Diarrhœa, Rose-gall for, 144. Digger Indians, Grasshoppers eaten by, 99. _Diptera_, 278-304. Disease, foretold by Gnats, 280. Disjonval and his Spiders, 336. Distemper in horses, Hornets’ nest for, 172. Diuretic, Bees as, 206. Dog, fat of, to destroy Nits, 320; Fleas generated from humors on, 305; foiled with Bees, 201; Scarab-images with heads of, 36. Domitian, anecdote of, 332. _Dragon-flies_, 138-140. Dragon of St. George, Flies generated from, 304. Dreams, signification of, of Ants and Bees, 152; Flies, 289; Locusts, 119; insects in general in Siam, 370. Dr. Ellison, Lady-bird so called, 20. Drink, Honey-dew as a, 257. Dropsy, Cantharides for, 63. Drouth foretold by Grasshoppers, 100. Du Chaillu runs from Ants to save his life, 157. Dufour, Mrs. A. L. R., verses by, 131, 243. _Dung-beetles_, 27-45. “Duo,” the pronouncing of, to prevent Scorpions stinging, 325. Dust, Fleas generated from, 305. Dwarfs, Gossamer woven by, 349. Dyeing, Cochineal used in, 260; Galls used in, 145. _Dynastes Goliathus_, 46, 47. _Hercules_, 45-47. _Dynastidæ_, 45-47. Dysentery, bedeguar for, 144. Dysury, Grasshoppers for, 100. Eagle, Beetle’s revenge upon, 45. Ear, Beetle in the, of Capt. Speke, 79, n.; Cockroach in the, of a Swede, 79; _Blatta_ of Pliny for diseases of the, 66; Bugs, 267; Cockroaches, 78; Crickets, 97; Spiders, 357; Stag-beetles, 26; worms extracted from children’s, 371. _Ear-wigs_, 76, 77. East Indies, Locusts in, 112, 113; Termites, 137. Egypt, Beetles eaten by the women in, 65; buried with the dead, 24; bloody-waters, 223, n.; _Buprestis_, 29; _Copris_, 29; Cicadas, 253; frontiers of, made known from inscriptions on Scarabæi, 35; Gnats in, 282; insects embalmed in, 41; Locusts in, 101, 113; Scarab worshiped, 29-42; Scorpions in, 328. Egyptian pottery, Flies on, 292; worship of animals, theory on, 43, n. _Elateridæ_, 51-55. _Elater noctilucus_, 51-55, 255. Elephant named _Lucas_, 24; put to flight by Ants, 157. Elf-shot, cattle said to be, 303. Elizabeth, Queen, silk stockings worn by, 238. Eloquence foretold by Bees, 178. Embalmed, _Buprestis_, 30; House-fly, 41; Scarab, 41. Embalming, Honey used for, 208. Embroidered, Spiders, on ladies’ dresses, 354. Emerald, Beetle engraven on, against witchcraft, 44. Emmets, 146-170. Emperor of China and the Locusts, 128. Enchantment, counter-charm for, 192. Encouragement taken from an Ant, 154; Spider, 333. Enemies represented by a Scorpion and a Crocodile fighting, 324; sign of, from dreams of Flies, 289.