286 Bibliographical Notices. 



Cistela congrua. Testaceo-flava, laevis, elytrorum lineis impressis 

 scitis tenuissime punctatis. Long, 4£ lin. 



Fam. Mordellidae. 



Acosmius languidus. Piceus, cinereo-tomentosus, antennis basi 

 fulvis, thoracis plagis et elytrorum fasciis duabus non tomentosis, 

 Long. 5 lin. 



Mordella composita. Atra, tomento albo varia, thoracis mar- 

 gine lineolisque duabus transversis angulatis, elytrorum maculis 

 decern et abdominis segmentis ventralibus basi albo-tomentosis. 

 Long. 3£ lin. 



Fam. Cissidae. 



Cis contendens. Niger, subpubescens, latiusculus, subtilissime 

 punctatus, elytris vix lineatis, pedibus rufis. Long. 1-1| lin. 



Fam. Tomicidse. 



Apate submedia. Atra, scabrosa, subtus picea, capite ferrugineo 

 piloso, elytrorum costis tribus subobsoletis apice bene determinatis. 

 Long. 6^-8 lin. 



Bostrichus mutilatus. Ater, capite ferrugineo piloso, thorace 

 scabro, elytris punctatis apice bituberculatis et oblique truncatis, 

 antennis piceis, femoribus rufis. Long. 3 lin. 



Platypus minax. Piceus, cylindricus, sublsevis, subtus ferrugi- 

 neus, capite obliquo, elytris subtilissime punctatis et lineatis, apice 

 truncatis et dentatis, pectore maximo, abdomine brevi, femoribus 

 latissimis. Long. 2# lin. 



Platypus solidus. Ater, nitens, angustus, thorace vix sulcato, 

 elytris lineis impressis tenuissimis, apice subacuminato. Long. 

 If -2 lin. 



[To be continued.] 



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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Weeds and Wild-flowers ; their Uses, Legends, and Literature. By 

 Lady Wilkinson. London, Van Voorst, 1858. 



Any one seeking an elegant gift-book, especially for a young lady 

 friend, will be happy to alight upon the volume whose title we give 

 above. Printing, binding, &c, in the fashion of the ' Annuals ' of 

 former days, adorn matter far more suited to excite or sustain a 

 healthy appetite for reading than the namby-pamby sentiment which 

 used to shine in the beauties of crimson and gold. At the same 

 time, Lady Wilkinson's book is strictly a readable book : it docs not 

 deal with the " 'ologics" in the ex cathedra stvle. The abundance 



