INDEX. 



395 



Vespa crfibro, 1/1. 



Vespidse, 170-174. 



Vessel attacked by Termites, 

 133; saved from being wrecked 

 by song of a Spanish Gryllo, 

 130. 



Vienna, Lady-bird at, 17. 



Vines, to prevent "Cantharides" 

 from injuring, 64. 



Vipers, generation of, 322. 



Virginia, Ants in, 152; Caterpil- 

 lars, 242; Crickets, 95. 



Virgin Mary, Lady-bird dedica- 

 ted to, 17, 18. 



Virgins, hatred of Scorpions for, 

 324. 



Virtues of Honey, 208. 



Vives, Ludovicus, eloquence of, 

 foretold by Bees, 178. 



Voluptuary, Scarab emblematical 

 of a, 33. 



Vomiting, Bugs for, 267. 



Vulture, gall of, in medicine, 219. 



Wall-lice, 265. 



War, omens of, from Agaric-Gnat, 



286; Gall-fiy. 143; Gnats, 280; 



Locusts, 119; Spiders, 338; 



Avaged against Locusts, 114; 



Bees idle during, 184. 

 Warbles, 303. 

 Wars of Ants, 151. 

 Warrior, Scarab emblematical of, 



32. 

 Warts, Cobwebs to remove, 359; 



Grasshoppers, 100. 

 Washington City, Mantis in, 88. 

 Washington, General, Mosquitoes 



pierce boots of, 281. 

 Wa!>ps, 170-174, 194, 202. 

 Water as a charm to destroy Lo- 

 custs, 116; found from swarms 



of Gnats, 280. 

 Water-boatmen, 275-277. 

 Wax, Bees-, 206-208. 



Pela, 254. 

 Way, lost, discovered by Mantis, 



83. 

 Weasel, young of, for bite of 



Spider, 356. 



Weather, prognostications as to, 

 from Ants, 153; Bees, 182, 194; 

 Butterflies, 229; Fleas, 310; 

 Flies, 290; Hornets, 172; Spi- 

 ders, 336 ; Lady- bird connected 

 with fine, 17, 18. 



Weevils, 68-72. 



West Indies, Ants in, 162, 167; 

 Cucujus, 51 ; Grasshoppers, 98 ; 

 Grou-grouworm, 68-70; Musk- 

 beetle, 73; Spiders, 354; saved 

 from invasion by Cucuji, 53. 



Whales, generation of, 322. 



Wheat, prices of, connected with 

 the ocean tides, 188, n. 



Whistles to call cattle, made of 

 beetle-shards, 369. 



White ants, 132-137. 



White-clover, Indian name for, 

 197. 



Wildman, anecdotes of, 201. 



Wind, Aphides produced by a, 

 258. 



Winter, prognostication from 

 May-bug as to, 47. 



Wisdom of the Ant exaggerated, 

 148-151. 



Witchcraft, beetle against, 44; 

 Bot-fly in, 303; Humble-bees, 

 213; use of wax in, 206. 



Witches in the forms of Flies, 

 294. 



Wolf, tail of, to drive away Flies, 

 288 ; Wasps generated from 

 carcass of, 171. 



Women, hatred of Scorpions for, 

 324. 



Wood-louse, Death-Avatch sup- 

 posed to be, 61. 



Woodpecker to keep Bees from 

 stinging, 193, 



Wood-carrying Moth, 245. 



Wood-tic, 321. 



Wool, rain of, 348 ; to drive 

 away Ants, 170. 



Woolly-bear Moths, 242-245. 



World, Scarab symbolical of, 30. 



Worm in the heart of a horse, 

 365 ; from stomach of a wo- 

 man, 364. 



Wormals, 303. 



