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



LITERATURE CITED. 



INSECTS ATTACKING OR PENETRATING METALS. 16 



(1) Nebel, M. 



1697. de vermiculis plumbum depascentibus. Acadernia caes-leopoldina 

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

 p. 220-221. 



(2) Macleay, W. S. 



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



Page 193 : Heteropterous Coleoptera feed on inorganic matter. 



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



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



London. 



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

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



(4) Klrby, W. 



1823. ON ANIMALS RECEIVING THEIR NUTRIMENT FROM MINERAL SUBSTANCE. 



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



E'ermestes vulpinus Fabr. perforating asbestos to pupate. 



(5) SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE. 



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



Page lxxvi : Observations de M. Audouin sur la faculte que possedent 

 les Callidies de ronger des crops tres 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 lxxxiii : Observations of W. Sells on the perforations of the larva? 

 of Sircx juvencus. 



(7) deBreme. 



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

 paper.] 



(8) SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE. 



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



Page xxiv-xxvi : Notice sur des cliches typographiques perces par des 

 insectes (Apate capucina) 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 vulpinus Fabr. penetrating asbestos; "larva of Callidium 

 bajulus 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. 2S97. 



(11) Entomological Society of London. 



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

 v. 1, p. 34-35. 

 Notice of Monoham?nus sutor boring into lead. 



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

 Chittenden, of the Bureau of Entomology. 



