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INDEX. 



GrylUdx, 98-100. 



Gryljotalpa vulgaris, 57, n. 



Gryllus jEgypticus, 126. 

 domesticus, 97. 



Guiana, Ants in, 168; Bees, 205; 

 Black-ants, 156; Canthar is max- 

 ima, 64; Lantern-flies, 256. 



Guinea, Spiders in, 342. 



Gustavus Adolphus' aversion for 

 Spiders, 344. 



Gyre-carlin, Louse in rhyme of 

 tlie, 320. 



HEMORRHOIDS, Dung-beetle for, 

 44. 



Happiness of Cicadas, 251. 



Hair, Cicadas ornaments for the, 

 251; insects, 57; on children's 

 cheeks. Ants to remove, 161. 



Haltica oleracea, 74. 

 nemorum, 74. 



Hampton Court, Spiders at, 342. 



Harvest, augury as to, from 

 Dung-beetle, 28. 



JIarvest-flies, 250-255. . 



Harvest-man, 321. 



Hare, feet of, to drive away Bugs, 

 266; urine of, in a prescrip- 

 tion, 76. 



Harp, Cicada emblem of, 252. 



Harts, their antidote for poison, 

 353. 



Hawking with Butterflies, 230. 



Hawk, Scarab figured with head 

 of, 34. 



Ilaiok-moths, 232-234. 



Headache, Scarab on an emerald 

 for, 45. 



Head-dresses, Butterflies on, 230. 



Heart, worm in the, of a horse, 

 365. 



Hedge-hog kept to kill Roaches, 

 78. 



Helio canthar us of the ancients, 27. 



Heliogabalus estimates popula- 

 tion of Rome from collection 

 of Spiders, 334. 



Hemorrhages, Ants for, 162 ; 

 Galls, 145. 



Hen, dung of, for sting of Scor- 

 pions, 326 ; moisture from 

 mouth of, for same, 327. 



Hercules-beetle, 45-47. 



Hercules, god of the Flies, 292. 



Heteroptera, 265-277. 



Hieroglyphics, Cicadas as, 253; 

 Scarab, 35, 37, 43, n. 



Hispaniola ravaged by Ants, 

 166. 



History, study of, from cabinet 

 of insects, 369. 



Hiving Bees, curious practice at, 

 189. 



Hoax: bloody-rain in Tennessee, 

 224. 



Holy men, Lice nourished by, 

 317. 



Holy water, Caterpillars destroy- 

 ed with, 243; Locusts, 116. 



Homoptera, 250-264. 



Honey, 208-211. 



Honey-dew, 257. 



Hops, Aphides and Lady-birds 

 killed on, 21 ; injury to, from 

 Hop-fly, 258. 



Hornets, 170-174, 194. 



Horns of Scarabaei in medicine, 

 26. 



Horse-hair, Gnats destroyed by, 

 285. 



Horse-leeches eaten in Cumana, 

 98. 



Horses, Bots in, 303 ; dung of, 

 for sting of Scorpions, 326 ; 

 diseases of. Hornets' nest for, 

 172 ; in descriptions of Locusts, 

 118; Hornets generated from 

 carcass of, 171, 184; Wasps, 

 170. 



Hottentots, Bee-dance of, 211 ; 

 make floors of clay of Ant- 

 hills, 135; origin of Locusts, 

 123; worship of Mantis, 84-88. 



House-fly, 41, 287-301. 



House-leek for sting of Scorpions, 

 326. 



Humhle-hees, 213. 



Hundred hives of Bees, cannot 

 have, 188. 



Hungary, Fleas in, 308; poison- 

 ous Fly, 303; shower of insects, 

 305. 



Hydrophobia, Oil-beetles for, 63. 



Ilymcnoptera, 142-215. 



