A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOSSIL INSECTS. 



Langius, Carolus Nicolaus. Historia lapidum 

 figuratorum Helvetiae, ejusque viciniae, in qua non 

 solum enarrantur omnia eorum genera, species et 

 vires, aeneisque tabulis repraesentantur, sed insuper 

 adducuntur eorum loca nativa, in quibus reperiri 

 solent, ut cuilibet facile sit eos colligere, modo ad- 

 ducta loca adire libeat. 8. Venetiis. 1708. 2 t. pp., 

 pp. (26). 165, tab. 52. 



A single "Musca" from Oeningen is figured on pi. 7, fig. 5 

 and mentioned on p. 39. 



Lartigue. Echantillons de bois fossiles provenant 

 du gault de Lottinghen. Ann. soc. ent. France, (5), 

 6, bull. ent., p. 107. 8. Paris. 1876. 



Exhibition of fossil wood perforated by insects, afterward re- 

 ported on by Brongniart, C. (q. v.) 



Latreille, Pierre Andre. See Faujas-de-Saint- 

 Fond, B. 



Leach, William Elford. See Henslow, J. S. 



LeConte, John Lawrence. Address before the 

 American association for the advancement of sci- 

 ence at Detroit, Michigan, August 13, 1875. ^. 

 Salem. 1875. t. p., pp. 18. Proc. Amer. asscc. adv. 

 sc., xxiv : 1-18. 8. Salem. 1876. 



The distribution of certain N. American beetles directly indi- 

 cates a survival from cretaceous or even earlier times, pp. 4-7. 



LeConte, J. L. See also Dana, J. D. 



Lefebvre, Alexandre. Observations relatives a 

 1'empreinte d'un lepidoptere fossile (Cyllo sepulta) 

 du Docteur Boisduval. Ann. soc. ent. France [2], 

 9 : 7 1-88, //. 3, ii. 



An argument to show that Boisduval had wrongly interpreted 

 both the neuration and the markings of the wings. Reproduced 

 in Scudder's Fossil butterflies, pp. 17-25, pi. i, figs. 14-16. 



Leidy, Joseph. See Deane, J. 



Lesquereux, Leo. Botanical and palaeontologi- 

 cal report on the geological state survey of Arkansas. 

 Owen, Second rep.geol. reconn. Arkansas, pp. 295-399, 

 pi. 1-6. 8. Philadelphia. 1860. 



Contains description, p. 314 and figure, pi. 5, fig. n, of Blat- 

 tina venusta from carboniferous rocks of Frog Bayou. 



Lesser, Friedrich Christian. Lithotheologie, 

 das ist : Naturliche historic und geistliche betrach- 

 tung derer steine. 16. Hamburg. 1735. PP- 4^ 

 300, (52), pi. 10. 



In the seventh chapter, fourth division, fifth book : Von ver- 

 steinerten thieren auf erden, so kein blut haben, pp. 553-561, he 

 reviews what is known of fossil insects in his day. 



In the Hamburg edition of 1751 (pp. 48, 1488, pi. 10) the same 

 appears on pp. 633-639. 



Lhwyd, E. See Luidius, E. 



van der Linden, Pierre Leonard. Notice sur 

 une empreinte d'insecte, renfermee dans un echantil- 

 lon de calcaire schisteux de Sollenhoven, en Baviere. 

 4. (Bruxelles. 1827.) pp. 9, pi. Nouv. mem. 

 acad. roy. sc. Brux,, 4 : 245-253, pi. 4. Bruxelles. 

 1827. 



Describes and figures Aeschna antiqua. 



von Linne*, Carl. Oelandska och gothlandska 

 resa pa riksens hogloflige standers befallning for- 

 rattad ahr 1741 ; med anmarkningar uti oeconomien, 

 natural-historien, antiquiteter, &c. med atstillige 

 figurer. 16. Stockholm och Upsala. 1745- pp. 

 (14), 344, 30, 2 maps, pi. figs. 



Contains a mere mention, p. 59, of finding some small insects 

 in a fossil state near Glbmminge in Oeland. 



TRANSLATION : Reisen durch Oeland und Goth- 

 land welche auf befehl der hochloblichen reichstande 

 des konigreichs Schweden im Jahr 1741 angestellt 

 worden. 16. Halle. 1764. pp. (32), 364, (24), 2 

 maps, 2 pi. 



The same on p. 68. 



von Linne*, C. Wastgota resa pa riksens hoglo- 

 flige standers befallning rorrattad ar 1746. Med an- 

 markningar uti oeconomien, naturkunnogheten, an- 

 tiquiteter, inwdrnarnes seder och lefnads-satt, med 

 tilhorige figurer. 16. Stockholm. 1747. pp. (12), 

 284, (19), pi. 5. 



Refers, on p. 24, to finding beetles in the limestone of Kinne- 

 kulie. 



TRANSLATION : Reisen durch Westgothland, 

 welche auf befehl der hochloblichen reichsstiinde 

 des konigreichs Schweden im jahr 1746 angestellt 

 worden. 8. Halle. 1765. pp. (20), 318, pi. 7. 



Not seen. The same (probably) is found on p. 30. 



[von Linne. C.]. Museum tessinianum, opera 

 illustrissimi comitis, Dom. Car. Gust. Tessin. f. 

 Holmiae. 1753. pp. (8), 123, (9), pi. 14. 



On p. 98 he enters Entomolithus coleoptri, unknown locality ; 

 which he likens to a carabid. 



Lippi. [Lettre a M. Dodart.] Hist. acad. sc., 

 1705 : 36-37. 4. Paris. 1706. 



Account of the discoveiy of supposed bee-cells (probably 

 corals) in the rocks of the Montagnes de Siout. Upper Egypt. 



* It is somewhere stated that Lippi has mentioned the fossil 

 insects of Oeningen. 



Loew, Hermann. Dipterologische beitrage [I 

 abtheilung] . Offentl.prilf. Friedr.- Wilh. gymn. Posen, 

 1845: 1-52, //. 4. Posen. 1845. 



Contains descriptions and figures of three copal Diptera. 



Loew, H. Ueber den bernstein und die bern- 

 stein fauna. 4. Berlin. 1850. pp. 44. Progr. 

 konigl. realsch. Meseritz, pp. 1-44. 4. Meseritz. 

 1850. 



Separate, Berlin edition not seen ; of the other, pp. 28-44 are 

 occupied by a general systematic review of the amber Diptera, of 

 which many new genera and species are indicated with brief or 

 no description. More than 10,000 specimens were examined by 

 Loew, and about 575 species indicated. 



Loew, H. Ueber die dipteren fauna des bern- 

 steins. 4. Konigsberg. 1861. pp. 13. Amtl. her. 

 versamml. deutscti. naturf., 35 : 88-98. 4. Konigs- 

 berg. 1861. 



An important discussion of the problems suggested by a study 

 of the Diptera of the Prussian amber, of which at this time 850 

 species were known to the author, and of which over 650, belong- 

 ing to 101 genera, had been satisfactorily determined. -These 

 insects belong to a single district fauna, and represent only a 

 fragment of that, viz. : those low flying Diptera which love 

 moist places sheltered from the wind. The generic types which 

 existed in the amber period have probably been preserved down 

 to our time. Of all living types North American Diptera, es- 

 pecially those found from lat. 32 to 40 most nearly resemble 

 the amber fauna ; next to lese, those of Europe. 



TRANSLATION : On the Diptera or two-winged 

 insects of the amber-fauna. 8. New Haven. 1864. 

 pp. 20. Amer.journ. sc., [3], 37 : 305-324. 8. New 

 Haven. 1864. 



Translation by R. von Osten Sacken, who adds a single brief 

 note on living species common to Europe and America. 



Loew, H. Monographs of the Diptera of North 

 America ; prepared for the Smithsonian institution. 

 Part I. ; edited, with additions, by R. Osten Sacken. 

 8. Washington. 1862. pp. 24, 221, pi. 2. 



References to amber Diptera, partly original, will be found on 

 pp. u, 17. 



Loew, H. Berichtigung der generischen bestim- 

 mung einiger fossilen dipteren. Zeitschr. gesamml. 

 naturw , 32 : 180-191, taf. 5. 8. 'Berlin. 1868. 



A revision of the tertiary Bibionidae described by Heer. 



Lortet, Louis, et Chantre, Ernest, fitudes pale- 

 ontologiques dans le bassin du Rhone ; pe'riode qua- 

 ternaire. Arch. mus. hist. not. Lyon, \ : 59-130. 4. 

 Lyon. 1876. 



Mentions the occurrence of insects at La Boisse, p. 104, 

 and Sonnaz, p. 105. 



