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The illustrations include 64 plates, of which seven are coloured, 

 and 401 text figures. They are of very variable quality, being 

 the work of several different artists. The great majority are 

 excellent in every respect, some of the plates, such as Plate XV, 

 on which a group of Buprestids is shown in colour, being of great 

 beauty and finish. Some of the coloured plates, however, are 

 poor, and among the text figures are a few exceedingly crude 

 sketches, which look like rough field notes that had never been 

 intended for reproduction. 



As a pioneer effort in the study of Indian forest insects, the 

 book is deserving of great praise and will undoubtedly be the 

 most useful work on the subject of Indian forest beetles for many 

 years hence. We look forward with pleasure to the appearance of 

 the next volume in this series. 



A Preliminary List of the Insects of the Province of Quebec. 

 Part II — Diptera (Two-winged Flies). Compiled by Albert F. 

 Winn (Westmount) and Germain Beaulieu (Ottawa). Pub- 

 lished as a supplement to the 7th Report of the Quebec Society 

 for the Protection of Plants, lV)15. 



We received with much pleasure recently a copy of Part II 

 of the Quebec List of Insects, dealing with the Diptera or Two- 

 winged Flies. As so few entomologists in Canada have given any 

 attention to the systematic study of this order, it was with some 

 surprise that we noted the names of nearly 800 species in the list. 

 This number must, of course, be very far short of the actual number 

 of species which inhabit the Province, but it is a very creditable 

 beginning, and sets an example that should be emulated by ento- 

 mologists in other Provinces. 



The same plan is followed in this list as in that of the Lepi- 

 doptera, except in the omission of illustrations — an improvement 

 in our opinion. 



The localities given for species are naturally fewer than is the 

 case of the Lepidoptera, there being fewer collectors of this order. 

 A large proportion of the species were collected by the junior 

 author and Mr. G. Chagnon, of Montreal. 



Mailed September 13th, 1915. 



