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166. Cures for stings. " Theatre of Insects. " — 



Moflfett. 



167. Allen's wife. *' Theatre of Insects." — Moifett. 



168. Emperor Vespasian. '' The History of Our 



Lord as Exemplified in works of Art." — 

 Mrs. Jameson. 



169. Wasps' nests burned for asthma and colds ; a 



practice still recommended and employed by 

 the negroes of the Southern United States 

 171. ''An infinite number of wasps." "Curious 

 History of Insects." — Frank Cowan. 



171. " If hornets build low." Ibid. 



172. Gamekeeper's observations. " Natural History 



of Wasps." — Ormerod. 



1 72. Storms at sea : flying at evening. — Topsell. 



173. Superstitions. — Frank Cowan. 



182. Sir John Lubbock. " Ants, Bees, and Wasps.' 



184. '' A specimen of Polistes carnifex." " The 

 Naturalist on the River Amazons." — Henry 

 Walter Bates. 



187. Three-story nest of Java wasp. — Saussure. 



216. White plaster nests. " On the Instincts and 

 Habits of the Solitary Wasps." " The mud- 

 daubers." — Geo. W. and Elizabeth G. 

 Peckham. 



219. Chinese superstitions. " Curious History of 

 Insects." — Frank Cowan. 



