U.22.] 91 



in this Magazine, 1921, pp. 9, 10. The description of the 5 is as 



follows : — 



Head iu shape and sculpture very like the S , and the face with almost 

 similar, dense, Avliitish pubescence. Antennae bLickish fuscous beneath, the 

 5th and 6th joints nearly square in outline, the latter slightly the longer, the 

 4th strongly transverse. Mesonotum as in the (S , the scutellum with a line of 

 punctures along the front suture, but immediately behind these with a rather 

 large polished transverse space, behind which it is densely and coarsely rugose- 

 punctate ; propodeum as in the Si hut the lateral areas are less coarsely 

 rugose. Abdomen with the three basal segments red, the apical impression of 

 the third more yellow; puncturation almost like that of the S y the punctures 

 of the 1st only a little less dense; the pale-coloured apical impression of the 

 3rd and the black one of the 4th are subopaque, but no definite sculpture is 

 visible under a strong lens; pygidial area small, the hairs around it sordid, 

 brownish-fuscoiTS. Hind tibiae and metatarsi fringed above with white or 

 silvery hairs, the spines on the former few, pale, and translucent, and only seen 

 on careful examination. Wings and size of insect as in the S J the alar hooks 

 6-7. In the latter sex the basal abdominal segment varies to red with at most 

 some indefinite infuscation. 



The female and variety of the 'S were captured with the type by 

 Mr, J. C. Kershaw. 



Newton Abbot, 



Febmanj 2ith, 1922. 



"Fcmne Coloopterolor/iqiie des isles Baleares" by Szymon Tenenhaum, Warsaw, 

 1915. — We are indebted to the author for his interesting paper on the beetles 

 of the Balearic Islands, -which has not yet been noticed in the " Zoological 

 Record." He spent the summer of 1913 collecting at La Palma in Majorca, 

 Iviza, and some of the smaller islands, but in these latter places he was not 

 able to remain very long, owing to the difficulty of obtaining fresh water, etc. 

 The number of species enumerated is 1677, 352 of which were added as the 

 result of M. Teuenbaum's visit. The Curculionidae include 268, the Carabidae 

 223, the Staphylinidae 177, the Chrysovielidae 123, the I'enebvionidae 87, the 

 Scarabaeidae 68, and the Dytiscidae 40 species. Altogether, 67 of them, apart 

 from varieties or aberrations, are stated to be endemic. The new Tetwbrmiidae, 

 Colotes, etc., obtained by the author were described by him in separate papers, 

 but they are comprised in the foregoing list. The pamphlet itselt extend to 

 150 pages ; a resume in the French language is given on pp. 145-150. — Ens. 



" The C'oleoptera of Russia and Western Europe" by G. G. Jacobson, 

 St. Petersburg, 1905-1915. — A copy of this important book on Palaearctic 

 beetles, so far as published, has recently been received in London from the 

 author by Mr. B. P. Uvarov. It comprises 1024 pages of letterpress j^up to the 

 commencement of the Notoxidae = Anthicidae) , and the very well drawn coloured 

 plates intended to illustrate the entire work, 83 in all, about 2460 species being 



