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INDEX. 



Septuagint, Bee eulogized in tlie, 

 212. 



Serpents and Ants, 157; enmity 

 between Spiders and, 341 ; 

 Honey for bite of, 208 ; a 

 Mantis tlie parent of the, 157; 

 of Tiberias Caesar eaten by 

 Ants, 151; to kill Nits, 320; 

 worship of, in Egypt, 43, n. 



Seventeen-year Locust, 254. 



Sheep, artificial migration of, 

 198; dung of, for bite of Spi- 

 der, 356; killed by Ants, 157; 

 maggots in brain of, 302. 



Shield-lice, 259-264. 



Shell-lac, 263. 



Ships, monkeys kept on board, to 

 kill Roaches, 78. 



Showers of blood, 216-225; of 

 Gossamer, 347 ; insects wuth 

 snow, 364. 



Siam, Ants in, 159 ; interpreta- 

 tion of signs and dreams of in- 

 sects in, 370; beetle for fight- 

 ing in, 368; Grasshoppers in, 

 98; Spiders, 354. 



Sideritis, the herb, for sting of 

 Scorpions, 326. 



Singing to Bees, 188. 



Signs: see prognostications and 

 superstitions. 



Silesia, poisonous Sirex in, 142. 



Silk of Silk-worms, 234-241, 

 248. 

 Spiders, 361. 



Silk-ioorm Moths, 234-241. 



Silver for sting of Scorpions, 325, 

 326. 



Sins expiated by assisting Dung- 

 beetles, 28. 



Sirex fusicornis, 142. 

 gig as, 142. 

 juvencus, 142. 

 spectrum, 142. 



Skull, Bees make Honey in a, 

 195. 



Sleep, Caterpillar to procure, 

 245 ; chirping of Crickets to 

 induce, 95-96. 



Sleight-of-hand, supposed per- 

 formance of, 372. 



Sloth, Fleas to prevent, 306. 



Sluggard referred to the Ant, 

 148. 



Smoke to drive aAvay Locusts, 

 115. 



Snails embalmed by Bees, 210; 

 eaten in the West Indies, 98. 



Snake, living, hung by a Spider, 

 345; danger from, in collecting 

 Locusts, 124; fed by Dragon- 

 flies, 139. 



Snow, Fleas on the, 314; Gnats 

 falling with, 280 ; insects in 

 numbers on, 364; origin of red, 

 220, n. 



Soap, beetle made into, 23; Ci- 

 cadas, 254. 



Socrates measures the jump of a 

 Flea, 311. 



Solomon and the Ant, 148; Ant 

 in Paradise, 153. 



Song, Locusts kept for sake of, 

 130; vessel saved by song of a 

 Spanish Gryllo, 130. 



Son, Scarab emblematical of an 

 only, 33. 



Soothsayers, 82-92. 



Soul, Butterfly symbol of, 228; 

 Moths supposed to be, 243; of 

 industrious from Ants, 150. 



Sound as a Roach, 79. 



South America, Ants in, 160 : 

 Goliath-beetle, 46 ; Grou-grou 

 worm, 69; Hercules-beetle, 45- 

 46; Termites, 132-137. 



Spain, Bees in, 212; Cantharides, 

 63; Locusts, 102-130; Silk- 

 worms, 237. 



Spanish-flies, 02. 



Spanish Inquisition, detectives 

 of, called Flies, 292. 



Span-worms, 248. 



Sparrman, Dr., anecdote of, 360. 



Spawn, fish,- Locusts hatched 

 from, 118; sold for eggs, of 

 Silk-worms, 241. 



Spectacles, Hornets' nest to clean, 

 172. 



Speke, Capt., beetle in the ear of, 

 79, n. 



Spiders, 61, 99, 113, 193, 322, 324, 

 332-362, 370. 



