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INDEX. 



•Esteem for Ant-lions, 141. 



Etruscans, Egyptian Scarab 

 adopted by, 39. 



Etymology of Cricket, 97 ; Locust, 

 130; Ptdex, 305. 



Eucharist, holy, respect of Bees 

 for, 174-177. 



Eumeta, 245. 



Eumolpus auratus, 23. 



Eunota amphyoxis, 224. 



Euplezoptera, 61-77. 



Euplcea coras, 228. 

 protlwe, 228. 



Europe, Antler-moth in, 240 ; Bee- 

 caravans, 199; Deaths' -head 

 moth, 233; Dragon-flies, 139; 

 insect ornaments, 44; Locusts 

 in, 102-130; Mantis, 83; Silk- 

 worms, 235 ; Termites,132-137; 

 trade in insects, 360. 



Eutimis nobilis, 68. 



Evil eye, silk-worms susceptible 

 to, 239. 



Exorcised, Ants, 169; Locusts, 

 1115; Turnip-fly, 74. 



Eyes, cobwebs for defluxions of, 

 356; green Scarab for, 44; 

 Honey in preparation for, 209; 

 oil of Scorpions for, 330; Sca- 

 rab for protuberating, 44. 



Eynchitus aureus, 71. 



Fairies, Ants supposed to be, 

 152; Gossamer spun by, 349. 



Famine foretold by Grasshop- 

 pers, 100; maggot, 143; Man- 

 tis, 83, 



Farriers, Cantharides employed 

 by, 64. 



Fat, beetle eaten by women to be- 

 come, 65. 



Fecundity, Scarab symbolical of, 

 33; eaten to cause, 33. 



Fever, Bugs medicine for, 367; 

 Honey-dew, 257; Spiders, 357, 

 359; sign of, from dreams of 

 Flies, 289. 



Fever, man dead from, Scarab 

 symbol of, 33. 



Figs, caprification of, 144; for 

 sting of scorpions, 326. 



Fighting, beetles kept for, 368; 

 Mantis, 87. 



Fire, alarms of, occasioned by 

 Gnats, 278. 



Fire-jiies, 51-55. 



Fires occasioned by Stag-beetles, 

 25; Scorpion surrounded with, 

 328; to destroy Canker-worms, 

 248. 



Fish killed by a Spider, 846; 

 Locusts hatched from spawn, 

 118; for sting of Scorpions, 

 326; spawn of, sold for eggs 

 of silk-worms, 241. 



Flata limbata, 254. 



Flatterers compared to Flies, 291. 



Fleas, 266, 273, 135, 305-315. 



Fleur de lis, origin of, on arms of 

 France, 196. 



Flies, 287-301, 306, 324. 



Flight, extent of the Bee's, 200; 

 Locusfs, 129. 



Floors made from clay of Ant- 

 hills, 134. 



Flora, Ants' remedy for, 161, 



Flour, Bees steal, from a mill, 191. 



Flying-bulls, 25. 



Food, Ants as, 159-161; Bees, 

 204; Buprestis, 51; Butterflies, 

 231; Caterpillars, 372; Cica- 



das, 254; Cossi, 



Copris 7)10- 



lossus, 44; Field-crickets, 96: 

 Flies, 295; Galls, 145; Goliath- 

 beetle, 46; Grasshoppers, 98, 

 99; Grou-grou worm, 69, 70; 

 Honey, 208-211 ; Lice, 99, 317; 

 Locusts, 98, 120-127; May- 

 bug, 49 ; Notonectidse, 275 ; Oryc- 

 tes rhinoceros, 46 ; Prionus da- 

 micornis, 73 ; Scolopendras and 

 Centipedes, 365; Scorpions, 

 329; Silk-worms, 240; Spiders, 

 354-356; Termites, 135-137. 

 ForficuUdse, 76, 77. 

 Forger of Scarab-gems, 38, n. 

 Formic acid, 161. 

 Formica bispinosa, 162. 



major, 161. 



minor, 161, 



omnivora, 166. 



rufa; 159. 



smaraydina, 157, 158. 



