INDEX. 



389 



Owlet antidote for sting of Bees, 



193. 

 Oxford, bringing in the Fly at, 



291. 



Painted, Flies on vessels newly, 



287. 

 Palm-tree, generation of the, 322 

 Palm-weevil, 68-70. 

 Palpitations, wax to prevent, 254. 

 Palsy, Ants remedy for, 162. 

 Pans, beating of, when Bees 



swarm, 189. 

 Paper, manufacture of, from silk, 



239. 

 Faplionidse, 216-232. 

 Paradise, Solomon's Ant in, 153. 

 Paraguay, Spiders in, 362. 

 Parasol, swarm of Bees on a 



lady's, 214. 

 Paris, Cucujus in, 53. 

 Park, Mungo, attacked by Bees, 



203. 

 Paniassius Apollo, 367. 

 Paroxysms, Spiders for, 358. 

 Parthians, Locusts eaten by, 121. 

 Passalus cornutus, 27. 

 Paul, Prince, anecdote of, 369. 

 Pausidse, 23-24. 



Peace foretold by Locusts, 119. 

 PedicuUdx, 316-320. 

 Pediculi corporis, 317. 

 Pedipalpi, 321-331. 

 Peiresc's solution of bloody-rain, 



218. 

 Pelisson and his pet Spider, 335. 

 Pennsylvania, Bees in, 182, 188; 



Butterflies, 229. 

 Persia, Aphis in, 258; Scorpions, 



328; Silk- worms, 235. 

 Peruvians, Flies offered to the 



Sun by, 292. 

 Pestilence foretold by Spiders, 



143. 

 Petrified Bee-hive, 214. 

 Pets, beetles as, 50; Mantis, 88- 



90; Spiders, 235. 

 Pewter for sting of Scorpions, 326. 

 Phaerus, Spiders eaten by, 355. 

 Phaeton's sisters, origin of fable 



of, 91, n. 

 Phalangidx, 321. 



Phalangium, 321 . 



Philology, study of, from names 



of insects, 369. 

 Phonetic, Scarab as a. 35. 

 Phosphor Paste for killing 

 Roaches, etc., manufacture and 

 vending of, 80-82. 

 Phthiriasis, 121, 320. 

 Phthisic, Honey-dew for, 257. 

 Physicians, Pliny's invective 



against, 67. 

 Piety of Bees, 174-177. 

 Pigeon for sting of Scorpions, 326; 

 Mohammed's life saved by, 333. 

 Pig-manure, Bee-hives prepared 



with, 189. 

 Pimelia spinulosa, 41. 

 Pindar, Bees induce, to write 



verses, 178. 

 Pismires, 146-170. 

 Pithecius, 41. 



Plague, oil of Scorpions for, 330; 

 occasioned by Locusts, 101-118. 

 Plant-lice, 257-259. 

 Plants, animals becoming, 90-92. 

 Plato, eloquence of, foretold by 



Bees, 178. 

 Platyphyllon concavum, 131. 

 Plenty foretold by Lady-bird, 18. 

 Plum, Ear- wig in a, 76. 

 Poems on a Flea, 313. 

 Poison of Spiders, antidotes for, 



356; from ants, 161. 

 Poisonous Honey, 210. 

 Poland, poisonous Sirex in, 142; 

 scai-let grain of, 260; Locusts 

 in, 103-130. 

 Poma insana, 145. 

 Pontia brassicse, 225. 



cardimines, 226. 

 Poor Humphrey's satire on kill- 

 ing Fleas, 309. 

 Popes, Caterpillars cursed by, 243. 

 Poppy, Honey antidote for, 208. 

 Poterium sanguisorba, 260. 

 Prayers offered to destroy cater- 

 pillars, 242; to prevent sting- 

 ing of Scorpions, 327. 

 Praying-Mantis, 82-92. 

 Priest, Cicada symbol of, 253. 

 Primx vine,, acidity in. Stag-beetle 

 for, 26. 



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