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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

Buffalo, Locusts a cross between the and Spider, 113.

  Bug-bear, meaning of, 265.

  Bug-poison, vending of, in London, 268.

  Bull, fat of, in charm to destroy Fleas, 308.

  Bullocks, Bees generated from, 183.

  _Burn-cows_, 50-51.

  Burnie-bee, Lady-bird so called, 22.

  Burning Spiders for amusement, 350.

  _Buprestidæ_, 50-51.

  _Buprestis attenuata_, 50.
    _fascicularius_, 51.
    _maxima_, 50.
    _ocellata_, 50.
    _vittata_, 50.
    in Egypt, 29.
    of the ancients, 51.

  _Butterflies_, 216-232.

  Butter, Grou-grou worm made into, 69.

  Cabbage-tree worm, 68-70.

  _Cactus cochinilifer_, 261.

  Caffres make ovens of Ant-hills, 134.

  _Calandra palmarum_, 27, 68-70.

  _Calichroma alpina_, 367.

  California, Mosquitoes in, 284.

  _Callidryas alcmeone_, 227.
    _hilariæ_, 227.
    _pyranthe_, 227.

  Cameleons, Meal-worms as food for, 65.

  Camels employed in stealing gold from Ants, 146.

  Canaan subdued with Hornets, 171.

  Canary Islands, Locusts in, 104.

  Cancers, Cockroaches cure for, 78.

  Candle, why Moths fly in a, 242.

  Canker-worms, 248.

  _Canis corsac_ supposed to be the fabled gold-loving Ant
        of India, 148.

  Cannon employed against Fleas, 308.

  _Cantharidæ_, 62-64.

  _Cantharides_, 62-64, 193.

  Cantharidine, 63.

  _Cantharis vesicatoria_, 62-64.

  _Cantharis_ in head of mummy, 41.

  Cantharus of the ancients, 27.

  Caprification of figs, 144.

  Capua, burning of, foreshown by Ants, 173.

  _Carabidæ_, 23.

  Carbuncle, Oil-beetle remedy for, 63.

  _Carabus chrysocephalus_, 71.

  Carcasses, Bees tenanting, 194.

  Caravans, Bee-, 199.

  Carcinoma, Buprestis remedy for, 51.

  Cardinals, Spiders so called, 342.

  Carli and the Ants, 156.

  Carpenter-bee, 213.

  Carriages drawn by Fleas, 312.

  Caribbean Islands, Bees in, 204;
    Cucujus in, 53.

  Catamenia, women with, Caterpillars destroyed by, 244;
    Buprestis for, 51.

  Catarrh, Crickets remedy for, 96.

  Catch-’em-alive papers, sellers of, 296.

  Caterpillars, 158, n., 242-248.

  Cattle, Bees generated from carcasses of, 183;
    Daddy-Long-legs to find lost, 321;
    killed by Bees, 203;
    Mosquitoes, 283;
    sting of Sirex, 142;
    Spiders cure for poisoned, 360;
    warbles of, 303;
    whistle to call, made of beetle-shards, 369.

  Cats, Scarab-images with heads of, 36.

  Cayenne, Ants in, 162.

  Cedar, Spiders repelled by, 341.

  Centipedes as food, 365.

  _Cerambycidæ_, 72-74.

  _Cerambyx moschatus_, 73.

  Ceres, the Ant an attribute of, 152.

  _Cetoniidæ_, 49.

  Ceylon, Ants in, 158;
    Bees, 214;
    Black-ants, 157;
    British soldiers tortured with Ants, 158;
    _Buprestidæ_, 50;
    Butterflies, 227;
    Gnats, 282;
    _Oryctes rhinoceros_, 46;
    superstitions connected with insects, 46;
    Termites, 135;
    Wood-carrying Moth, 245.

  Chained Fleas, 312.

  Chalk, Ants cannot pass over a line of, 169.

  Chapelain, anecdote of, 332.

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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

Buffalo, Locusts a cross between the and Spider, 113.

  Bug-bear, meaning of, 265.

  Bug-poison, vending of, in London, 268.

  Bull, fat of, in charm to destroy Fleas, 308.

  Bullocks, Bees generated from, 183.

  _Burn-cows_, 50-51.

  Burnie-bee, Lady-bird so called, 22.

  Burning Spiders for amusement, 350.

  _Buprestidæ_, 50-51.

  _Buprestis attenuata_, 50.
    _fascicularius_, 51.
    _maxima_, 50.
    _ocellata_, 50.
    _vittata_, 50.
    in Egypt, 29.
    of the ancients, 51.

  _Butterflies_, 216-232.

  Butter, Grou-grou worm made into, 69.

  Cabbage-tree worm, 68-70.

  _Cactus cochinilifer_, 261.

  Caffres make ovens of Ant-hills, 134.

  _Calandra palmarum_, 27, 68-70.

  _Calichroma alpina_, 367.

  California, Mosquitoes in, 284.

  _Callidryas alcmeone_, 227.
    _hilariæ_, 227.
    _pyranthe_, 227.

  Cameleons, Meal-worms as food for, 65.

  Camels employed in stealing gold from Ants, 146.

  Canaan subdued with Hornets, 171.

  Canary Islands, Locusts in, 104.

  Cancers, Cockroaches cure for, 78.

  Candle, why Moths fly in a, 242.

  Canker-worms, 248.

  _Canis corsac_ supposed to be the fabled gold-loving Ant
        of India, 148.

  Cannon employed against Fleas, 308.

  _Cantharidæ_, 62-64.

  _Cantharides_, 62-64, 193.

  Cantharidine, 63.

  _Cantharis vesicatoria_, 62-64.

  _Cantharis_ in head of mummy, 41.

  Cantharus of the ancients, 27.

  Caprification of figs, 144.

  Capua, burning of, foreshown by Ants, 173.

  _Carabidæ_, 23.

  Carbuncle, Oil-beetle remedy for, 63.

  _Carabus chrysocephalus_, 71.

  Carcasses, Bees tenanting, 194.

  Caravans, Bee-, 199.

  Carcinoma, Buprestis remedy for, 51.

  Cardinals, Spiders so called, 342.

  Carli and the Ants, 156.

  Carpenter-bee, 213.

  Carriages drawn by Fleas, 312.

  Caribbean Islands, Bees in, 204;
    Cucujus in, 53.

  Catamenia, women with, Caterpillars destroyed by, 244;
    Buprestis for, 51.

  Catarrh, Crickets remedy for, 96.

  Catch-’em-alive papers, sellers of, 296.

  Caterpillars, 158, n., 242-248.

  Cattle, Bees generated from carcasses of, 183;
    Daddy-Long-legs to find lost, 321;
    killed by Bees, 203;
    Mosquitoes, 283;
    sting of Sirex, 142;
    Spiders cure for poisoned, 360;
    warbles of, 303;
    whistle to call, made of beetle-shards, 369.

  Cats, Scarab-images with heads of, 36.

  Cayenne, Ants in, 162.

  Cedar, Spiders repelled by, 341.

  Centipedes as food, 365.

  _Cerambycidæ_, 72-74.

  _Cerambyx moschatus_, 73.

  Ceres, the Ant an attribute of, 152.

  _Cetoniidæ_, 49.

  Ceylon, Ants in, 158;
    Bees, 214;
    Black-ants, 157;
    British soldiers tortured with Ants, 158;
    _Buprestidæ_, 50;
    Butterflies, 227;
    Gnats, 282;
    _Oryctes rhinoceros_, 46;
    superstitions connected with insects, 46;
    Termites, 135;
    Wood-carrying Moth, 245.

  Chained Fleas, 312.

  Chalk, Ants cannot pass over a line of, 169.

  Chapelain, anecdote of, 332.

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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.

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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