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dlon, and Anthicus. (Philaclelph. Proc. i, p. 298. Bohem. 

 Aorsber. p. 43.) 



Guerin (Revue Zool.) has contributed two short papers 

 on the Fauna of Mexico (p. 253) and of New Granada (p. 8.) 



Waterhouse, Contributions to the Entomology of the 

 southern portions of South America. (Ann. Nat. Hist, 

 xiii, 41.) 



He observes with justice that the habitat " Chili" is the more vague, as 

 this country in its different regions presents very various climates, and a 

 corresponding difference of soil and physical circumstances. Thus the 

 northern part is extremely dry and parched (rain being almost unknown), 

 generally sandy and stony, abounding in the Indian fig (Cactus). On the 

 contrary, the southern portion, in which rain falls copiously, is wooded, and 

 frequently yields the most luxuriant vegetation. 



The dry country in the north includes the provinces of Coquimbo and 

 Copiapo, the south Chiloe, Valdivia, and Concepciou. Between the t\vo 

 lie Valparaiso, Aconcagua, and San lago, in which the climate also is of an 

 intermediate character, with periodical rains from May to August inclusive, 

 the soil in the valleys tolerably productive of trees, and on the mountain 

 slopes overgrown with low bushes. Hence an interest attaches to the 

 memoranda of Mr. Bridges respecting the localities and occurrence of a 

 number of Chilian Coleoptera. 



Curtis has laid before the Linnsean Society of London 

 his descriptions of the insects collected by Captain P. P. 

 King in the survey of the Straits of Magellan, as a continua- 

 tion of his essay in the 18th vol. of the Society's Trans- 

 actions. 



An extract is given in the 'Annals of Nat. Hist.,' xiv, 218, but as it con- 

 tains merely the abridged characters of the new species, the Report upon 

 the Essay itself is deferred until after its appearance in the ' Transactions.' 

 It embraces the families Histeridee, Hydrophilidce, Searabeeidte, Lucauida, and 

 the entire of the Heteromera. 



Le Guillou has published in the Revue Zool. (p. 220) the 

 preliminary short specific characters of the new Coleoptera 

 (20 species) collected during the voyage of the Bonite 

 round the world. 



Count Mannerheim has given an account of a torn* in 

 Sweden, Denmark, and Northern Germany, in which many 



