CURIOUS FACTS 



HISTORY OF INSECTS; 



INCLUDING 



SPIDERS AXD SCORPIOXS. 



COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE LEGENDS, SUPERSTITIONS, BELIEFS, 



AND OMINOUS SIGNS CONNECTED WITH INSECTS; TOGETHER 



WITH THEIR USES IN MEDICINE, ART, AND AS FOOD; 



AND A SUMMARY OF THEIR REMARKABLE 



INJURIES AND APPEARANCES. 



BY 



FRANK COWAN. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



J. B. L 1 P P I N C T T & C 0. 



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BOSTON UNIVERSITY 

 COLLEGE Cr L:ZERAL ARTS 



