

TWO INSECT-PRODUCTS FROM PERSIA. 



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Father Ange, who, in his Pharmacopcea Persica, l describes it 1859 

 in the following terms : " Est autem istud medicamentum ve- Father 

 luti tragea ex nucleo pistacii integro confecta ; nam revera sac- 



FlG. 1. 



Lurinus maculatus, FaMerm. 

 FIG. 2. 





The cocoons of Larinvs maculatus, called in Turkish Trehala. 

 FIG 3. 



Larinus mellifciit, Jekel. 



charum istud exterius corrugatum et agglomeratum adhaeret 

 cuidam nucleo, in quo non fructus, sed vermiculus quidam 

 nigricans Persice C-hezoukek bombycis instar reconditur et 

 moritur." 



1 Pharmacopeia Persica ex idiomate Persico in Latinnm conversa. Lutet. 

 Paris, 1681, p. 361. 



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