Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions
by Frank Cowan
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- Author
- Cowan, Frank, 1844-1905
- Title
- Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Jennifer Linklater and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Insects
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 41625
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41625
- Release Date
- December 15, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CURIOUS FACTS IN THE HISTORY OF INSECTS; INCLUDING SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS .
- 2.PREFACE. — CONTENTS.
- 3.AUTHORS QUOTED.
- 4.ORDER I. COLEOPTERA—BEETLES. — Coccinellidæ—Lady-birds. — Chrysomelidæ—Gold-beetles. — Carabidæ. — Pausidæ. — Dermestidæ—Leather-beetles. — Lucanidæ—Stag-beetles. — Scarabæidæ—Dung-beetles. — Dynastidæ—Hercules-beetle, etc. — Melolonthidæ—Cock-chafers. — Cetoniidæ—Rose-chafers. — Buprestidæ—Burn-cows. — Elateridæ—Fire-flies, Spring-beetles, etc. — Lampyridæ.—Glow-worms. — Ptinidæ—Death-watch, etc. — Bostrichidæ—Typographer-beetles. — Cantharidæ—Blister-flies. — Tenebrionidæ—Meal-worms. — Blapsidæ—Church-yard beetle, etc. — Curculionidæ—Weevils. — Cerambycidæ—Musk-beetles. — Galerucidæ—Turnip-fly, etc.
- 5.ORDER II. EUPLEXOPTERA. — Forficulidæ—Ear-wigs.
- 6.ORDER III. ORTHOPTERA. — Blattidæ—Cockroaches. — Mantidæ—Soothsayers, etc. — Achetidæ—Crickets. — Gryllidæ—Grasshoppers. — Locustidæ—Locusts.
- 7.ORDER IV. NEUROPTERA. — Termitidæ—White-ants. — Ephemeridæ—Day-flies. — Libellulidæ—Dragon-flies. — Myrmeleonidæ—Ant-lions.
- 8.ORDER V. HYMENOPTERA. — Uroceridæ—Sirex. — Cynipidæ—Gall-flies. — Formicidæ—Ants. — Vespidæ—Wasps, Hornets. — Apidæ—Bees.
- 9.ORDER VI. LEPIDOPTERA. — Papilionidæ—Butterflies. — Sphingidæ—Hawk-moths. — Bombicidæ—Silk-worm Moths. — Arctiidæ—Wooly-bear Moths. — Psychidæ—Wood-carrying Moth, etc. — Noctuidæ—Antler-moth, Cut-worm, etc. — Geometridæ—Span-worms. — Tineidæ—Clothes’-moth, Bee-moth, etc.
- 10.ORDER VII. HOMOPTERA. — Cicadidæ—Harvest-flies. — Fulgoridæ—Lantern-flies. — Aphidæ—Plant-lice. — Coccidæ—Shield-lice.
- 11.ORDER VIII. HETEROPTERA. — Cimicidæ—Bed-bugs. — Notonectidæ—Water-boatmen.
- 12.ORDER IX. DIPTERA. — Culicidæ—Gnats. 928 — Tipulidæ—Crane-flies. — Muscidæ—Flies. — Œstridæ—Bot-flies.
- 13.ORDER X. APHANIPTERA. — Pulicidæ—Fleas.
- 14.ORDER XI. ANOPLEURA. — Pediculidæ—Lice.
- 15.ORDER XII. ARACHNIDA. 1083 — Acaridæ—Mites. — Phalangidæ—Daddy-Long-legs. — Pedipalpi—Scorpions. — Araneidæ—True Spiders.
- 16.MISCELLANEOUS. — INDEX. — FOOTNOTES. — ERRATA.
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