INDEX. 



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Bible, Ant in the, 148; Bees, 184; 

 Flea, 813; Gnat, 285; Locusts, 

 101, 128. 



Birds preserved to destroy Lo- 

 custs, 114. 



Bishop Barnabee, Lady-bird so 

 called, 19. 



Black-beetles, 78-82. 



Blacksmith-beetle, 55. 



BLapsidse, 65-68. 



Blaps morthaga, 65, 68, 78. 



Blatta Americana, 79. 

 foitida, 78. 

 orientaiis, 79. 

 of the ancients, 78. 



Blattidx, 78-82. 



Bleeding of wounds, cobwebs to 

 arrest, 357. 



Blind as a beetle, 49. 



Blindness, Death's-head Moth 

 supposed to cause, 233. 



Blister-fiies, 62-64. 



Blood, "showers of, 216-225. 



Boars drowned in Honey, 211. 



Boils cured by Ants, 162. 



Bombicidse., 234.-241. 



Bombus, 213. 



Bomhyx Madroni, 239. 

 mori, 234. 



Books perforated by beetles, 61. 



Bostrichidie, 61. 



Bostrichus typographus, 61. 



Botany, study of, from cabinet of 

 insects, 369. 



Bot-flies, 302-304. 



Brain, Scorpionin a woman's, 322. 



Brandy flavored with Ants, 161. 



Brides in Holland, pupoe com- 

 pared to, 232. 



Briers, May-bug grubs changed 

 into, 48. 



Brazen Fly, game so called, 294. 



Brazil, Ants in, 160. 168; Blister- 

 flies, 63; Diamond-beetles, 68; 

 Gold-beetles, 23 ; Termites, 

 134-5. 



Browny invoked in hiving Bees, 

 190. 



Bruce and the Spider, 333. 



Bubo, pestilential. Oil-beetles for, 

 63. 



Buenos Ayres, Flies in, 287. 



Buffalo, Locusts a cross between 



the and Spider, 113. 

 Bug-bear, meaning of, 265. 

 Bug-poison, vending of, in Lon- 

 don, 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. 

 Buprestidx, 50-51. 

 Buprestis attenuata, 50. 



fascicular ius, 51. 

 maxima, 50. 

 oceilata, 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. 

 hilarise, 227. 

 pyranthc, 221 . 

 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. 

 Cams corsac supposed to be the 



fabled gold-loving Ant of India, 



148. 

 Cannon employed against Fleas, 



308. 

 Cantharidie, 62-64. 



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