INDEX. 



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Bible, Ant in the, 148; Bees, 184; 

 Flea, 813; Gnat, 285; Locusts, 

 101, 128. 



Birds preserved to destroy Lo- 

 custs, 114. 



Bishop Barnabee, Lady-bird so 

 called, 19. 



Black-beetles, 78-82. 



Blacksmith-beetle, 55. 



Blapsidx, 65-68. 



Blaps mortisaga, 65, 68, 78. 



Blatta Americana, 79. 

 fcetida, 78. 

 orientalis, 79. 

 of the ancients, 78. 



Blattidx, 78-82. 



Bleeding of wounds, cobwebs to 

 arrest, 357. 



Blind as a beetle, 49. 



Blindness, Death's-head Moth 

 supposed to cause, 233. 



Blister-flies, 62-64. 



Blood, showers of, 216-225. 



Boars drowned in Hone}', 211. 



Boils cured by Ants, 162. 



Bombicidse, 234-241. 



Bombus, 213. 



Bombyx Madroni. 239. 

 mori, 234. 



Books perforated by beetles, 61. 



Bostrichidse, 61. 



Bostrichus typographus, 61. 



Botany, study of, from cabinet of 

 insects, 369. 



Bot-flies, 302-304. 



Brain, Scorpioninawoman's, 322. 



Brandy flavored with Ants, 161. 



Brides in Holland, pupae com- 

 pared to, 232. 



Briers, May-bug grubs changed 

 into, 48. 



Brazen Fly, game so called, 294. 



Brazil, Ants in, 160. 168; Blister- 

 flies, 68 ; Diamond-beetles, 68 ; 

 Gold-beetles, 23 ; Termites, 

 134-5. 



Browny invoked in hiving Bees, 



Pi-uce and the Spider, 333. 

 Bubo, pestilential, Oil-beetles for, 



63. 

 Buenos Ayres, Flies in, 287. 



Buff"alo, Locusts a cross between 



the and Spiilcr, 1 13. 

 Bug-bear, meaning of, 265. 

 Bug-poison, vending of, in Lon- 

 don, 268. 

 Bull, fat of, in charm to destroy 



Fleas, 308. 

 Bullocks, Bees generated from, 



183. 

 Burn-cows, 50—51. 

 Burnie-bee, Lady-bird so called, 



22 

 Burning Spiders for amusement, 



350. 

 Buprestidse, 50-51, 

 Buprestis attenuata, 50. 



fascicular ins, 51. 

 maxima, 50. 

 ocellata, 50. 

 vittata, 50. 

 in Egypt, 29. 

 of the ancients, 51. 

 Butterflies. 216-232. 

 Butter, Grou-grou worm made 

 into, 69. 



Cabbage-tree worm, 68-70. 



Cactus cochinilifer, 261. 



Cafifres make ovens of Ant-hills, 



134. 

 Calandra palmarum, 27, 68-70. 

 Calichroma alpina, 307. 

 California, Mosquitoes in, 284. 

 Callidryas alcmeone, 227. 

 hilarix, 221 . 

 pyranthe, 227. 

 Cameleons, Meal-worms as food 



for, 65. 

 Camels employed in stealing gold 



from Ants, 146. 

 Canaan subdued with Hornets, 



171. 

 Canary Islands, Locusts in, 104. 

 Cancers,Cockroaches cure for, 78. 

 Candle, why Moths fly in a, 242. 

 Canker-worms, 248. 

 Canis corsac supposed to be the 



fabled gold-loving Ant of India, 



148. 

 Cannon employed against Fleas, 



308. 

 Cantharidse, 62-64. 



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