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species from Eadoboj, wliicli are distributed amongst the existing 

 Orders as Mlowa-.—CoIeopfera (42), Neuroptera (19), Ortlwptera (13), 

 Semiptera (Gl), Biptera {^d), Rymejioptera (85), and Lepidoptera {^). 

 The Goleoptera have been referred by Heer to 21 Families, amongst 

 which may be mentioned CaraUdae, Di/tiscidce, Staplnjlinidce, NitiduUdce, 

 Peltidce, BuprestidcB, Tdephoridce, ChrysomelidcE, and Coccinellidce. The 

 Neuroptera include 8 species of Libellulidce, and 10 species of Termi- 

 tidoB ; and the Ortlioptera are chiefly Acridiidce and LocustidcB. The 

 Semiptera are represented \)jPentatomidce,Co7'eid(S,LygcBid(S,Beduviid(B, 

 Tingididce, Cicadellince, ApliidcB, &c. The Diptera have been referred to 

 9 Families, including TipuUdce, Mycetopliilidce, Asilidce, SyrpJiidce, and 

 Muscidce. Of the 85 species of Symenoptera, 57 belong to the For- 

 onicidce, and 22 to the IchneumonidcB, and the remainder to the Vespidce, 

 Apidce, and Sphegidce. The Lepidopttera* include 3 butterflies, one 

 belonging to the NympTialidcB {Eugonia atava), and two belonging to 

 the PapilionidcB {Mylothrites Pluto and Pontia Preyeri) ; and 5 moths, 

 viz., 2 belonging to the Noctuidas, 2 to the Qeometridce, and one to the 

 Pyralidce. 



Upper Miocene. 



To this division of the Miocene Period belongs the celebrated 

 lacustrine formation of (Eningen, in the valley of the E-hine, between 

 Constance and Schaffhausen. Upwards of 5,000 specimens of fossil 

 insects have been obtained from this locality, from which specimens 

 Prof. Heerf has identified and described 844 species, distributed 

 amongst the existing Orders as follows : — Goleoptera (518), Neuroptera 

 (27), Ortlwptera (20), Hemiptera (133), Diptera (63), Kymenoptera 

 (80), and Lepidoptera (3). 



The Goleoptera are distributed amongst 59 Families,]: of which 

 the following may be mentioned as containing the greatest number of 

 BT^ec\e^,'v\i.,GarahidcB,DytiscidcB, Nit idulidcB,Peltid(je,IIisteridcB,Gopr idee, I 

 SydrophiUdce, Melolonthidce, Buprestidce, Elateridce, Teleplioridee, Gis- 

 telidcB, PrionidcB, CerambycidcB, Lamiidee, Gurculionidce, Glirysomelidce, 

 and Goccinellida. The Neurop)tera include 20 species of Lilellitlidce, 

 besides Termitidce and PJiryganeidcB. The Ortlwptera are represented 

 by LocustidcE, Acridiidce, Gryllidce, Blattidcs and Forjiculidce. The 

 Hemiptera belong principally to theFamilies, ScufeUej-idce, Penfatotnidce, 

 Goreidce, Lygaidce, PeduviidcB, and Gicadidae. The Diptera are repre- 



* " Die Insekten-fauna," &c., antca cit. : Scudder's " Fossil Butterflies," pp. 41 — 51 ; Recherches 

 8ur le climat, &c., antea cit, p. 2U.5 ; and " Lepidojitera Exotica," pp. 127 — 8. 



+ Die Insekteu-fauna, &.C., antea cit. ; Die Urwelt der Schweiz ; and Recherclies sur le climat, 

 &c., antea cit. 



t The Carabidc^ include 54 species, the Buprestidce 40 species, the Elateridae 27 species, and the 

 Curcuiionidce 72 species. 



