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INDEX. 



Aranea edulis, 354. 



obtextrix, 347. 

 tarantula, 351. 



Arctiidx, 242-245. 



Arctia chrysorrhoea, 242. 



Armies routed by Mosquitoes, 

 282. 



Armpits, Silk-worms hatched un- 

 der, 240. 



Arms, Bees on coat of, 196 ; 

 Butterfly, 229. 



Army-worm, 247. 



Arrows tipped with poison of an 

 Ant, 161. 



Artificial flowers, beetles upon,23. 



Artillery employed against Ants, 

 108; Locusts, 106. 



Ascarides in human stomach, 67. 



Asia, Honey-dew in, 257 ; Lo- 

 custs, 103-130. 



Ass, dung of, for sting of Scor- 

 pions, 326; Fleas do not bite, 

 310; Hornets generated from 

 carcass of, 171; Locusts, 101; 

 Scarabs, 170; Scarab sup- 

 posed to make its balls of the 

 dung of, 28; Silk woven by 

 an, 241 ; sting of Scorpions 

 transferred to, 325 ; "Wasps 

 generated from carcass of, 170. 



Assyria, Egyptian Scai"ab-gems 

 among ruins of, 39-41. 



Assyrians, Locusts eaten by the, 

 12G. 



Astringent, Galls as an, 145. 



Astronomical subjects, Scarab 

 connected with, 33, 37. 



Ateuchus JSgyptorum, 29. 

 mcer, 29-43. 



Athenians, golden cicadas worn 

 by, 251 ; Locusts eaten by, 

 120. 



Athens, so-called Flies at, 291, n. 



Atrophy, Lice remedy for, 319. 



Auks, snow colored red by, 220, n. 



Australia, Butterflies in, 231 ; 

 Flies, 288; larvae eaten in, 70. 



Automaton Flies, 294. 



Azores, Coccidx 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-color- 

 ed 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 gene- 

 rated 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; Scor- 

 pions 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 Scor- 

 pions, 326. 



