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INDEX. 



Crimea, Gnats in, 282; Locusts, 



116. 

 Criminals tortured with Ants, 

 158; Flies, 296; Mosquitoes, 

 284. 

 Crimson, Galls for dyeing, 258; 



Cochineal, 259. 

 Crocodile, Scorpions generated 

 from carcass of, 323; Wasps, 

 171; Scorpions .. enemies to, 

 324; worship of, in Egypt, 

 43, n. 

 Crow, dung of, for sting of Scor- 

 pions, 326. 

 Cuckoo to prevent breeding of 



Fleas, 307. 

 Cucujus, 51. 

 Culez pipiens, 278. 

 Culicidse, 278-286. 

 Cumana, Grasshoppers eaten in, 



98. 

 Curculionidse, 68-72. 

 Curculio anti-odontalgicus, 71. 

 Bacchus, 71. 

 j'secac, 71. 

 in a plum, 76. 

 Cut-worm, 246. 

 Cynipidx, 143-145. 

 Cynips ficus caricse, 144. 



ffallse tinctorum, 144. 

 glecome, 144. 

 insana, 145. 

 psenes, 144. 

 rosse, 144. 



Daddy-Long-legs, 321. 



Dance, Hoffentot Bee-, 211. 



Dank food, Bots generated from, 

 303. 



Day-flies, 138. 



Dead, Leather-beetles buried 

 with the, 24; Scarab-images, 

 36. 



Dead Sea fruits, 145. 



Deafness, Ants remedy for, 161; 

 Ear-wigs, 76. 



Death, Bees informed of a, 185- 

 188; omens of, from Bees, 181, 

 185; Black-beetle, 82; Butter- 

 flies, 229; Caterpillars, 242; 

 Church-yard beetle, 65; Crick- 



ets, 92-95; Death-watch, 58- 

 61; Dragon-fly, 140; Glow- 

 worm, 57 ; Hawk-moth, 232 ; 

 Mantis, 83 ; Spiders, 340. 



Death's-head Moth, 232. 



Death-watch, 58-61, 93. 



Debility, Termites remedy for, 

 137. 



Decticus verrucivorus, 100. 



Deer killed by Ants, 157; their 

 antidote for poisons, 353 ; 

 Wasps generated from the head 

 of, 171. 



Dejeau, Genl. Count, anecdote 

 of, 368. 



Democritis, fondess of, for Honey, 

 209. 



Denmark, Dung-beetle in, 28. 



Dermestes elongalus, 24, 41. 

 pollinctus, 24, 41. 

 roei, 24, 41. 

 vulpinus, 24, 41. 



Dermestidse, 24. 



Devil, Fleas attributed to the 

 envy of the, 311; in the shape 

 of a Flea, 310; Fly, 293. 



Dew, scorched, Gossamer sup- 

 posed to be, 348. 



Diamond-beetles, 23, 68. 



Diaphoretic, Bees as, 206. 



Diarrhoea, Rose gall for, 144. 



Digger Indians, Grasshoppers 

 eaten by. 99. 



Diptera, 278-304. 



Disease, foretold by Gnats, 280. 



Disjonval and his Spiders, 336. 



Distemper in horses, Hornets'nest 

 for, 172. 



Diuretic, Bees as, 206. 



Dog, fat of, to destroy Nits, 320; 

 Fleas generated from humors 

 on, 305; foiled with Bees, 201 ; 

 Scarab-images with heads of, 

 36. 



Domitian, anecdote of, 332. 



Dragon-flies, 138-140. 



Dragon of St. George, Flies gen- 

 erated from, 304. 



Dreams, signification of, of Ants 

 and Bees, 152; Flies, 289; Lo- 

 custs, 119; insects in general 

 in Siam, 370. 



