Fossil Butterflies: Memoirs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, I. — John Shaqi
Fossil Butterflies: Memoirs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, I.Scudder, Samuel Hubbard
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Fossil Butterflies: Memoirs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, I.
Scudder, Samuel Hubbard
Butterflies, Fossil
In the “marnes calcaires” of Aix he has referred already, as
we have seen, to one; he previously speaks of _Papillons_
at Œningen (see above) and may therefore place two in the
second column; he quotes Sendelius as probably figuring
caterpillars in amber as follows (p. 242): “Des Lépidoptères
(M. Brongniart). On a cru reconnaître des chenilles parmi
les insectes du Succin figurés par Sendelius Tab. 3, fig.
28-82;”[A] and this accounts for one in his third column; and
the following passage from the section on “Insectes fossiles
des terrains secondaires inférieurs, ou de transitions” (p.
246) accounts for that in the fifth column: “Il se peut que
ce soit également dans des formations de la même époque
qu’existent les vestiges d’insectes, d’ailes de Papillons et de
Scarabées signalés par Bromel.”
1835. GRAVENHORST. Bericht der entomologischen Section. Uebers. d. Arbeit
u. Veränd. Schlesisch. Gesellsch. Vaterl. Caltur, 1854, 92-93.
Gives a general enumeration of the collection of fossils from
amber in the museum of the Königsberg Society, specifying a few
Lepidoptera.
1836. HOPE. Observations on Succinic Insects. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., I,
iii, 133-147.
In a list of insects observed in amber we find the following on
p. 146:
GENUS. | AUTHOR. | SUBSTANCE. | COLLECTION.
“Papilio. | Hope and Berendt. | Animé and amber. | Mr. Strong.”
1838. BRONN. Lethæa Geognostica, 2d ed., II. 8vo.
In a tabular list of fossil insects, with localities, he gives
(p. 814):
Papilis [Papilio] (Bernstein), Satyrus (Gyps formation von Aix).
1838. DUPONCHEL. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, VII, Bull. 51-52.
Re-announces the discovery of _Neorinopis sepulta_, referring
it to Nymphalis.
1839. BOISDUVAL. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, VIII, Bull. 11-12.
Gives a verbal report on the characteristics of _Neorinopis
sepulta_, drawn from an inspection of a drawing sent by
Fonscolombe to Audouin, refers the insect to the genus Cyllo
and says that the species is allied to Europa and others.
1840. BOISDUVAL. Rapport sur une empreinte de Lépidoptère trouvée dans
les marnes des environs d’Aix, en Provence, et communiquée par M. de
Saporta. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, IX, 371-374. Accompanied by a plate
(viii) which appeared in the second livrasion.
Describes _Neorinopis sepulta_ from the specimen, referring it
to the genus Cyllo, and the neighborhood of the species Rohria,
Caumas and Europa, and giving it the specific name sepulta.
1843. MARCEL DE SERRES. Notes géologiques sur la Provence. Actes
Linn. Soc. Bord., XIII, 1-82; Note additionelle, 83-90; Deuxième note
additionelle, 170-2. 2 planches.
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