INDEX. 



:91 



Robin, veneration for the, 43, n. 

 Rock, solid, living Bees in, 215. 

 Romans, Bees in divination by, 



215; Cossi eaten, 27; Scarab 



emblem adopted by, 32; silks 



used, 236. 

 Rome, Flies in, 289; sliowers of 



blood in, 216. 

 Rose-chafers, 49 

 Rotharmel, Peter, 188. 

 Rouge, Cochineal made into, 



262. 

 Rue, antidote for poisons, 193. 

 Russia, Honey in, 195; Locusts, 



104-130. 



Sabbath, Jews not permitted to 



burn Fleas on the, 311. 

 Sacred-Scarab of the Egyptians, 



29-44. 

 St. Ambrose, eloquence of, fore- 

 told by Bees, 178. 

 Domingo and the Flea, 310. 

 Eustace, Spider at church of, 



343. 

 Felix, life of, saved by Spi- 

 ders, 333. 

 Francis, Lice nourished by, 



317. 

 George, Flies from the dragon 

 killed by, 304; prayer to, to 

 keep away Scorpions, 327. 

 John, Locusts eaten by, 125. 

 Hector, manner of dis- 

 covering Bee-trees, 

 198. 

 s' day, fires to kill Can- 

 ker-worms on, 248. 

 Julien, lawsuit between Com- 

 mune of, and an Insect, 

 71. 

 Macarius, penance of, for 



killing a Gnat, 285. 

 Milburge, cure effected by the 

 Avater in which his bones 

 were washed, 364. 

 Roche and "Sound as a 



Roach," 79. 

 Saturnine, patron saint to de- 

 stroy Ants, 166. 

 Xavier and the Mantis, 88. 



Salt, use of, in witchcraft, 207. 



Salamander, antidote for poison 

 of, 1113. 



Samson, Bees from lion slain by, 

 184, 194. 



Sandwich Islands, Fleas in, 306. 



Sapor, army of, routed by Mos- 

 quitoes, 283. 



Scaliger, his fondness for Crick- 

 ets, 95. 



Scandinavia, Dung-beetle in, 28- 

 29; Lady-bird in, 17. 



Scarabseidx, 27-45. 



Scarabseus auratus, 45. 

 cornutus, 26. 

 nasicornis, 45. 

 pilurarius, 27-44, 293. 

 sacer, 27-44. 

 unciuosus, 63. 



Scarlet, history of dyeing, 259. 



Schurman, Anna Maria, Spiders 

 eaten by, 355. 

 cured of boils by Ants, 

 162. 



Sderanthus perennis, 260. 



Scolopendras as food, 365. 



Scorpions, 65, 100, 295, 321-331. 



Scotland, bloody-rain in, 221 ; 

 Flies, 289; Humble-bees, 213; 

 Lady-birds, 19-20; Lice, 319, 

 320. 



Scrofula in horses, combs of 

 Hornets' nest for, 172. 



Scurvy, Bedeguar for, 144. 



Scutcheons, Scarab on Egyptian 

 royal, 35. 



Scythia, Lice in, 318. 



Sea-crabs, Scorpions generated 

 from, 322. 



Sea- water for sting of Scorpions, 

 326. 



Seals, Scarab-gems as, 39. 



Sechell Islands, Dry-leaf Mantis 

 in, 92. 



Seed-lac, 263. 



Seeds, Cochineal supposed to be, 

 261 ; sown in the hide of a tor- 

 toise, 75. 



Selborne, the Bee-eater of, 205. 



Selk, Scorpion emblem of, 328. 



Selling of Bees, notions concern- 

 ing, 185. 



