INDEX 



159 



Kircher, Athanasius, 7, 34, 43, 

 64, 81 ; experiment on frogs, 

 78-79 



Lactantius, 21 



Liceto, Fortunio, 43, 52, 91 



Lifeless bodies incapable of pro- 

 ducing anything without in- 

 semination, 115 



Low and high, terms unknown 

 to Nature, 95 



Magalotti, 7 



Maggots hatched from eggs, 31 



Maggots, 38 



Magone, 38 



Malice never found in animals 

 not endowed with speech. 

 48 



Manicheans, 96 



Mantis, 88, 89; two color-va- 

 rieties, 85; external struc- 

 ture, 85; ecdysis, 86; inter- 

 nal structure, 86; eggs, 86, 

 88, 89; grafting experiment, 



87 

 Marchetti, 7 



Marine animals, parasites, 121 

 Mattiuoli, 52, 70 

 Melon, 76 

 Menagio, 49 

 Menzini, 6 

 Metamorphosis, 106 

 Moufet, Thomas, 43, 44, 47, 68, 



71 ; reports on parasites of 



beetles, 121 ; Theatrum In- 



sectarum, 120 



Nicander, 42 



Oeffer, Wolfgang, 52 



Olimpiodorus, 50 



Origen, 42 



Oro, 50 



Osier, berry-like growths, 108 



Ovaries of flies, 38 



Ovid, 39, 42, 50, 51, 77 



Paracelsus, 36 



Paralysis, 99 



Parasites, 116', liver fluke; bot- 

 flies, 117, 118; Aristotle de- 



scribes worms in deer's 

 head, 117; of caterpillars, 

 113-115; of maggots, 32 



Pizzichi, F., 124; drawings of 

 lice 



Peach, worm in, 102 



Pear, worm in, 102 



Philas of Tarsus, 42 



Philo the Jew, 42 



Philosophy, 126; only aim of 

 philosophy is the search for 

 truth, 126; Seneca, 126 



Philes, Manuel, 46 



Philetas of Cos, 41 



Pisida, George, 36, 42 



Plant-animals, 96, 98-99 



Plates, lice of the falcon, 127; 

 louse of the large pigeon, 

 turtle-dove, louse or mite, 

 hen-louse, or mite, louse of 

 starling, 128 ; louse of the 

 crane, 129; lice of the moor- 

 hen, figures, I, 2, 3, 130; 

 louse of the white-heron, 

 egret, 131 ; louse of the 

 black-heron, 132; louse of 

 the spoon-bill, 133; louse of 

 swan, head of swan-louse 

 under view, 134; louse of 

 wild-duck, louse of sea-gull, 

 mite of the swan, 135; lice 

 of the wild-goose, 136; lice 

 of the plover, 137 ; louse of 

 the kestrel, 139; louse of 

 the peacock, 140; louse of 

 white peacock, 141 ; louse of 

 the crow, louse of the 

 capon, 142 ; louse of the 

 white starling, worm found 

 in citron and spice, 143; 

 common louse, 144; crab- 

 louse, tick of wild-goat, 145 ; 

 louse of camel, 146 ; louse 

 of the ass, 147; louse of 

 African sheep, louse of 

 Guinea-hen, 148; deer lice, 

 149; tick of the tiger, 150; 

 grain weevil, 151; ant, 152; 

 ant, 2, 153; ant, 3; shaggy. 

 154; mosquito, 155 



Plato, 96 



Pliny, 18, 38, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52. 

 69, 65, 7^, 77, 90 



