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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOSSIL INSECTS. 



Murchison, R. I. Outline of the geology of the 

 neighbourhood of Cheltenham. A new edition, aug- 

 mented and revised by James Buckman and H. E. 

 Strickland. 8. London. 1845. pp. no, map, 

 sect., pi. 13. 



The first edition makes no allusion to fossil insects. The ad- 

 ditions upon that subject in this are by Brodie (q. v.) and Buck- 

 man. The insects are catalogued on pp. 68, 81-82 and figured 

 on pi. 4, S, 9. Reference is also incidentally made in several 

 places to the insect beds of the district, but without special men- 

 tion of their contents. 



Murchison, R. I. Siluria. The history of the 

 oldest known rocks containing organic remains, with 

 a brief sketch of the distribution of gold over the 

 earth. &. London. 1854. pp. 16, 523, pi. 37. 



Notices insects of the coal, p. 284. 



Murchison, R. I. Siluria. The history of the 

 oldest fossiliferous rocks and their foundations; 

 with a brief sketch of the distribution of gold over 

 the earth. 3d edition (including the silurian system) 

 with maps and many additional illustrations. 8. 

 London. 1859. pp. '20, 592, (2), pi. (2), 41, maps 2. 



Brief reference to and figure of an insect "allied to Cory- 

 dalis" from Coalbrookdale on pp. 320-321. 



Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, and Lyell, Sir 



Charles. On the tertiary fresh-water formations of 

 Aix in Provence, including the coal field of Fuveau 

 . . . with a description of fossil insects contained 

 therein by John Curtis. Proc. geol. soc. Land., I : 

 150-151. 8. London. 1829. 



Accompanied, p. 151, by " Observations on the fossil insects" 

 mentioned, by John Curtis, afterwards described and figured by 

 the same. See Curtis, J. 



Murray, Andrew. Notes on some fossil insects 

 from Nagpur. Quart, journ. geol. soc. Lond., (6 : 

 182-185, 189, //. \Q,figs. 66-70. 8. London. 1860. 



Occurs as a separate note in an article by Hislop, S., " On the 

 tertiary deposits associated with the trap-rock in the East Indies, 

 with descriptions of the fossil shells by the Rev. Stephen Hislop, 

 and of the fossil insects by Andrew Murray, and a note on the 

 fossil Cypridae by T. Rupert Jones." Thirteen Coleoptera( Bu- 

 prestidae and Curcuiionidae) are mentioned and figured; only 

 one is named. 



Mylius, G. F. Memorabilium Saxoniae subter- 

 raneae, pars prima ; i. e. Des unterirdischen Sach- 

 sens weltsamer wunder der natur ; erster theil. 

 Worinnen die auf denen steinen an krautern, baumen, 

 bluhmen, fischen, thieren und andern dergleichen 

 besondere abbildungen, so wohl unsers Sachsen- 

 landes als deren so es mit diesen gemein haben, 

 gezeiget werden, mit vielen kupffern gezieret. 4. 

 Leipzig. 1709. pp. (6), So, (19), front., pi. (13), fig. 



Remarks on a fossil " wurm, welcher einem seidenwurm nicht 

 ungleich scheinet," p. 56. 



Nicholson, Henry Alleyne. A manual of palae- 

 ontology for the use of students, with a'general intro- 

 duction on the principles of palaeontology. 8. 

 London. 1872. pp. 18, 6or, figs. 401. 



Chapter xvii. Arachnida, Myriapoda, and Insecta occupies pp. 

 181-187 and fisrs. 124-130. This very brief notice is mostly con- 

 fined to the older insects. 



Nicholson, H. A. The same. Second edition, 

 revised and greatly enlarged. 2 vol. 8. Edinburgh 

 and London. 1879. Vol. I, pp. 18, 511 ; vol. 2, pp. 



12, 531, figs. 



Vol. i contains a chapter (20) on Arachnida, Myriapoda, and 

 Insects, pp. 398-409, figs. 250-258; slightly enlarged from the 

 preceding. 



Nicholson, H. A. The ancient life-history of 

 the earth, a comprehensive outline of the principles 

 and leading facts of palaeontological science. 8. 

 Edinburgh and London. 1877. pp. 19, 407. 



Contains nothing original in insects ; a few are figured. 



Nicholson, H. A. See also White, C. A., and 

 Nicholson, H. A. 



Ndggerath, Jacob. Notizen tiber fossile anima- 

 lien. Arch. ges. naturl., 2: 323-325. 8. Nurnberg. 

 1824. 



Mentions the discovery of fossil beetles (p. 325) at Orsberge on 

 the Rhine. 



Novak, Ottomar. Fauna der cyprisschiefer des 

 egerer tertiiirbeckens. Wien. 8. 1877. pp. 26, 

 pi. 3. Sitzungsb. akad. tuiss. Wien, 76 : abth. i, 

 matk. nat. classe, 71-96, taf. 1-3. 8. Wien. 1878. 



Descriptions and illustrations of niueteen insects of various 

 groups, but mostly Diptera. 



Novak, O. Ueber Grvllacris bohemica, einen 

 neuen locustidenrest aus der steinkohlenformation 

 von Stradonitz in Bohmen. 8. Wien. 1880. pp. 

 6, pi. I. Jahrb. geol. reichsanst. Wien, 30 : 69-74, 

 taf. 2. 1. 80. Wien. 1880. 



Compares the new species with Grvllacris Brongniarti ( Man- 

 tell), which also is figured, and to which it is closely allied. Re- 

 viewed by Scudder, ^Proc. Bast. soc. tint, hist., 21. 8. Boston. 



d'Orbigny, Alcide Dessaline8. Recherches zoolo- 

 giques sur 1'instant d'apparition, dans les ages du 

 monde, des ordres d'animaux, compare au degre de 

 perfection de 1'ensemble de leurs organes. Ann. sc. 

 nat., (3), 13: 228-236, 2 tables. 8. Paris. 1850. 



Insects are treated on pp. 232-233 and on both tables. 



von Osten Sacken, Carl Robert Romanoff. 

 See Loew, H. 



Ouchakoff, Nicolas. Notice sur un termes fos- 

 sile. Bull. soc. imp. nat. Mosc., 1838 : 37-42, //. i. 

 8. Moscou. 1838. 



Ann. sc. nat., (2), 13 : 204-207, //. I B. 8". Paris. 

 1840. 



TRANSLATION : Notice of a fossil termes. Calc. 

 journ. nat. hist., 2 : 74-78. 8. Calcutta. 1842. 



ABSTRACT : Notitz iiber eines fossilen termiten. 

 Neues jahrb. mineral., 1839 : 122-123. 8. Stutt- 

 gart. 1839. 



Oustalet, Emile. Recherches sur les insectes 

 fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la France ; pre- 

 miere partie. Insectes fossiles de 1'Auvergne. Ann. 

 sc. geol., 2, art. 3, //. 1-178, // I 7^- 8. Paris. 1870. 



Oustalet, . The same, entitled : Memoire sur 

 les insectes fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la 

 France. Bibl. ecole hautes etudes, sect. sc. nat., art. 7, 

 pp. 1-178, //. 1-6. 8. Paris. 1871. 



Studied descriptions of forty-five species, most of them new ; 

 they are mostly Diptera, especially Protomyiae and Bibiones, 

 and Coleoptera, especially Rhynchophora. The characteristics of 

 the groups to which the insects belong are given in detail, and 

 references made to other fossil insects of the same groups. The 

 whole is preceded by a chapter of 48 pages, containing a good 

 history of our knowledge of fossil insects, and is followed by 

 one of 17 pages of general results reached by a study of the 

 Auvergne fossil insects, which are found to show a mingling of 

 indigenous and of exotic forms, a Mediterranean aud American 

 aspect, and a warmer climate than now. 



An extended notice will be found in the Revue scient. France, 

 (2), 4 : 136-137. 4. Paris. 1874. See also Giard, A. 



Oustalet, E. Recherches sur les insectes fossiles 

 des terrains tertiaires de la France ; deuxieme partie. 

 Insectes fossiles d'Aix en Provence. [ Premier fasci- 

 cule. Coleopteres d'Aix.] Ann. sc. geol., 5, art. 2, 

 pp. 1-347, pi- 1-6- 8. Paris. 1874. [pp. 1-136 

 and pi. 1-2 Febr. 15, 1874; pp. i37~347. pi- 3~ 6 > Mai 

 15, 1874.] 



Also [with prem. partie] under the title : Re- 

 cherches sur les insectes fossiles des terrains tertiaires 

 de la France. These presentee a la faculte des sci- 

 ences. 80. Paris. 1874. pp. 1-556, pi. 1-12. 



The second part describes 81 species after the same plan as 

 in the preceding memoir. 32 of them are Rhyncophora. 19 



