42 BULLETIN 1107, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEB. 



LITERATURE CITED. 



insects attacking or penetrating metals-^s 



(1) Nebei,, M. 



1697. DE VEEMiCTJLis PLUMBUM DEPAscENTiBus. Academia caes-leopoldina 

 Natura Curiosorund. Ephemerides, Dec. 3, Ann. 5 et 6, Obs. 105, 

 p. 220-221. 



(2) Macleay, W. S. 



1821. hoeae entomologicae. v. 1, pt. 2, p. 161-524. London. 



Page 193 : Heteropterous Ooleoptera feed on inorganic matter. 



(3) KiEBY, WiLMAM, and Spence, William. 



1822. an INTRODUCTION TO entomology . . . (ed. 4) , V. 1, 513 p., 2 pi. 



London. 



Page 235 : Larva of CalUdium iajultis damages wood of roofs or houses 

 in London ; the adult emerges through sheet lead | inch thick. 



(4) KlRBY, W. 



1823. ON animals eeceiving their nutriment from mineral substance. 



In Philos. Magaz. and Jour., v. 61, no. 297, p. 8-4. 

 B'ermestes vulpimis Fahr. perforating ashestos to pupate. 



(5) SOCIIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE. 



1833. ANNALES, t. 2, Bul. 18 d^cembre. 



Page Ixxvi : Observations de M. Audouin sur la faculty que poss6dent 

 les C'allidies de ronger des crops tr§s durs. M. fimy : " Toitures en 

 plomb . . . percees . . . par des larves de Bostriches" [Roofing pene- 

 trated]. 



(6) Entomological Society of London. 



1839. JOURNAL of PROCEEDINGS. In Trans. Ent. Soc. London, v. 2. 



Page Ixxxiii : Observations of W. Sells on the perforations of the larvae 

 of Sirex juvencus. 



(7) deBe£;me. 



1844. COMMUNICATION. In Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 ser, t. 2, Bul. 6 mars. 



Page xx-xxi : Notice sur des cartouches des soldats et notament la balls 

 de plomb perforees par des larves d'insectes. [Cartridges wrapped in 

 paper. ] 



(8) Societ:6 entomologique de France. 



1844. ANNALES, 2 ser., t. 2, Bul. 20 mars. 



Page xxiv-xxvi : Notice sur des cliches typographiques pere^s par des 

 insectes (Apate capuoina) et sur des lames de plomb percees de Cetoines. 

 [Stereotype plates.] 



(9) MUNFORD, G. 



1846. INSECTS FEEDING ON MINERAL SUBSTANCES. In ZoolOgist, V. 4, p. 



1230-1232. 

 Dermestes vulpinns Fabr. penetrating asbestos ; " larva of Callidium 

 iajulus feeds upon lead, often perforating spouts and roofs ; the lead has 

 been found in its stomach." 



(10) Henslow, J. S. 



1850. GNAWING POWER OF CATERPILLAR OF THE GOAT MOTH (XYLEUTES 



cossus). In Zoologist, v. 8, p. 2897. 



(11) Entomological Society of London. 



1850-1851. proceedings, Sept. 2, 1850, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, new ser. 

 V. 1, p. 34-35. 

 Notice of Monohammus sutor boring into lead. 



" Prepared by Dr. T. B. Snyder with the assistance of Dr. E. A. Schwarz and Dr. F. H. 

 Chittenden, of the Bureau of Entomology. 



