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INDEX. 



Laock, Cockroach in the ear of, 

 79. 



Lapland, Acanthocinus sedilis in, 

 73; Crane-flies, 286. 



Lard, Fleas kept away with, 308. 



Latin, study of, from names of 

 insects, 369. 



Lanzun and his pet Spider, 336. 



Law, Mosquitoes to execute the, 

 284. 



Lawsuit between Commune of 

 St. Julien and an Insect, 71. 



Leather-beetles, 24. 



Leather, Galls in manufacture of, 

 145. 



Leaf becoming a Butterfly, 230. 



Leeches, Bed-bugs to remove or 

 kill, 267. 



Lecanium coffea, 158. 



Legends connected with Bees, 

 174-180; Katydid, 131. 



Lemurs kept to kill Roaches, 78. 



Lentigo, Ants remedy for, 161. 



Lepaute, Madame, Spiders eaten 

 by, 355. 



Lepidoptera, 216-249. 



Leprosy, Ants for, 161; Bupres- 

 tis, 51; Cantharides, 63; My- 

 Icecon of Pliny, 66. 



Lethargy, Bed-bugs for, 268. 



Letters on wings of Locusts, 119. 



Lettuce-seed for sting of Scor- 

 pions, 326. 



Leucania unipunctata, 247. 



Levant, Aphis for dyeing in, 258. 



Libellula depressa, 139. 



quadrimaculata, 139. 



LibelluUdse, 138-140. 



Lice, 266, 306, 308, 316-320. 



Lichen, Buprestis for, 51 ; Cantha- 

 rides, 63. 



Lierman, 254. 



Light from Cucuji, 51-3 ; per- 

 petual, from Glow-worms, 56; 

 of the Lantern-fly, 255. 



Linnaeus and the genus Pausus, 

 23. 



Lion, Bees from carcass of, slain 

 by Samson, 194; driven mad 

 by Mosquitoes, 284 ; fat of, to 

 drive aAvay Flies, 289; put to 

 flight by Scorpions, 324; Sca- 



rab-images with head of, 36 ; 



skin of, to destroy Clothes'- 



moth, 249. 

 Lithuania, Bees in, 186. 

 Lizard for sting of Scorpions, 326. 

 Locusta migratoria, 101-131. 



tartarica, 117. 

 Locustidse, 101-131. 

 Locusts, 101-131, 326. 

 Loke in the form of a Fly, 294. 

 London, vending of Bug-poison 



in, 268; Fly-papers, 296; Phos- 

 phor Paste for killing Roaches, 



etc., 80-82. 

 Love divination, Lady-bird in, 



19-20; Mantis, 89. 

 Lover, approach of, foretold bj 



Crickets, 93. 

 LucanidK, 24-27. 

 Lucanus <ervus, 24-27. 



etymology of, 24. 

 Luck, omens of, from Bees, 185; 



Crickets, 93-94; Spiders, 339. 

 Lump-lac, 263. 

 Lunacy, Scorpion for, 330. 

 Lupines to drive away Locusts, 



114. 

 Lutfullah and the Scorpion, 329; 



Termites, 134. 

 Lygseus hyoscami, 267. 



Madagascar, Silk-worms eaten 



in, 240. 

 Mad-dogs, Honey for bite of, 



208; Oil-beetles, 63. 

 Magical knots, nests of Carpen- 

 ter-bee supposed to be, 213. 

 Magicians, Ants used by, 162 ; 



beetle, 45. 

 Magistrate chosen by a Louse, 



316. 

 Malabar, Ants in, 152; Lice, 317; 



Termites, 133. 

 Maladies of Ants, 164. 

 Mala Sodomitica, 145. 

 Man, first formed by a Spider, 



342 ; Scarab figured with the 



head of, 34. 

 Mandrake, bears poisoned with, 



how cured, 163. 

 Manilla, Rose-chafers kept as 



pets in, 50. 



