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Senor D. Serafin de Vhagon y Tedia, a well-known Spanish Coleopterist, died 

 at Madrid, at an advanced age, on May 5th, 1904. He was one of the original 

 members of the Socaedad Espaiiola de Historia Natural, the " Anales " of this 

 Society dating from 1872. He joined the Societe Entomologique de France in 1867. 

 His contributions to entomological literature have been mostly upon the Curculionidm, 

 the SilphidcE, and the Malacodermata. I had the pleasure of making his acquaint- 

 ance in Madrid in 1901.— G. C. C. 



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A Catalog 0E of British Coleoptera : by T. Hudson Beare, B.Sc, 

 F.E.S.E., F.E.S., and H. St. J. K. Donisthohpe, F.L.S., F.E.S. London : O. E. 

 Janson and Son. 



We gladly welcome the appearance of this new catalogue by Professor Beare 

 and Mr. Donisthorpe ; eleven years have elapsed since the last catalogue appeared, 

 and since 1893 a considerable number of additions to our list have been discovered 

 by the numerous rising workers at the British Coleoptera, and many points of 

 synonymy have been cleared up ; as a result about 60 new names have been added, 

 and some 43 names have been removed from the body of the catalogue to the 

 doubtful and introduced lists which are given at the end : the latter list strikes us as 

 well-considered and accurate, but we should have been inclined to increase the list 

 of doubtful species by the addition of such insects as Triholium ferriigineiim, Lathe- 

 ticux oryzse, Silvanus Surinam ensis, and others of the same nature. It is, however, 

 notoriously difficult to draw the line in these cases, and after a species has estab- 

 lished itself for a good many years, it ought perhaps to be regarded as naturalized. 



As the arrangement followed is our own we are not likely to find fault with it, 

 but we are by no means satisfied with its general correctness, although it is perhaps 

 the best arrangement to woi'k by : no linear arrangement of the Coleoptera can be 

 really correct, nor in hardly any case can the affinities be confined to the preceding 

 and succeeding groups. In doubtful matters of synonymy the authors state that 

 they have, as far as possible, brought the list into agreement with the European 

 Catalogue of Heyden, Reitter and Weise ; we are glad to see, however, that com- 

 paratively very few changes are made in nomenclature. A fresh European catalogue 

 is very much needed, and we hope that before long it may be forthcoming. 



With regard to the catalogue in general we must congratulate the authors on 

 its accuracy and completeness ; we know from experience how very difficult it is to 

 avoid leaving out a species or genus, even when every care is taken, but we have not 

 detected any such omissions ; the type is distinct and clear, and there is a good 

 index ; one especial feature of the edition printed on one side of the paper only is 

 that the right hand page alone contains any matter, so that this form of the cata- 

 logue can be used as though interleaved for notes and additions. The catalogue is 

 much to be commended, and is indispensable to all who belong to the numerous 

 and increasing body of British Coleopterists. — W. W. F. 



The Honey Bee : its Natural History, Anatomy, and Physiology : 

 by T. W. Cowan, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.M.S., &c. Houlston and Sons. 2nd edition, 

 1904. 



It is a pleasure to record the appearance of the second edition of this valuable 



