1860 13 Oct. 255/2 Constantly on hand Persian insect powder, oxyds of manganese, tin crystals, chloride of zinc.
1925 Apr. 15/4 The aphides..can be controlled by spraying with a strong solution of whale oil soap, Persian insect powder, tobacco dust, [etc.].
1996 48 613/1 The early Persian ‘insect powders’, which were processed and sold in Europe in the 1820s, are believed to have been a mixture of C. roseum and C. corneum.