A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOSSIL INSECTS. 



Zeitschr. deutsch. geol. gesellsch. % 28 : 350-353, figs. 

 8. Berlin. 1876.' 



Describes and figures three species of Coleoptera, of which 

 one is not named. 



Roemer, F. Lethaea geognostica oder Beschrei- 

 bung und abbildung der fiir die gebirgs-formationen 

 bezeichnendsten versteinerungen, herausgegeben von 

 einer vereinigung von palaontologen. I theil : Lethaea 

 palaeozoica von F. Roemer. With secondary title : 

 Lethaea geognostica oder Beschreibung und abbil- 

 dung der fiir die einzelnen abtheilung der palaeozoi- 

 schen formation bezeichnendsten versteinerungen. 

 Atlas, mit 62 tafeln. 8. Stuttgart. 1876. 2 t. p., 

 vorw. 2 p., taf. 62 (mit erlauterungen). 



A few insects are figured on plates 31, 47 and 56. 



Roemer, F. See Bronn, H. G , und Roemer, F. 



Rolle, Friedrich. Ueber ein vorkommen fossiler 

 pflanzen zu Obererlenbach (Wetterau). Neuesjahrb. 

 f. mineral,, 1877 : 769-784. 8. Stuttgart. 1877. 



Merely mentions, pp. 772-773, the occurrence of remains of 

 insects in the pliocene? beds of Ober Erlenbach. 



Rondani, Camillo. Lettre sur les insectes du 

 succin. Rev. zool., 3 : 366-370. 8. Paris. 1840. 



Followed,' p. 370, by remarks by Guerin-Men^ville. Rondani 

 makes some corrections of generic determinations in Guerin's 

 supplement to Maravigna's paper. Guerin speaks only of the 

 imperfection of the specimens. See also Maravigna, C., 

 in App. 



Rost, Woldemar. De filicum ectypis obviis in li- 

 thanthracum wettinensium lobejunensium fosdinis. 

 Halae. 8. 1839. pp. 31. 



Not seen. According to Germar, the latter's Blattina didyma 

 is described as a fern. 



Roth, Johann Rudolph. Ueber fossile spinnen des 

 lithographischen schiefers. Gel. anz, bay. akad. wiss.,^ 

 32:164-167. fig. 4. Munchen. 1851. 



Neiies jahrb. mineral., 1851 : 375~377,//- 4 ^>-fig- 8- 

 8. Stuttgart. 1851. 



Describes two species of a new genus, Palpipes. 



Rouchy, Vabbe. [Borings of Coleoptera in a trunk 

 of fossil Walchia.] Petites nouv. entom., I : 551. 4. 

 Paris. 1875. 



Salter, John William. On some species of Eu- 

 rypterus and allied forms. Quart, journ. geol. soc. 

 Lond., 19, i : 81-87, yfcr. 8. London. 1863. 



Describes and figures as an Eurypterus some carboniferous 

 fragments since recognized as myriapods. 



de Saporta, Comte Gaston. Examen des flores 

 tertiaires de Provence. Heer, dimat pays tert., pp. 

 133-171. 4. Winterthur. 1861. 



At the end of the section on the flora of Aix he refers, pp. 

 152-153, to the insects of the gypsum beds and their relations to 

 the vegetation of the epoch. 



de Saporta, G. Etudes sur la vegetation du 

 sud est de la France a 1'epoque tertiaire. Suppl. 

 i. Revision de la flore des gypses d'Aix; fasc. i : 

 generalites. 8. Paris. 1872. pp. 79, pi. 2. Ann. 

 sc. nat., (5), hot., 15: 277-351, //. 15-16. 8. Paris. 

 1872. 



Notices the insects of Aix on pp. 70-71 [342-343]- Gives also 

 a note by A. Giard, p. 69 [341], note, suggesting the presence at 

 Aix of certain plants, from the occurrence of beetles presumed 

 to feed upon them. 



de Saporta, G. [Lettre a M. de Selys-Long- 

 champs.] Compt. rend. soc. ent. Belg., (2), no. 23 : 8. 

 8. Bruxelles. 1876. 



Ann. soc. ent. Belg., 19 : 4. 8. Bruxelles. 1876. 



Lepidoptera could not have appeared before phanerogamous 

 flowers. 



de Saporta, G. See also de Borre, A. P. ; and 

 Heer, < >. 



de Saussure, Henri. Note sur un nouvel in- 

 secte hymenoptere fossile. 8". [Paris. 1852.] pp.2, 

 pi. Rev. mag. zoo!., (2), 4 : 579-582, //. 23,^. 5-6. 

 8. Paris. 1852. 



Describes and figures Pimpla antiqua from tertiaries of Aix. 



Scarabelli, Giuseppe. See Massalongo, A. B. 

 P. e Scarabelli, G. 



Schau-platz der natur oder gesprache von der 

 beschaffenheit und den absichten der naturlichen 

 dinge etc. Dritter theil. 8. Wienn und Niirn- 

 berg. 1748. pp. (22), 592, (u) front., pi. (33). 



Refers to the occurrence of flies and beetles in amber, p. 347. 

 A figure of a fossil odonate larva also appears on the plate oppo- 

 site p. 426 (fig. F.). 



Scheuchzer, Johann Jacob. Beschreibung der 

 natur-geschichten des Schweizerlands dritter theil 

 enthaltende vornemlich eine ober die hochsten alpge- 

 birge an. i7O5getahne reise. 4. Zurich. 1708. pp. 

 (4), 208, pi. (9). 



Refers, p. 68, to the occurrence of flies and spiders in amber 

 (agdstein). 



Scheuchzer, J. J. Piscium querelae et vindi- 

 ciae expositae. 4. Tiguri. 1708. t. p., pp. 36, 



Pi- 5- 



Mentions, p. 15, and figures, pi. 2, a "Scarabaeus in lapide 

 fissili oningensi," as a relic of the deluge. 



Scheuchzer, J. J. Herbarium diluvianum. f. 

 Tiguri. 1709. t. p., pp. 44, pi. 10. 



PI. 5, figs. 1-2, p. 16 give figures and description of an odonate 

 larva from Oeningen and a winged odonate from Monte Bolca. 



Scheuchzer, J. J. Herbarium diluvianum ; edi- 

 tio novissimaduploauctior. f. Lugduni Batavorum. 

 1723. 2 t. p., dedic., pp. 119, (5), portr., pi. 14. 

 The same is found on the same plate, p. 21. 



Scheuchzer, J. J. Museum diluvianum quod 

 possidet J. J. S. 16. Tiguri. 1716. pp. (12), 107, 

 (4). front. 



Records four fossil insects, p- 106, from Oeningen, Monte 

 Bolca and Querfurt. 



Schilling, Samuel. See Gravenhorst, J. L. K. 



von Schlotheim, Ernst Friedrich. Die petre- 

 factenkunde auf ihrem jetzigen standpunkte durch 

 die beschreibung seiner sammlung versteinerter und 

 fossiler uberreste des thier- und pflanzenreichs der 

 vorwelt erlautert ; mit 15 kupfertafeln. 8 (atlas, 4). 

 Gotha. 1820. pp. 64, 438. 



Pp. 42-44 relate to insects, specified under six heads. 



von Schlotheim, E. F. Nachtrage zur petre- 

 factenkunde; mit 21 kupfertafeln. 8. Gotha. 1822. 

 pp. 12, ico. 



The same. Zweyte abtheilung ; mit kupfertafeln. 

 8 (atlas, 4). Gotha. 1823. pp. (4), 114. 



The second part contains on pp. 60-61, taf. 22, fig. to, what the 

 author looks upon as the larva and nest of a Myrmeleon. 



Schmidel, Kasimir Christoph. Fortgesezte vor- 

 stellung einiger merkwiirdigen versteinerungen mit 

 kurzen anmerkungen versehen. 4. Niirnberg. 

 1782. t. p., pp. 45, pi. 8-24. 



Describes, p. 36, and figures, pi. 19, fig. 2, a dragon fly from 

 Solnhofen, which he compares with Libella grandis. 



Schmidt, Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald. See Rathke, 

 M. H. 



Schreber, Johann Christian Daniel. Litho- 

 graphia halensis exhibens lapides circa Halam 

 Saxonvm reperivndos systematice digestos secvndvm 

 classes et ordines genera et species cvm synenymis 

 selectis et descriptionibvs speciervm. Prefatvs est 



