 103-130.

  Ass, dung of, for sting of Scorpions, 326;
    Fleas do not bite, 310;
    Hornets generated from carcass of, 171;
    Locusts, 101;
    Scarabs, 170;
    Scarab supposed to make its balls of the dung of, 28;
    Silk woven by an, 241;
    sting of Scorpions transferred to, 325;
    Wasps generated from carcass of, 170.

  Assyria, Egyptian Scarab-gems among ruins of, 39-41.

  Assyrians, Locusts eaten by the, 126.

  Astringent, Galls as an, 145.

  Astronomical subjects, Scarab connected with, 33, 37.

  _Ateuchus Ægyptorum_, 29.
    _sacer_, 29-43.

  Athenians, golden cicadas worn by, 251;
    Locusts eaten by, 120.

  Athens, so-called Flies at, 291, n.

  Atrophy, Lice remedy for, 319.

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History

Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.: A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

Cowan, Frank

Insects

Africa, Ants in, 156-7;
    Bees, 191, 200;
    Butterflies, 227, 231;
    Caterpillars, 372;
    Crickets, 95;
    Dragon-flies, 140;
    Flies, 288;
    Gnats, 282;
    Goliath-beetle, 46;
    Larvæ, 71;
    Lice, 317;
    Locusts, 101-130;
    Mantis, 84-88;
    Soap from beetle, 23;
    Spiders, 354;
    Termites, 132-137.

  Agaric-Gnat, 286.

  _Agestrata luconica_, 49.

  _Agrotis telifera_, 247.

  Ague, Bed-bugs as a remedy for, 67;
    Dung-beetle, 44;
    Oil of Scorpions, 330;
    Spiders, 357-360;
    Stag-beetle, 26.

  Albugo, Cobwebs remedy for, 357.

  Ali Gamooni, forger of Scarab-gems, 38, n.

  Alopecia, Bees remedy for, 206.

  Altars ornamented with Chrysalids, 231.

  Amber, Ant inclosed in, 169;
    Bee, 212.

  America, Bees in, 197;
    Crickets, 95;
    Fleas, 313;
    Gnats, 281;
    Lady-birds, 21;
    Lice, 318;
    Musk-beetle, 73;
    Spiders, 354.

  Amputation on account of Chigoes, 315.

  Animals becoming plants, 90-92;
    Egyptian worship of, theory on, 43, n.

  _Anobium pertinax_, 61.
    _striatum_, 61.
    _tesselatum_, 58-61.

  _Anopleura_, 316-320.

  Ant-hills, ovens made of, 134.

  Antipathy to Beetles, 74;
    Spiders, 344.

  Antler-moth, 246.

  _Ant-lions_, 141.

  _Ants_, 146-170, 196, 295, 322, 327, 356.

  Anus, prolapsed, Scarab remedy for, 44.

  _Aphaniptera_, 305-315.

  _Aphidæ_, 257-259.

  _Aphis humuli_, 258.

  _Apidæ_, 174-215.

  _Apis centuncularis_, 213.

  Apple-blossoms, May-bugs produced with, 47.

  Apocalypse, symbolical Locusts of the, 123.

  Apollo, Locusts destroyed by, 128.

  Aquitaine, bloody-rain in, 218.

  Arabia, beetle eaten by women of, 65;
    Silk-worms in, 239.

  _Arachnida_, 321-362.

  _Araneidæ_, 332-362.

  _Aranea diadema_, 361.

  _Aranea edulis_, 354.
    _obtextrix_, 347.
    _tarantula_, 351.

  _Arctiidæ_, 242-245.

  _Arctia chrysorrhœa_, 242.

  Armies routed by Mosquitoes, 282.

  Armpits, Silk-worms hatched under, 240.

  Arms, Bees on coat of, 196;
    Butterfly, 229.

  Army-worm, 247.

  Arrows tipped with poison of an Ant, 161.

  Artificial flowers, beetles upon, 23.

  Artillery employed against Ants, 168;
    Locusts, 106.

  _Ascarides_ in human stomach, 67.

  Asia, Honey-dew in, 257;
    Locusts, 103-130.

  Ass, dung of, for sting of Scorpions, 326;
    Fleas do not bite, 310;
    Hornets generated from carcass of, 171;
    Locusts, 101;
    Scarabs, 170;
    Scarab supposed to make its balls of the dung of, 28;
    Silk woven by an, 241;
    sting of Scorpions transferred to, 325;
    Wasps generated from carcass of, 170.

  Assyria, Egyptian Scarab-gems among ruins of, 39-41.

  Assyrians, Locusts eaten by the, 126.

  Astringent, Galls as an, 145.

  Astronomical subjects, Scarab connected with, 33, 37.

  _Ateuchus Ægyptorum_, 29.
    _sacer_, 29-43.

  Athenians, golden cicadas worn by, 251;
    Locusts eaten by, 120.

  Athens, so-called Flies at, 291, n.

  Atrophy, Lice remedy for, 319.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.: A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.: A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

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