Mr. W. B. Spcnce on a Passage in Herodotus. 7 



enter fully into this matter would at present occupy too much of the 

 Society's time, on which I have already trespassed longer than I 

 originally meant, and as, besides, it will be best that he to whom this 

 unexpected coincidence first occurred shovdd himself explain the sub- 

 ject in detail, I shall leave it to him to lay before the Society the 

 jiassage in question, and such comments as it may suggest, at a fu- 

 ture meeting. 



11. Remarks on the Passage in Herodotus referred to in 

 Mr. Spexce's Pajier, read at the Ajiril 3Ieeting. By 

 W. B. Spence, Esq., M.E.S. France, For, Sec. Ent. Soc. 



[Read May 5, 1834.] 



I BEG leave to lay before the Society a few remarks on the passage 

 of Herodotus referred to in my father's late paper, which was brought 

 to my recollection on hearing him mention that flies were kept out 

 of houses at Florence by merely having a net stretched across the 

 windows. 



The passage in question occurs in the second book of Herodotus, 

 in which, after having given a general description of the customs, 

 manners, and religion of the Egyptians, he goes on to describe the 

 natural history of the country, and forms the 95th chapter, which is 

 as follows : 



95. npog ds Tovg xcovooTrccg acp^ovovg eovTcng raSs ^(pl Icrr* jW,sjw-»jp(^av»]- 

 jX£V«. TOvg [isv TO. uvea riav kXswv olnsovrag ol irvpyoi co^rXeoucr;, sg 

 ovg ccvaSalvovTsg xotfj^eovTcn' ol yixp KwvcwKsg vtto toov avs[ji^ct}v ovk oiol 

 T£ sltri v^ov TSiTscr^ai. TOtcrj S= Trspi ra eAea oIxsouctj raS; uvti twv 

 TTvpyMV uXXa [XEfjiYj^ixvyiToci. Trag avyjp uvtsoov a.ixipl§Xifj(rrpov exT>]Ta/, 

 Toj T^5 jasv hjJ-sprjg i%955 ocypsun, rrjv Ss vvkto. ruds avroo ^potrai ev r^ 

 avoiTcaviTUi Kohy Tzsp) tuvtyjv 7(rT»](7j to a[ji,)pi§\Yi7Tpov, xul eTisirx 

 sv^vg, VTT uvTU) KuQeudei. ol 8s KMVMTTsg, 5^v jxiv Iv li/,a.Tl(/J lveA»^ajw,jvof 

 svdrj >j (TivSovi, Sia toutcov Saxvouo"*' 8<a Se TOii Sjxtuou ouSs 'nsipoovTcti 

 upxriv. 



Of the above passage the following is a translation, which I have 

 made as literal as possible ; but that there may be no doubt of its 

 general accuracy I have compared it with the various translations 

 of Schweighoeuser, Larcher, and Beloe, with which in substance it 

 exactly agrees : 



