1915.] 295 



biitterfl}', this record gives an enormous extension to the range of Danaida 

 plexippus in Australia. The lower course of the Strelley River is at least loCK) 

 miles in a direct line from the nearest point of the Queensland coast, and over 

 1200 miles from Adelaide, S.A., where the buttei'fly was observed last year not 

 rarely by Professor Poulton and other members of the British Association, but 

 whence I had no previous record. — Jambs J. Walker, Oxford : September 16th, 

 1915. 



HeuiettJS. 



"An Exchanub List of British Coleoptera." Compiled by E. A. Newbert 

 and W. E. Sharp, F.E.S. 16-mo, pp. 56. Plymovith : J. H. Keys, 7, Whimple 

 Street. 1915. 



Our working Ooleopterists will welcome this exceedingly handy and well- 

 printed List, which is in all respects a great advance on anything of the kind 

 that has previously appeared. As announced by the compilers, it is based on 

 the European Catalogue of 1906, though the arrangement of the major groups 

 follows that of our chief text-book on the Order, except that the Heteromera 

 are transferred to the end, and Cis and the allied genera find a place in the 

 Clavicornia. Many of the specific, and more of the generic names, will thus 

 be somewhat unfamiliar in use at first, though as in most of these cases the 

 synonymy is given, little inconvenience will result from the change. While the 

 List does not profess to be a new catalogue of our native Coleoptera — -which has 

 by the mere lapse of time become a decided desideratum — it has the great con- 

 venience of including the names of practically all the species added to the 

 British beetle-fauna since the publication of Messrs. Donisthorpe and Beare's 

 Catalogue of 1903. The doubtfully indigenous and presumably extinct species, 

 as well as introductions from abroad and possibly erroneous records, are indi- 

 cated ; though we are disposed to take exception to the inclusion of several 

 species in the first-mentioned category. A few omissions and misprints will be 

 remedied in succeeding issues of this list, which altogether appears to us 

 admirably adapted to its purpose. 



" Eeport and Transactions of the Cardiff Naturallsts' Society."— 

 Vol. XLVII, 1914. Cardiff : printed for the Society by William Lewis (Printers), 

 Ltd., Duke Street. 1915. 



In the current report of this flourishing Natural History Society our 

 correspondent, Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin, continues his list of the Coleoptera of 

 the County of Glamorgan, and the instalment now given includes the groups 

 from Lamellicornia to Phytophaqa inclusive. The list shows a very good muster 

 of species throughout, and some of the records are of considerable interest, 

 notably those of Trichius fasciatus, Ancistronycha abdominalis, and others, by 

 that renowned Naturalist the late Dr. A. R. Wallace, who in early life collected 

 insects in the County, and has referred to the capture in 1846 of the first-named 

 beetle in his autobiography. The occasional occurrence of Lucanus cervus so 

 far west is also noteworthy. Mr. H. M. Hallett is, as before, responsible for 

 further " Entomological Notes," which once more include a number of very 

 interesting additions to tlie list of Hymenoptera Aculeata of Glamorganshire. 



