Insects in Korean Amber

Abstract

ON the morning of September 1 I saw a piece of carved amber, containing Diptera of several species, in the shop of G. M. T. De Silva in Yokohama. I was informed that it came from Korea (Chosen), but as the exact locality and geological horizon were unknown, and the price was rather high, I did not purchase it. At noon of the same day the earthquake occurred, resulting in the destruction of the whole of Yokohama, including De Silva's shop. I should be greatly interested to learn anything more about this Korean amber, the insects in which should be described. Some days earlier I saw in Mr. Y. Nawa's museum at Gifu a very fine lot of fossil insects, apparently of late Tertiary age. These have never been critically studied or described, but it is to be hoped that they will eventually be properly recorded. I could not discuss them with Mr. Nawa, as he knows no English, and no interpreter could be found at the time of my visit.