Insects furnish many good Delicacies--Fairy Cates, 292.
_Coleoptera_--Larvæ or Grubs of Beetles eaten in various
localities--Roman Epicures used to Fatten them, 293. Goliath Beetles
eaten in Africa--Turkish Women cook Beetles in Butter to fatten
themselves, 295. _Orthoptera_--Locusts extensively eaten in Africa
and Arabia--Modes of Collecting and Cooking them, 296. Animals
and Birds feed greedily on them--Descriptions given by various
Travellers, 300. Locusts eaten in Eastern Asia--Grasshoppers tried
and found to be good eating--A Grasshopper Roast in California, 304.
_Neuroptera_--Termites, or White Ants, eaten by the Africans and
South American Indians--Yellow and Red Ants in Brazil--Ants Distilled
for Brandy in Sweden--Cocoons of the Wood Ant collected and sold for
Feeding Birds, 305. Caviar of Insect Eggs in Mexico--_Axayacat_--Mode
of Collecting--Cakes and Bread, called Hautle, made from them--Curry
of Ants’ Eggs, 306. _Hymenoptera_--Bees eaten in Ceylon--Caterpillars
of the Butterfly--Silk-worm Chrysalids Bugong Moth, a great Delicacy
to Natives of Australia--Sage-Apples or Galls, in the Levant, 311.
_Hemiptera_--The Cicada or Chirping Flies eaten in America and
Australia--Caterpillars eaten like Sugar Plums, 314.