ENTOMOLOGY. 317 



Mannnerheim has further illustrated the Fauna of 

 Finland by two little essays (Bulletin de Moscou, 1GO) Me- 

 moire sur la recolte d'Insectes Coleopteres faite en 1843, and 

 (p. 189) Description de quelques nouvelles especes de 

 Coleopteres de Finlande. Spicilegium Entomographiee 

 Rossicre auctore G. Fischer de Waldheim (Bull. Mosc. 

 1844, p. 3) contains descriptions of a great number of 

 species, mostly new, both from the Russian Empire and 

 from the adjoining countries. 



Note d'un viaggio nella Persia e nelle Indie oriental! 

 negli anni 1841, 184.2, di Gaetano Osculati. Moiiza, 1844. 



The narrative of the author's travels, containing scattered notices respect- 

 ing natural history, has at the end a catalogue of Coleoptera collected on 

 the journey, and in the appendix six new species are distinguished by the 

 specific characters, \vhich are here extracted under the respective heads, as 

 the book may not be generally accessible. 



Parry has contributed to the Fauna of Assam a decad of 

 new species, of which merely the diagnoses are given for the 

 present, (Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 

 in the Ann. Nat. Hist, xiv, 454), and the detailed descrip- 

 tions reserved for future publication. 



White has characterized some new Coleoptera from 

 Hong-Kong. (Ibid. 4.22.) 



Lucas (Revue Zool. p. 262) describes some new Coleop- 

 tera of Northern Africa, from the country of Biskra situate 

 fifty-five leagues south of Constantina. The Fauna of this 

 region seems to differ notably from that of the sea-board, as 

 these species are of a purely African type. Those collected 

 by M. de Faremont on the route to Biskra consist princi- 

 pally of Melasoma. 



Haldeman has published the specific characters of 49 

 new species (North American) of the genera Cymindis, 

 Dromius, Plochionus, Lebla, Coptodera, Pasimachus, Clivimi, 

 Badister, Anchomenus, Ayonum, Omaseus, Amaru, Seleno- 

 phorus, Ophonus, Harpalus, Stenolophus, Acupalpus, Notaphus, 

 Leja, Peryphus, Athous, Charactus, Mycterus, Lytta, Hoplia, 

 Chlfenius, Coprobius, Aphodius, Phileurus, Bothrideres, Ickthy- 



