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 a list of the plants and animals found at Aix, the author
gives on p. 41: “Lépidoptères Diurnes. Papilio de la division
des Satyrus. Cette espèce conserve encore en partie ses
couleurs.” On p. 172 is a _Note relative au Lépidoptère
figuré_ (_Cyllo sepulta_), in which Boisduval’s opinion of its
relationship is given.[B] The author’s review of the plants and
animals leads him to the generalization that they are analogous
to those which now live in dry and arid spots in the south of
France.
1843. CHARPENTIER. Ueber einige fossile Insecten aus Radoboj in Croatien.
Acta Acad. Leop. Carol., XX, 401-410.
Describes (p. 408) and figures (Tab. xxii, fig. 4) _Eugonia
atava_ under the name of _Sphinx atavus_.
1845. COQUAND. Bull. Soc. Geol. France [2], II, 384-386.
Refers to and quotes a portion of Boisduval’s description of
_Neorinopis sepulta_; nothing new is added.
1845. MARCEL DE SERRES. Sur les fossiles du bassin d’Aix
(Bouches-du-Rhône). Ann. Sc. Nat. [3], IV, 249-256.
Uses the discovery of _Neorinopis sepulta_ as an argument
in support of his theory that there is an intimate relation
between the tertiary fauna and flora of Aix and the animals and
plants now existing in southern France; and that the climate
of the two epochs was the same. Recalling the then recent
discovery of many butterflies new to the fauna of Europe, he
suggests that _N. sepulta_ may yet be found alive.
1847. HOPE. Observations on the fossil insects of Aix in Provence, with
descriptions and figures of three species. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., IV,
250-255.
Gives a list of genera published by Bronn with some additions;
on p. 252, under Lepidoptera, we have “85. Satyrus B[ronn].”
1849. HEER. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Œningen und von
Radoboj in Croatien. 2er Theil. 4to. Leipzig. Extracted from the Neue
Denkschr. allg. Schweiz. Gesellschaft für Naturw., XI (1850).
Contains (pp. 177-183, Taf. xiv, figs. 3-6) descriptions
and illustrations of _Eugonia atava_ (_Vanessa attavina_),
_Mylothrites Pluto_ (_Vanessa Pluto_) and _Pontia Freyeri_
(_Pierites Freyeri_).
1849. HEER. Zur Geschichte der Insekten. Verhandl. Schweiz. naturf.
Gesellsch., XXXIV, 78-97.
Refers to the late epoch at which Lepidoptera appeared,
and adds, pp. 87-8: “Merkwürdig ist, dass von diesen
Schmetterlingen 2 Arten grosse Aehnlichkeit [88] mit
ostindischen Arten haben, während eine mit unserm Distelfalter,
eine andere mit unserem Grassackträger zu vergleichen ist.”
1850. HEER. Zur Geschichte der Insekten. Neues Jahrb. für Mineral., 17-33.
On the History of Insects. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond., VI, ii, 68-76.
Translated by T. R[ymer] J[ones].
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