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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

Charity, sugar given to Ants as an act of, 152.

  Charles XII., army of, impeded by Locusts, 106.

  Charm for Bots in horses, 302.

  Chelonitis used in raising tempests, 45.

  Chemical process to destroy Locusts, 116.

  Chestnut, Spiders repelled by, 341.

  Chickens made to close Bee-hives against the Bee-moth, 249.

  Chigoes, 341.

  Chili, Gold-beetles in, 23.

  China, _Aphis_ for dyeing in, 258;
    Blister-flies in, 63;
    _Buprestidæ_, 50;
    Butterflies, 229;
    Cicadas, 253;
    _Copris molossus_, 44;
    Grasshoppers, 100;
    insect to discover unchastity, 367;
    to forward delivery, 368;
    Lantern-fly, 256;
    Locusts, 112-130;
    Mantis, 87;
    Silk-worms, 234-241;
    Smelling-bug, 266, 272;
    Solitary Wasp, 174.

  _Chlænius saponarius_, 23.

  _Chlorops læta_, 287.

  Cholera, Flies die before breaking out of, 290.

  Christiana, Queen, Fleas cannonaded by, 308.

  Chrysalids of Butterflies venerated, 230.

  _Chyrsomelidæ_, 23.

  Chululahs, Spider in cosmogony of the, 342.

  _Church-yard Beetles_, 65-68.

  _Cicada chinensis_, 255.
    _septemdecim_, 253.

  _Cicadidæ_, 250-255.

  Cicindela, larvæ of, how captured, 97.

  _Cimex brassicæ_, 267.
    _juniperinus_, 267.

  _Cimex lecturarius_, 265-274.
    _pratensis_, 267.

  _Cimicidæ_, 265-274.

  City abandoned on account of Ants, 169;
    depopulated by Bees, 204;
    of Myas dispeopled by Fleas, 307;
    of Nisibis, siege of, raised by Mosquitoes, 283;
    of Tamly saved with Bees, 204.

  Clay, Locusts made from, 118;
    of Ant-hills, uses of, 134.

  Clothes’-moth, 248.

  Clothes, suit of, foretold by Measuring-worm, 248.

  Clouds, Gossamer supposed to form, 349.

  Cobra-de-Capello and the Ants, 157.

  _Coccidæ_, 259-264.

  _Coccinella septempunctata_, 17-23.

  _Coccinellidæ_, 17-23.

  _Coccus cacti_, 260.
    _ficus_, 263.
    _Hesperidum_, 264.
    _ilicis_, 259.
    _lacca_, 263.
    _polonicus_, 260.
    _uvæ-ursi_, 260.

  Cochineal, 260, 317, n.

  Cock, brains of, for bite of Spider, 356.

  _Cock-chafers_, 47-49.

  _Cockroaches_, 78-82.

  Coffee-bug, 158.

  Coffin, Bees alighting on, 188;
    clothes laid on, to keep away Moths, 249.

  Coffin-cutter, the, of the Irish, 368.

  Coins, Bees on, 194;
    Scarab-gems supposed to be, 36.

  Cold in horses, Hornets’ nest for, 172.

  _Coleoptera_, 17-75.

  _Colias edusa_, 227.

  Colic, Lady-birds remedy for, 21;
    Scorpions, 329.

  Comet, Locusts sent by, 113;
    omens from, 246.

  Commerce, Crickets as an article of, 95;
    Mantis, 92.

  Communication between Ants, 155.

  Conception, Spiders to prevent, 360.

  Conjuror of Bees, 201.

  Conradus, Bishop, Spider drank in wine by, 356.

  Consumption, Honey-dew for, 257.

  Continental money, Bees on, 197.

  Convulsions, Silk-worms for, 240.

  Coprion of the ancients, 27.

  _Copris molossus_, 44.
    _sabæus_, 41.
    in Egypt, 29.

  Coral for sting of Scorpions, 326.

  _Corixa femorata_, 276.
    _mercenaria_, 276.

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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

Charity, sugar given to Ants as an act of, 152.

  Charles XII., army of, impeded by Locusts, 106.

  Charm for Bots in horses, 302.

  Chelonitis used in raising tempests, 45.

  Chemical process to destroy Locusts, 116.

  Chestnut, Spiders repelled by, 341.

  Chickens made to close Bee-hives against the Bee-moth, 249.

  Chigoes, 341.

  Chili, Gold-beetles in, 23.

  China, _Aphis_ for dyeing in, 258;
    Blister-flies in, 63;
    _Buprestidæ_, 50;
    Butterflies, 229;
    Cicadas, 253;
    _Copris molossus_, 44;
    Grasshoppers, 100;
    insect to discover unchastity, 367;
    to forward delivery, 368;
    Lantern-fly, 256;
    Locusts, 112-130;
    Mantis, 87;
    Silk-worms, 234-241;
    Smelling-bug, 266, 272;
    Solitary Wasp, 174.

  _Chlænius saponarius_, 23.

  _Chlorops læta_, 287.

  Cholera, Flies die before breaking out of, 290.

  Christiana, Queen, Fleas cannonaded by, 308.

  Chrysalids of Butterflies venerated, 230.

  _Chyrsomelidæ_, 23.

  Chululahs, Spider in cosmogony of the, 342.

  _Church-yard Beetles_, 65-68.

  _Cicada chinensis_, 255.
    _septemdecim_, 253.

  _Cicadidæ_, 250-255.

  Cicindela, larvæ of, how captured, 97.

  _Cimex brassicæ_, 267.
    _juniperinus_, 267.

  _Cimex lecturarius_, 265-274.
    _pratensis_, 267.

  _Cimicidæ_, 265-274.

  City abandoned on account of Ants, 169;
    depopulated by Bees, 204;
    of Myas dispeopled by Fleas, 307;
    of Nisibis, siege of, raised by Mosquitoes, 283;
    of Tamly saved with Bees, 204.

  Clay, Locusts made from, 118;
    of Ant-hills, uses of, 134.

  Clothes’-moth, 248.

  Clothes, suit of, foretold by Measuring-worm, 248.

  Clouds, Gossamer supposed to form, 349.

  Cobra-de-Capello and the Ants, 157.

  _Coccidæ_, 259-264.

  _Coccinella septempunctata_, 17-23.

  _Coccinellidæ_, 17-23.

  _Coccus cacti_, 260.
    _ficus_, 263.
    _Hesperidum_, 264.
    _ilicis_, 259.
    _lacca_, 263.
    _polonicus_, 260.
    _uvæ-ursi_, 260.

  Cochineal, 260, 317, n.

  Cock, brains of, for bite of Spider, 356.

  _Cock-chafers_, 47-49.

  _Cockroaches_, 78-82.

  Coffee-bug, 158.

  Coffin, Bees alighting on, 188;
    clothes laid on, to keep away Moths, 249.

  Coffin-cutter, the, of the Irish, 368.

  Coins, Bees on, 194;
    Scarab-gems supposed to be, 36.

  Cold in horses, Hornets’ nest for, 172.

  _Coleoptera_, 17-75.

  _Colias edusa_, 227.

  Colic, Lady-birds remedy for, 21;
    Scorpions, 329.

  Comet, Locusts sent by, 113;
    omens from, 246.

  Commerce, Crickets as an article of, 95;
    Mantis, 92.

  Communication between Ants, 155.

  Conception, Spiders to prevent, 360.

  Conjuror of Bees, 201.

  Conradus, Bishop, Spider drank in wine by, 356.

  Consumption, Honey-dew for, 257.

  Continental money, Bees on, 197.

  Convulsions, Silk-worms for, 240.

  Coprion of the ancients, 27.

  _Copris molossus_, 44.
    _sabæus_, 41.
    in Egypt, 29.

  Coral for sting of Scorpions, 326.

  _Corixa femorata_, 276.
    _mercenaria_, 276.

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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