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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOSSIL INSECTS. 



cal phenomena, and organic remains. 16. London. 

 1847. PP- 4-^ pl- 2O - 



Refers to the discovery of fossil insects in tertiary and wealden 

 beds ac pp. 140, 400. 



Mantell, G. A. A brief notice of organic re- 

 mains recently discovered in the wealden formation. 

 Qunrt. journ. geol. soc. Lond., 5 : 37-43, //. 3- 8. 

 London. 1849. 



A brief notice, p. ;$g, of elytra of Coleoptera from the "fresh- 

 water strata above the oolite in Buckinghamshire : " two of 

 these are figured in detail, but no suggestion is made of their 

 affinities. 



Maravigna, Carmelo. Insectes dans 1'ambre. 

 Rsv. zool., i : 168-169, followed by remarks of Guerin 

 Meneville, pp. 169-170, pi. i. 8. Paris. 1838. 



Maravipna'snote is upon the conditions of occurrence of Sicilian 

 amber. Guerin rigures and enumerates and occasionally names 

 about fifteen species, mostly Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and 



Diptera. 



Massalongo, Abramo Bartolommeo Pr. Mono- 

 graria delle nereide fossili. 8. Verona. 1855. pp. 

 35, pi. 6. 



In an appendix, pp. 31-32, he enumerates five species of insects 

 from Monte Bolca. 



Massalongo, A. B. P. Prodromo di un' ento- 

 mologia fossile del M. Bolca. Studii paleont., pp. 

 11-21, tab. i (pars.), 2. 8. Verona. 1856. 



Describes seven insects of different orders. 



Massalongo, A. B. P. Sopra due larve fossili 

 di Libellula dei terreni mioceni di Sinigallia. Studii 

 paleont., pp. 22-23, ^- *> fis s - 8-13. 8. Verona. 

 1856. 



The larvae are referred to two of Beer's species from Oeningen. 



Massalongo, A. B. P. Compendium faunae et 

 florae fossilis bolcensis. 



Massalongo, A. B. P. e Scarabelli, G. Studii 

 sulla flora fossile e geologia stratigrafica del Seni- 

 galliese. fo. Inola. 1859. pp. 8, 506, map, pi. 45. 



Parte i Geologia stratigrafica is by Scarabelli ; pane 2* Flora 

 fossile by Massalongo. Insetti on p. 25, contains a nominal list 

 of species. 



Mayr, Gustav Leopold. Vorlaufige studien iiber 

 die Radoboj-formiciden in der sammlung der k. k. 

 geologischen reichsanstalt. 8. Wien. 1867. pp. 

 16, pi. I. yahrb. geol. reichsanst., 17 : 47-61, taf. I. 

 80. Wien. 1867. 



A revision of the specimens described by Heer with reference 

 to modern genera. See also Heer, O. 



ABSTRACT: On fossil insects. Quart, jour n. geol. 

 soc. Lond., 23, ii : 7. 8. London. 1867. 



Mayr, G. L. Die ameisen des baltischen bern- 

 steins ; mit 106 figuren auf fiinf tafeln. Beitr. naturk. 

 Preussens, i, pp. 4, 102, (10), tab. 5. 4. Konigsberg. 

 ' 1 868. 



Extended descriptions of forty-nine' species and twenty-three 

 genera, with some preliminary general observations, including a 

 review of previous literature, and a comparison of amber species 

 with modern types and those of Radoboj. 



Medlicott, H. B. and Blanford, W T. A 



manual of the geology of India ; chiefly compiled 

 from the observations of the geological survey; 

 published by order of the government of India. 8. 

 Calcutta. 1879. 2 v l- an d map. Vol. i. Penin- 

 sular area, pp. 18, 80, 1-444. Vol. 2. Extrapenin- 

 sular area, pp. 445-817, pi. 21. 



On pp. 152, 154, 314 are references to insects found in the 

 mesozoic and tertiary deposits of central India. 



Meek, Fielding B., and Worthen, A. H. Notice 

 of some new types of organic remains from the coal 

 measures of Illinois. Proc. acad. nat. sc. Philad., 

 1865; 41-53. 8. Philadelphia. 1865. 



Describe Anthracerpes typus as a myriapod and Palaeocampa 

 anthrax as an insect, both afterwards considered as worms. 



Meek, F. B., and Worthen, A. H. Preliminary 

 notice of a scorpion, a Eurypterus, and other fossils, 

 from the coal-measures of Illinois. Am. journ. sc. 

 arts, [2], 46: 19-28. 8". New Haven. 1868. 



Afterwards described more fullv in the Geological survey of 

 Illinois. Among the "other fossils" are two myriapods. 



Meek, F. B., and Worthen, A. II. Articulate 

 fossils of the coal measures. Worthen, Geol. sitrv. 

 III., 3, ii, palaeontology, pp. 540-565, figs. 8. n. p. 

 1868. 



Describe and fieure, pp. 556-565, two myriapods and two 

 arachnids, with a Note on the genus Palaeocampa, p. 565, first 

 described as a caterpillar, but here considered a worm. 



Meigen, Johann Wilhelm. See Rathke, M. H. 



Meinecke, Johann Christoph. Vermischte an- 

 merkungen iiber verschiedene gegenstande, sonder- 

 lich des steinreichs. Naturforscher, st. 20 : 185-210. 

 16. Halle. 1784. 



The first part, pp. 186-189, is devoted to amber, as occurring 

 in which he mentions various insects and Grylius domesticus in 

 particular. 



Menge, A. Ueber die scheerenspinnen, Cher- 

 netidae. 4. [Danzig. 1855.] pp. 43, pi. 5. Neueste 

 schrift. naturf. gesellsck. Danzig, 15, heft 2 [art. 2]. 

 4. Danzig. 1855. 



Seven of the fifteen species described and figured are from 

 amber. 



Menge, A. Lebenszeichen vorweltlicher, im bern- 

 stein eingeschlossener thiere. Progr. petrischule Dati- 

 zig, pp. 1-32. 4. Danzig. 1856. 



Contains a valuable systematic review of the species in the au- 

 thor's collection, with occasional brief descriptions. The collec- 

 tion is one of the largest ever made, containing 67 Myriapoda of 

 31 species, 674 Arachnida of more than 150 species, and 3102 

 Insecta, of which even the genera are rarely enumerated, but 

 only separated by families. 



Menge, A. Ueber ein rhipidopteron und einige 

 andere im bernstein eingeschlossene thiere. Also 

 entitled : Ueber ein rhipidopteron und einige hel- 

 minthen im bernstein. 8. Danzig. 1866. t. p., 

 pp. 8, figs. Schriften naturf . gesellsck. Danzig (2), I, 

 iii-iv. 8. Danzig. 1866. 



The strepsipteron is described and figured under the name of 

 Triaena tertiaria, and figures are given of a Chironomus to which 

 a Mermis is found attached. 



Menge, A. Ueber einen scorpion und zwei spin- 

 nen im bernstein. 8. Danzig. 1869. pp. 9. Schrift. 

 naturf. gesellsch. Danzig, (2), 2, ii. 8. Danzig. 1869. 



Menge, A. See also Koch, F. C. L. und Berendt, 

 G. C. ; and Pictet-Baraban, F. J. et Hagen, H. A. 



Mercati, Michael. Michaelis Mercati samminia- 

 tensis Metallotheca opus posthumum, auctoritate, 

 & munificentia Clementis XI. pontificis maximi 

 e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio 

 Joannis Mariae Langisii archiatri pontificii illustra- 

 tum. f. Romae. 1717. pp. 64, 378, (18), pi. 6, 

 figs. 



Arm. 5, cap. 9: De succino, pp. 87-90, contains on p. 89 

 figures of some half dozen insects in amber which are enu- 

 merated in a single line on p. 88. 



von Meyer (Christian Erich) Hermann. Indu- 

 sia. Ersch u. Gruber, Allg. encycl. wissensch. u. 

 kiinste, sect. 2, th. 1 8, s. 136. 4. Leipzig. 1840. 



von Meyer, C. E. H. Insekten, fossile. Ersch. 

 u. Gruber, Allg. encycl. wissensch. u. kunste, sect. 2, th. 

 18, s. 536-541. 4. Leipzig. 1840. 



A review of the literature, with nothing new. 



