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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, Elater, Atractocerus ; Gryllus, Mantis,- 

 larvae of Lepidoptera ; Trichoptera ; Ephemera, Perla, 

 Termes ; Formica; Tipula, 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 Melolonthce in slate ; a Polistes 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. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxii. 264. b Ibid. xvi. 281. 



c Ibid. d Organic Remains iii. t. xvii./. 2. 



Ibid. 281. f VOL. I. p. 20. 



