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INDEX. 



Frionus cervicornis, 74. 

 coriarius, 27. 

 damicornis, 27, 73. 



Prognostications from Ants, 152; 

 Army- worm, 243; Bees, 178; 

 Butterflies, 229; Cicadas, 252; 

 comets, 246; Crane-fly, 286; 

 Crickets, 92; Daddy-Loug-legs, 

 321; Death's-head Moth, 232; 

 Death-watch, 58; Dragon-fly, 

 140; Dung-beetle, 148; Fleas, 

 810; Flies, 289; Gall-flies, 143; 

 Glow-worm, 57; Gnats, 280; 

 Grasshoppers, 98; Hornets,172; 

 Katy-did, 131; Lady-bird, 18; 

 Locusts, 119; Mantis, 82; May- 

 bugs, 47; Moths, 242; Span- 

 worms, 248; Spiders, 336-340; 

 Wasps, 173. 



Propolis, curious uses of, by Bees, 

 210. 



Prosecution against Ants, 168. 



Prosperity foretold by Ants, 152. 



Pro verbial phrases connectedwith 

 Bees, 212. 



Psalms, singing of, to Bees, 188. 



Psyche, Butterfly symbol of, 228. 



Fsychidx, 245-246. 



Pthah, Scarab sacred to, 30; em- 

 blematical of, 32. 



Pthah Tore, Scarab emblematical 

 of, 33. 



Pthah-Sokari-Osiris, Scarab em- 

 blem of, 33. 



Ptinidse, 58-61. 



Public events. Bees informed of, 

 185. 



Pulex irritans, 305-314. 

 penetrans, 314. 



PuUcidse, 305-315. 



Pulices arborescentes, 223. 



PuptB of Ants as food for birds, 

 159; of Termites eaten, 137. 



Purgatory, beetle connectedwith, 

 368. 



Putrefaction, generation from, 

 290, 322. 



Pygolampis Italica, 56. 



Pythagoreans, Honey eaten by, 

 209. 



Python natalensis killed by Ants, 

 157. 



QuANG-TONG, Butterflies of, 229. 



Quarrel prognosticated by Black- 

 smith-beetle, 55. 



Quarrelsome family, Bees will not 

 thrive for, 184. 



Quartan ague. Bed-bugs for, 267; 

 Spiders, 359. 



Quercus ilex, 259, 



Quinsey, Caterpillars for, 245. 



Radish to destroy Scorpions, 325. 



Rain: see weather. 



Rain, bloody, 216-225. 



Rain-doctors, Locusts brought by, 

 125. 



Ram, flesh of, for sting of Scor- 

 pions, 326; Scarab figured with 

 head of, 34. 



Ravages of the Antler-moth, 246; 

 Ants, 166-169; Coccus Hesperi- 

 dum, 264; Dermestes vulpinus, 

 24; Ear- wigs, 76; Gnats and 

 Mosquitoes, 281-283; Grass- 

 hoppers, 100; Hop-fly, 258; 

 larvae of Woolly-bear Moths, 

 242; Locusts, 101-118; May- 

 bugs, 48, 49; Scorpions, 327; 

 Spiders, 353; Termites, 132- 

 134; Turnip-fly, 74; Typog- 

 rapher-beetle, 61. 



Raven and the Scorpion, a fable, 

 331. 



Reason of Ants, 154. 



Red-haired persons stung by Bees, 

 182. 



Red snow, origin of, 220, n. 



Regeneration, Scarab symbol of, 

 33. 



Rewards offered for killing Ants, 

 167; Locusts, 116. 



Revenue of "Lice" of Montecu- 

 suma, 316. 



Rheumatism, Oil-beetle for, 63. 



Rhynchitiis auratus, 71. 



Richards, Buprestidse called, 51. 



Rifle-balls, protection against, 

 241. 



Ringing swarms of Bees, 189. 



Rings, Scarab as signet in, 32, 39. 



Riordan, Mary, insects in stomach 

 of, 67. 



Roach, sound as a, 79. 



