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II. ANIMALS.— ZooPHYTA. 147 



M£LOE TEiAXTHEM.f:. Used in the East Indian hospitals. 

 Green canthakides. Carried from India to Egypt. 



*OiL BEETLE, Meloe proscarohcBus ; — M. majalis, M, variegatits. 

 Used as vesicatories, and also in hydrophobia. 



IxDRABOvuM, Mutella occideiitalis. Used in snake bites, no. 5, 

 with \2 scruples of the root of Bryonia epigea, dose gr. xij. 



*Lady bird, Lculy cow, Cocc'ionella septempunctata. Bruised 

 on an aching tooth, as an odontalgic. — Coccionella hipuiictata ; — 

 Curculio (uiti-odoiitulgicus ; — Carabus ferruglneiis ; — Chrysomda 

 populi ; — C. sanguindenttij and many other eleuterata are used for 

 the same purpose. 



Bug, Cimex lectularias. Used as an emmenagogue. 



Cochineal, Grana fina, Coccionella, Coccus, C, cacti. Cocci. 

 Used as a cordial, gr. viij to 3j, but chiefly used as a red colour- 

 ing drug for medicines, pickles, and in dyeing ; 1,500 cwt. are 

 annually consumed in the British islands; feeds on the Cactus 

 cochinillifer, and perhaps C. tuna ; imported in bags of 2 cwt. 

 each, from South America : kermes grains and scarlet grains are 

 mixed with it to reduce its price. 



Grana sylvestkia cochineal, Granilla. Smaller than the 

 grana fina, feeds voraciously on the Cactus /icus Indica, which it 

 has nearly extirpated in India since it was first introduced from 

 the Brazils in 1795, by mistake; will not touch C. cochinillifer, 



r C. tuna ; colouring |X)wer inferior. 



Kermes BERRIES, Kcrmcs, Vermcille, Coccus infectorius, C. 

 phicus, C. iliciSf C, quercus cocciferce. Dried, alexiterial, colour 

 rups red, 



*ScARLET GRAINS, Coccus Polonicus. Found on the roots of 

 rawberries, rye, silver weed, and potentilla annua ; used as a 

 d dye. 



Lac insect, Coccus Uvcca, Produces stick lac. 



Cherries mannifera. Exudes manna. 



*Plant lice, Aphides, Exude honey dew. 



•Bees, Apex, Apis mellifca. Dried 3j, diuretic ; produces 

 honey, Ixjes* wax, and bee bread. 



•Silk worm, Boinlnjx, li. mori. Yield silk ; broken in half 

 when ready to spin, stretched out as far as possible, and dried, 

 ilk worm gut, used by anglers for their lines. 



11. ZOOPHYTA. 



Red coral, Corallium ruJjrum^ his nobilis. 



♦White coral, Corallium album, Madrepora oculata. Antacid. 



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