INDEX. 



381 



Dr. Ellison, Lady-bird so called, 



20. 

 Drink, Honey-dew as a, 257. 

 Dropsy, Cantharides for, 63. 

 Drouth foretold by Grasshoppers, 



100. 

 Du Chaillu runs from Ants to 



save his life, 157. 

 Dufour, Mrs. A. L. R., verses by, 



131, 243. 

 Dung-beetles, 27-45. 

 "Duo," the pronouncing of, to 



prevent Scorpions stinging,325. 

 Dust, Fleas generated from, 305. 

 Dwarfs, Gossamer woven by, 349. 

 Dyeing, Cochineal used in, 260; 



Galls used in, 145. 

 Dynastes Goliathus, 46, 47. 



Eercules, 45-47. 

 Dynastidx, 45-47. 

 Dysentery, bedeguar for, 144. 

 Dysury, Grasshoppers for, 100. 



Eagle, Beetle's revenge upon, 45. 



Ear, Beetle in the, of Capt. Speke, 

 79, n. ; Cockroach in the, of a 

 Swede, 79; Blatta of Pliny for 

 diseases of the, 66 ; Bugs, 267 ; 

 Cockroaches, 78; Crickets, 97; 

 Spiders, 357 ; Stag-beetles, 26 ; 

 worms extracted from chil- 

 dren's, 371. 



Ear -wigs, 76, 77. 



East Indies, Locusts in, 112, 113; 

 Termites, 137. 



Egypt, Beetles eaten by the wo- 

 men in, 65; buried with the 

 dead, 24; bloody-v/aters, 223, 

 n. ; Buprestis, 29; Copris, 29; 

 Cicadas, 253 ; frontiers of, made 

 known from inscriptions on 

 Scarabaei, 35; Gnats in, 282; 

 insects embalmed in, 41 ; Lo- 

 custs in, 101, 113; Scai-ab 

 worshiped, 29-42; Scorpions 

 in, 328. 



Egyptian pottery. Flies on, 292; 

 worship of animals, 

 theory on, 43, n. 



Elateridse, 51-55. 



Elater noctilucus, 51-55, 255. 



Elephant named Lucas, 24; put 

 to flight by Ants, 157. 



Elf-shot, cattle said to be, 303. 



Elizabeth, Queen, silk stockings 

 worn by, 238. 



Eloquence foretold by Bees, 178. 



EmhalmQd, Buprestis, SO; House- 

 fly, 41; Scarab, 41. 



Embalming, Honey used for, 208. 



Embroidered, Spiders, on ladies' 

 dresses, 354. 



Emerald, Beetle engraven on, 

 against witchcraft, 44. 



Emmets, 146-170. 



Emperor of China and the Locusts, 

 128. 



Enchantment, counter-charm for, 

 192. 



Encouragement taken from an 

 Ant, 154; Spider, 333. 



Enemies represented by a Scor- 

 pion and a Crocodile fighting, 

 324; sign of, from dreams of 

 Flies, 289. 



England, Aphides in, 258; Bed- 

 bugs, 265, 299; beetles buried 

 with the dead, 24; Bees, 181- 

 184; bloody-rain, 217; Bupres- 

 tidse, 50; Caterpillars, 242; 

 Crickets, 92-94; Death's-head 

 Moth, 233; Fleas, 314; Flies, 

 287; Gnats, 278; hedge-hogs 

 kept to kill roaches, 78; Lady- 

 birds in, 17-23; Locusts, 107; 

 silk and silk-worms, 238; Spi- 

 ders, 336; Stag-beetles, 25. 



Engravers, Scarab used by, to 

 steady their sight, 44. 



Enormous prices paid for insects, 

 46, 64. 



Equator, Lice leave sailors when 

 crossing, 317. 



Epeira clavipes, 362. 



Ephemeridse, 138. 



Epigram compared to a Scorpion, 

 331 ; on an Ant, 169; Bee, 212; 

 Silk-worm, 241. 



Epilepsy, larvoe of Bots for, 302. 



Epitaph, cure for worms, on ac- 

 count of an, 363. 



Erinaceus Europseiis, 78, 



Eruca officinalis, 245. 



