42 BULLETIN 1107, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE, 



LITERATURE CITED. 



INSECTS ATTACKING OR PENETRATING METALS.^a 



(1) Nebel, M. 



1697. DE vERMicui-is PLUMBUM DEPASCENTiBus. Acaclemia caes-leopoldina 

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

 p. 220-221. 



(2) Macleat, W. S. 



1821. HOKAE ENTOMOLOGiCAE. V. 1, pt. 2, p. 161-524. London. 



Page 193 : Heteropterous Ooleoptera feed on inorganic matter. 



(3) KiKBY, William, and Spence, William. 



1822. AN introduction TO ENTOMOLOGY . . . (ed. 4) , V. 1, 513 p., 2 pi. 



London. 



Page 235 : Larva of Callidium Mjulus damages wood of roofs or houses 

 in London ; the adult emei-ges through sheet lead | inch thick. 



(4) KlEBY, W. 



1823. ON ANIMALS RECEIVING THEIR NUTRIMENT FROM MINERAL SUBSTANCE. 



In Philos. Magaz. and Jour., v. 61, no. 297, p. 3-4. 

 . D<ermestes vulpinus Fabr. perforating asbestos to pupate. 



(5) Soci:6te entomologique de France. 



1833. annales, t. 2, Bnl. 18 decembre. 



Page Isxvi : Observations de M. Audouin sur la faculte que iK)ss6dent 

 les C'allidies de ronger des crops trfes 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 larvse 

 • of Slrex juvencus. 



(7) deBr^me. 



1844. communication. In Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 2 ser, t. 2, Bui. 6 mars. 



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

 de plomb perfor^es par des larves d'insectes. [Cartridges wrapped in 

 paper. ] 



(8) Sociiet:^ entomologique de France. 



1844. annales, 2 ser., t. 2, Bui. 20 mars. 



Page XXIV— XXVI : Notice sur des cliches typograpbiques perc^s par des 

 insectes {Apate capucina) et sur des lames de plomb perc6es de Cetoines. 

 [Stereotype plates.] 



(9) Munford, G. 



1846. insects feeding on mineral substances. In Zoologist, v. 4, p. 

 1230-1232. 

 Dermestes vulpinus Fabr. penetrating asbestos ; " larva of Callidium 

 hajulus 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 Monoliammits 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. 



