A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOSSIL INSECTS. 



as plants characteristic of each. Insects are mentioned on pp. 

 217 and 222. The appendix, id. 8 : 252-254 (1852), refers only to 

 plants. 



Briickmami, Franciscus Ernestus. De fabulosis- 

 simae originis lapide, arachneolitho dicto, epistola 

 ad virum clarissimum . . . Albertum Rittervm. 4. 

 Wolffenbiittelae. 1722. pp. 16, pi. I. 



Not seen ; referred to by Kundmann. 



Briickmann, F. E. Thesaurus subterraneus, du- 

 catus Brunsvlgii, id est: Braunschweig mit seinen 

 unterirdischen schatzen und seltenheiten der natur. 

 4. Braunschweig. 1728. pp. (4), 156, pi. 25. 



On pp. loo-ioi under the heading: Von denen tubulis vermi- 

 cularibus des closters St. Marleniahl, certain tubes composed 

 of globular pellets are referred to water^nsects and figured on 

 pi. 19. 



Buckton, George Bowdler. Monograph of the 

 British Aphides. 3 vol. 8. London. 187 -1881. 

 Vol. i. : t. p., ded., pp. 3, 193, pi. 38 ; vol. ii : t. p., 

 pp. 176, pi. 39-86; vol. iii. : t. p., pp. 2, 142, pi. 

 87-114. 



Vol. 3, pp. 2-4 treat of the successive appearance of insects in 

 time, with special reference to the aphides. The author informs 

 me that some plates of fossil aphides will be given in a future 

 volume of this uncompleted work. 



Butler, A. G. On fossil butterflies (supra). 



A similar account appeared in FJardw. sc. gossip, 1873 ' 2O - 

 261 under the title: The oldest fossil butterfly. 



Capellini, Giovanni. Pesci ed insetti fossili 

 nella formazione gessosa del Bolognese. Gazz. del? 

 Emilia, po. 141. 1869. 



Not seen: quoted from Malfatti. 



Capellini, G. La formazione gessosa di Castel- 

 lina marittima e i suoi fossile. Mem. accad. sc. ist. 

 Bologna, (3), 4: 525-603, //. 1-9. 4. Bologna. 

 1873- 



On pp. 539 and 557 catalogues Libellula Doris Heer (larva) 

 from Limone, etc. 



Capellini, G. Nuove ricerche sul calcare a am- 

 phistegina strati a congeria e calcare di leitha del 

 Monti Livornesi. Rend. sess. accad. sc. ist. Bologna, 

 1874-75:130-135. 8. Bologna. 1875. 



Refers, p. 133, to the occurrence of the larvae of Libellula at 

 Limone, etc. 



Capellini, G. Nota sulla geologia toscana. 

 Rend. sess. accad. sc. ist. Bologna, 1874-75 : 22 - 2 4- 

 8. Bologna. 1875. 



Refers, p. 24, to the occurrence of larvae of a Libellula in ter- 

 tiary beds near Pane e Vino. 



Capellini, G. II calcare di leitha, il sarmatiano 

 e gli strati a congerie nei Monti di Livorno, di Cas- 

 tellina marittima, di Miemo, e di Monti Catini, 

 Consideration! geologiche e paleontologiche. Atti 

 accad. lincei, (3), mem. classe sc.fis., 2 : 275-291. 4. 

 Roma. 1878. 



Gives on p. 285 a list of six insects found in the diatomaceous 

 schists of Gabbro, two identical with Oeningen species. 



^ Capellini, G. Gli strati a congerie o la forma- 

 zione gessosa-solfifera nella provincia di Pisa e nei 

 dintorni di Livorno. Atti accad. lincei, (3), mem. sc. 

 fi s - 5 : 375-427, pl- 1-9- 4. Roma. 1880. 



Refers in several places to the occurrence of insects, and es- 

 pecially of larvae of Libellula in different strata and localities. 



Chambers, Victor Tousey. Burrowing larvae. 

 Nature, 25 : 529. 4. London. 1882. 



Compares recent and fossil " mines" of lepidopterous larvae, 

 referring to Hagen's statement on a previous page. 



Charntre, E. See Lortel, L. et Charntre, E. 



Cordus, Valerius. Sylua, qua rerum fossilium 

 in Germania plurimorum metallorum, lapidum et 

 stirpium variarum notitiam lapidum brevissime per- 

 sequitur. f. Tiguri. 1561. 



Not seen; said to contain references to fossil insects from 

 Oeningen. 



Croizet (Fable}. Quelques observations sur le 

 Puy de Corent Ann. acad. Clerm. Ferr., ii: 135- 

 155. 8. Clermond Ferrand. 1838. 



Not seen ; said to refer to the caddis fly cases of the indusial 

 limestone of Auvergne. 



Dallas, W. S. See Miiller, F. 



Dawson, George Mercer. Sketch of the geology 

 of British Columbia. 8. London. 1881. pp. 19. 

 Geol. mag., (2.},^'. 156-162,214-227. 8. London. 

 1881. 



Refers, p. 6 (162), to the general conclusions furnished by the 

 tertiary insects of the interior plateau. 



Dawson, J. W. On some remains of palaeozoic 

 insects (supra}. 



ABSTRACT : On insects from the carboniferous 

 and devonian formations. Geol. mag., 4 : 374. S. 

 London. 1867, 



Taken from the Montreal Gazette of May i, 1867. An ab- 

 stract also appears in Amer.journ. sc., (2), 44 : 116. 8. New 

 Haven. 1867. 



Dawson, J. W. The chain of life in geological 

 time; a sketch of the origin and succession of ani- 

 mals and plants. 16. London. [1880.] pp. 16, 

 272, illustr. 



In the chapter on the first air breathers a considerable number 

 of insects are mentioned and figured, pp. 139-151, figs. 123, 126- 

 132, including for the first time Prodryas, a fossil butterfly from 

 Colorado. 



Dawson, J. W. The oldest-known insects. Na- 

 ture, 24: 483-484, 4. London. 1881. 



Shows the devonian age of the cordalte shales of New Bruns- 

 wick, in which the oldest known insects occur, from stratigraphi- 

 cal and botanical evidence, in opposition to the assumption of 

 Hagen. 



Debray, Henri. Tourbieres du littoral flamand 

 et du departement de la Somme. Bull. soc. geol. 

 France, (3), 2: 46-49. 8. Paris. 1874. 



Records the discovery, p. 48, of brilliant elytra of Donacia in 

 peat along the Flemish coast. 



Debray, H. Communications diverses au sujet 

 des tourbieres : castors ; ossements de baleines ; 

 elytres de donacies; squelette humain des tourbieres 

 d'Aveluy ; cranes ; bois. Ann. soc. geol. nord, 5 : 

 125-135. 8. Lille. 1878. 



Under the heading Insectes, refers to the discovery in peat of 

 Ardres of Donacia sericea, determined by J. Barrois, pp. 127-128. 

 Separately issued, without change of pagination but with a title- 

 page. 8. Lille. 1878. 



Debray, L. Etude 'geologique et archeologique 

 de quelques tourbieres du littoral flamand et du de- 

 partement de la Somme. Mem. soc. sc. agric. arts 

 Lille, (3), ii : 433-487, //. 13. 8. Lille. 1873. 



Contains a brief paragraph, p. 451, on the few beetles found. 



Deichmiiller, J. V. Fossile insecten aus dem 

 diatomeenschiefer von Kutschlin bei Bilin, Bohmen. 

 4. Halle. 1881. pp. 39, pi. Nova acta Leop.- 

 Carol.-deutsch. akad. naturf., 42 : 293-331, tab. 21. 

 4. Halle. 1881. 



Describes and figures thirteen species, all but one of them new, 

 and mostly Coleoptera. They indicate a warmer climate at the 

 time. 



Demole, Isaac. See Heer, O. 



Dohrn, Carl August. Zur literatur iiber fossile 



