INDEX. 



393 



Spirits, Ants and lizards eaten 

 by, 161. 



Sphex. notion respecting, 174. 



Sphingidse, 232-234. 



Sphinx Atropos, 232. 



[Deilephila) hippophaes, 



367. 

 ligustris, 233. 



Spring-beetles, 51-55. 



Spring, Scarab symbolical of, 

 33. 



Squill for sting of Scorpions, 

 326. 



Stag-beetles, 24-27. 



Stag, feet of, to drive away Bugs, 

 266. 



Sternocera chrysis, 50. 



sternicornis, 50. 



Stick-lac, 263. 



Stiflfness in knees cured by Ants, 

 162. 



Sting of Bees, Hornets, etc., 

 remedies for, 174, 198. 



Stockings, silk, 238. 



Stolen Bees will not thrive, 184. 



Stomach, insects introduced into 

 the human, 67. 



Stone, Bedeguar for, 144; Glow- 

 worm, 57; Scorpions, 329. 



Storm, prognostication of, from 

 Gnats, 280. 



Strangles in horses, combs of 

 Hornets for, 172. 



Strangury, Bed-bugs for, 267 ; 

 Bees, 206. 



Strength of Bung-beetle, 28; 

 Flea, 311; Stag-beetle, 25. 



Success foretold by Glow-worm, 

 57. 



Sudorific, Cochineal as a, 262. 



Sumatra, Cricket in, 96. 



Sun, Ants sacrificed to, 153 ; 

 Flies, 292 ; Scarab sacred to, 

 30 ; the first worship of the, 

 36. 



Superstitions connected with 

 Agaric-Gnat, 286 ; Ants, 151 ; 

 Acanthocinus sedilis, 73; Army- 

 worm, 247; Butterflies, 229; 

 Caterpillars, 242; Cock- 

 roaches, 80-82; Crickets, 92- 



95; Death-watch, 58-61, 91; 

 Death's-head Moth, 232; Dra- 

 gon-flies, 138, 140; Dung-bee- 

 tle, 28; Ear-wig, 76; Flies, 

 290; Gall-flies, 143; Glow- 

 worm, 57 ; Grasshoppers, 98, 

 100; Katy-did, 131; Lady- 

 birds, 17-23; Locusts, 119; 

 Mantis, 82-92; Silk-worms, 

 239; Stag-beetles, 25; Scor- 

 pions, 322-331; Spiders, 339; 

 AVasps and Hornets, 173 ; Span- 

 worms, 248. 



Surinam, Cicadas in, 254 ; Fire- 

 ants, 157; Gnats, 280; Lantern- 

 flies, 255. 



Surat, hospital at, for animals, 

 266. 



Swallow, heart of, for lunacy, 

 330; odious and impious, 251. 



Swammerdam, anecdote of, 363. 



Swarms of Ants, 164; Aphides, 

 258; Butterflies, 225; Cantha- 

 rides. 64; Day-flies, 138; Dra- 

 gon-flies, 139-140; Flies, 287; 

 Gnats, 278; Lady-birds, 21; 

 May-bugs, 48. 



Swarming of Bees, notions con- 

 cerning, 185-190. 



Sweat, Fleas generated from, 

 305. 



Sweden, Acanthocinus sedilis in, 

 73 ; Ants, 161 ; Blaps mortisa- 

 ga, 65; Fleas, 308; Grasshop- 

 pers, 100; Lady-bird, 17; Lice, 

 316. 



Switzerland, Caterpillars in, 

 158, n. 



Swoonings, wax to prevent, 254. 



Sword, in charm to destroy Fleas, 

 308. 



Sybils resorted to, to drive away 

 Locusts, 113. 



Syria, Galls from, 145; Locusts 

 in, 103-130. 



Tamableness of the Fly, 289. 

 Tarantula, 351. 



Taylor, Mrs., and her Crickets, 

 95; Mantis, 88-90. 



