THE 



NATURAL HISTORY REVIEW. 



CATALOGUE OF THE COLEOPTERA OF SCOTLAND. By Andrew Murray, 

 M.R.P.S.E., &c., &c. Pp. 145. William Blackwood and Sons, Edin- 

 burgh and London. 1853. 



THE ENTOMOLOGISTS' ANNUAL FOR 1855, comprising Notices of the 

 New British Insects detected in 1854. Edited by H. T. Stainton. 

 Pp.112. London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster-row. 1855. Price 

 Half a Crown, with a Plate, coloured. 



To every lover of nature, who has at heart the advancement of the study, 

 and therein the glory of his Creator, the appearance of works such as the 

 above cannot fail to give sincere pleasure, affording, as they do, an unmis- 

 takable index of the increasing amount of time and attention devoted to 

 these pursuits by a large number of his fellow*countrymen. 



The Catalogue of Scotch Coleoptera, which claims notice first, as 

 being prior in order of time, has been the means of adding some twenty 

 new species to our records of those indigenous to Britain ; and of these, as 

 well as of all the rare species mentioned, the localities and captors are fully 

 detailed : moreover, Mr. Murray has rendered this book much more useful 

 than such catalogues often are, by appending to the Latin names those of 

 their authors, and to such species as are likely to appear of doubtful iden- 

 tity, the synonymes " generally in use on the Continent." 



We could wish that other compilers of lists relating to extensive districts 

 would follow the example here set before them, of rendering their works 

 generally accessible, by publishing them in an independent form. 



The Entomologists' Annual deserves a hearty welcome ; the idea which 



it has embodied in a substantial volume, is to the Entomologists of these 



realms as novel and as acceptable, as it promises to be useful. A blank 



has been filled, more especially felt by those who were aware that the 



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