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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

Auks, snow colored red by, 220, n.

  Australia, Butterflies in, 231;
    Flies, 288;
    larvæ eaten in, 70.

  Automaton Flies, 294.

  Azores, _Coccidæ_ in, 264.

  Baalzebub worshiped under form of a Fly, 292.

  Back, Termite queens for strengthening the, 137.

  Baldness, Bees remedy for, 206;
    Flies, 295.

  Balm, antidote for poisons, 193;
    Bee-hives prepared with, 190.

  Banian Hospital for animals, 266.

  Banks, Sir Joshua, Spiders eaten by, 356.

  Barbados, Ants in, 167;
    Ash-colored Cricket, 92;
    Ash-colored Grasshopper, 98;
    Gnats, 279;
    Grou-grou worm, 70;
    Lantern-flies, 256.

  Barbary, Locusts in, 105-130.

  Barley, Glow-worms indicate ripeness of, 58.

  Bashikouay-ants, 157, 158.

  Basilidians, abraxas invented by the, 37.

  Basill, the herb, Scorpions generated from, 322.

  Basilisks, Scorpions generated from, 322.

  Battles of Ants, 151;
    Gnats, 278.

  Bats eaten in Cumana, 99;
    to drive away Locusts, 114.

  Beans for sting of Scorpions, 327.

  Bears, Ants eaten by, to purge, 163;
    fat and blood of, to kill Caterpillars, 245;
    man saved by a, 196.

  _Bed-bugs_, 265-274, 306.

  Bedeguar, 144.

  Beds, to rid of Bugs, 266;
    Scorpions to cool, 324.

  Bee-moth, 248.

  _Bees_, 174-215.

  Beggars hired as food for vermin, 266;
    Lice eaten by, 318.

  Bell, Caterpillars cursed with a, 243.

  Besiegers routed with Bees, 204;
    by Mosquitoes, 283.

  Beetle-headed, 49.

  Beetles, 17-75.

  Bermuda, Butterflies in, 227;
    Spiders, 354, 362.

  Berries, Cochineal supposed to be, 261.

  Bezoar-stone for sting of Scorpions, 326.

  Bible, Ant in the, 148;
    Bees, 184;
    Flea, 313;
    Gnat, 285;
    Locusts, 101, 128.

  Birds preserved to destroy Locusts, 114.

  Bishop Barnabee, Lady-bird so called, 19.

  Black-beetles, 78-82.

  Blacksmith-beetle, 55.

  _Blapsidæ_, 65-68.

  _Blaps mortisaga_, 65, 68, 78.

  _Blatta Americana_, 79.
    _fœtida_, 78.
    _orientalis_, 79.
    of the ancients, 78.

  _Blattidæ_, 78-82.

  Bleeding of wounds, cobwebs to arrest, 357.

  Blind as a beetle, 49.

  Blindness, Death’s-head Moth supposed to cause, 233.

  _Blister-flies_, 62-64.

  Blood, showers of, 216-225.

  Boars drowned in Honey, 211.

  Boils cured by Ants, 162.

  _Bombicidæ_, 234-241.

  _Bombus_, 213.

  _Bombyx Madroni_, 239.
    _mori_, 234.

  Books perforated by beetles, 61.

  _Bostrichidæ_, 61.

  _Bostrichus typographus_, 61.

  Botany, study of, from cabinet of insects, 369.

  _Bot-flies_, 302-304.

  Brain, Scorpion in a woman’s, 322.

  Brandy flavored with Ants, 161.

  Brides in Holland, pupæ compared to, 232.

  Briers, May-bug grubs changed into, 48.

  Brazen Fly, game so called, 294.

  Brazil, Ants in, 160, 168;
    Blister-flies, 63;
    Diamond-beetles, 68;
    Gold-beetles, 23;
    Termites, 134-5.

  Browny invoked in hiving Bees, 190.

  Bruce and the Spider, 333.

  Bubo, pestilential, Oil-beetles for, 63.

  Buenos Ayres, Flies in, 287.

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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

Auks, snow colored red by, 220, n.

  Australia, Butterflies in, 231;
    Flies, 288;
    larvæ eaten in, 70.

  Automaton Flies, 294.

  Azores, _Coccidæ_ in, 264.

  Baalzebub worshiped under form of a Fly, 292.

  Back, Termite queens for strengthening the, 137.

  Baldness, Bees remedy for, 206;
    Flies, 295.

  Balm, antidote for poisons, 193;
    Bee-hives prepared with, 190.

  Banian Hospital for animals, 266.

  Banks, Sir Joshua, Spiders eaten by, 356.

  Barbados, Ants in, 167;
    Ash-colored Cricket, 92;
    Ash-colored Grasshopper, 98;
    Gnats, 279;
    Grou-grou worm, 70;
    Lantern-flies, 256.

  Barbary, Locusts in, 105-130.

  Barley, Glow-worms indicate ripeness of, 58.

  Bashikouay-ants, 157, 158.

  Basilidians, abraxas invented by the, 37.

  Basill, the herb, Scorpions generated from, 322.

  Basilisks, Scorpions generated from, 322.

  Battles of Ants, 151;
    Gnats, 278.

  Bats eaten in Cumana, 99;
    to drive away Locusts, 114.

  Beans for sting of Scorpions, 327.

  Bears, Ants eaten by, to purge, 163;
    fat and blood of, to kill Caterpillars, 245;
    man saved by a, 196.

  _Bed-bugs_, 265-274, 306.

  Bedeguar, 144.

  Beds, to rid of Bugs, 266;
    Scorpions to cool, 324.

  Bee-moth, 248.

  _Bees_, 174-215.

  Beggars hired as food for vermin, 266;
    Lice eaten by, 318.

  Bell, Caterpillars cursed with a, 243.

  Besiegers routed with Bees, 204;
    by Mosquitoes, 283.

  Beetle-headed, 49.

  Beetles, 17-75.

  Bermuda, Butterflies in, 227;
    Spiders, 354, 362.

  Berries, Cochineal supposed to be, 261.

  Bezoar-stone for sting of Scorpions, 326.

  Bible, Ant in the, 148;
    Bees, 184;
    Flea, 313;
    Gnat, 285;
    Locusts, 101, 128.

  Birds preserved to destroy Locusts, 114.

  Bishop Barnabee, Lady-bird so called, 19.

  Black-beetles, 78-82.

  Blacksmith-beetle, 55.

  _Blapsidæ_, 65-68.

  _Blaps mortisaga_, 65, 68, 78.

  _Blatta Americana_, 79.
    _fœtida_, 78.
    _orientalis_, 79.
    of the ancients, 78.

  _Blattidæ_, 78-82.

  Bleeding of wounds, cobwebs to arrest, 357.

  Blind as a beetle, 49.

  Blindness, Death’s-head Moth supposed to cause, 233.

  _Blister-flies_, 62-64.

  Blood, showers of, 216-225.

  Boars drowned in Honey, 211.

  Boils cured by Ants, 162.

  _Bombicidæ_, 234-241.

  _Bombus_, 213.

  _Bombyx Madroni_, 239.
    _mori_, 234.

  Books perforated by beetles, 61.

  _Bostrichidæ_, 61.

  _Bostrichus typographus_, 61.

  Botany, study of, from cabinet of insects, 369.

  _Bot-flies_, 302-304.

  Brain, Scorpion in a woman’s, 322.

  Brandy flavored with Ants, 161.

  Brides in Holland, pupæ compared to, 232.

  Briers, May-bug grubs changed into, 48.

  Brazen Fly, game so called, 294.

  Brazil, Ants in, 160, 168;
    Blister-flies, 63;
    Diamond-beetles, 68;
    Gold-beetles, 23;
    Termites, 134-5.

  Browny invoked in hiving Bees, 190.

  Bruce and the Spider, 333.

  Bubo, pestilential, Oil-beetles for, 63.

  Buenos Ayres, Flies in, 287.

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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