. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. INSECTA. 109 The Class of Insects is represented in the Palgeozoic age. Of Arach- nidans, the earliest is the fossil Scorpion from the Bohemian Coal-Meas- ures. Spiders are found in the Solenhofen-slates and in the Tertiary gypseous marls of Aix. The Carboniferous forests were not uncheered by the hum of Insects; for in the Lower Coal Measures are discovered fossils resembling the living Locust and Curculio. The Blattina venusta from Arkansas is the only Carbon
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. INSECTA. 109 The Class of Insects is represented in the Palgeozoic age. Of Arach- nidans, the earliest is the fossil Scorpion from the Bohemian Coal-Meas- ures. Spiders are found in the Solenhofen-slates and in the Tertiary gypseous marls of Aix. The Carboniferous forests were not uncheered by the hum of Insects; for in the Lower Coal Measures are discovered fossils resembling the living Locust and Curculio. The Blattina venusta from Arkansas is the only Carboniferous Insect found in America, excepting perhaps the articulated fragments found by Dawson in the trunk of a Sigillaria. The principal European sources of fossil Insects are the slates of Solenhofen, the Tertiary deposits of Aix and OEningen, and the masses of amber from the northern coast of Prus- sia. About 100 Tertiary species of Ants are known) and these are either male or female : neuters are rare. Bees and Wasps are comparatively few. No. 451. ^schna eximia, This beautiful fossil " Dragon-Fly" was found in the Lithographic limestone (Middle Oolite), at Solenhofeu, Bavaria. It is a neuropterous insect of the genus JEsclma, which differs from the Libellula proper only in the equal division of the lower lip. The eyes are large and close together, and the wings remain horizoa- tal in the state of repose. In this specimen, the wings, both pairs of which are finely preserved, spread six inches. The original is in the private Geological Cabinet of Mr. Ward. Size, 7x5. Price, $'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ward, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1834-1906. Rochester, N. Y. , Benton & Andrews, printers
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