. The fossil insects of North America, with notes on some European species [microform]. Insects, Fossil; Insects; Insectes fossiles; Insectes. becMi very small. An uiuU'r .surfapc is exposed on the (lirty li^lit brown stone, scnreely darker than the stone Itself, with veins and Intereaiaries l)la('k; the sni'Caee is almost ])erl'eetly Mat, only a slight eoncavity being* diseernible, and the veins are elevated in the slijj:htest |)ossil)le dej^ree. The lenijfth of tlu' iVaj^'incut is ;) mm.; pr(tbal)le len;^lh of the winy;, !;).;â ) nnn.; its breadth, .";! nnn. The specime
. The fossil insects of North America, with notes on some European species [microform]. Insects, Fossil; Insects; Insectes fossiles; Insectes. becMi very small. An uiuU'r .surfapc is exposed on the (lirty li^lit brown stone, scnreely darker than the stone Itself, with veins and Intereaiaries l)la('k; the sni'Caee is almost ])erl'eetly Mat, only a slight eoncavity being* diseernible, and the veins are elevated in the slijj:htest |)ossil)le dej^ree. The lenijfth of tlu' iVaj^'incut is ;) mm.; pr(tbal)le len;^lh of the winy;, !;).;â ) nnn.; its breadth, .";! nnn. The specimen comes from Ihel'nrbeeks ol" Wiltshire, En;^ Elisama minor. I'l. i>i. rv^. i;i. [AVithout name] Itrodi.', Foss. Tiis. Kiigl., 118, l»l. .}, fig. 20. J'JIisdiiKt minor (Jii'b., Ins. \'or\v. ;>"J(). JSlutlidiiiin iiiiiior Heer, \'iertelj. natnrf. (iesellseh. Ziirieh, ix, ii!)l. A speeimen received from Uev. Mv. IJrodie seems to me to represent pretty cer- tainly the oiiginal of his illusti-ation of this species (represented, as nsual, reversed on his plate). But even if it is not. it certaiidy belongs to the same species, and its exam- ination shows that, as in the single specimen of 7^'. /v;<(;y't, the base is l)adly broken, and aboiitaqnarter of the tip lost; nevertheless the most important ])art of the nenration re- mains and enal)les us to restore the wing with considerable confidence, by which it Avonld appear to be nearl}- two and one-half times longer than broad and to have had a more convex costal mai'gin than J'J. Kncri. An under surface is exposed, of the same color as the dirty brown stone on which it lies, with black or blackish brown veins and intereaiaries. The surface is ilat or scarcely concave, the veins scarcely elevated, and the intereaiaries slightly suid min.; the probable length of the wing ; mm.; its breadth nnn. The specimen comes fi'oni the English Purbecks and bears also the name "Blake,"' probably the
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