INVESTIGATION OF INSECTS. 571 
different. Thus the amber of Sicily contains various 
species of Coleoptera not to be met with in other ambers, 
while that of the Baltic is rich in Diptera and Neuro- 
ptera a . It is further observed, that the insects inclosed 
in the amber of Prussia, and those figured by Sendelius 
in his Historia Succinorum, all belong to genera at this 
time found in Europe b . Insects of the following genera 
are recorded as having been found in this singular sub- 
stance: Platypus, Elate); Atractocerus ; Gryllus, Mantis,- 
larvaj of Lepidoptera -, Trichoptera ; Ephemera, Perla, 
Termes ; Formica; Tipida, Bibio, Empis ; Scolopendra ,• 
and various Arachnida c . In a piece of amber in my 
collection I find Evania, Formica, Chironomus, and some 
Arachnida. 
Fossil insects have also been found in other substances. 
Parkinson figures larvae of Libellulina found in lime- 
stone d ; some Melolontha? in slate ; a Polistcs in schistus ; 
Carabi and Necrobia in vegetable debris : but some of 
these rather belong to a comparatively modern forma- 
tion e . 
I observed in the outset of our correspondence, that 
we were entering an august temple, exhibiting in its 
inmost sanctuary the symbols of the Divine Presence f . 
In proportion as we have penetrated, glory from that 
Shechinah has more and more shone forth : and whether 
we have considered the uses of insects, their ways and 
instincts, their forms and structure, and their arrange- 
a N. Did. d'Hist. Nat. xxxii. 264. ° Ibid. xvi. 281. 
Ibid. d Organic Remains iii. t. xvii./*. 2. 
' Ibid. 281—. t Vol. I. p. 20. 
