190 THE entomologist's record, 



somewhat obsolete, and Professor Beare and Mr. Donisthorpe have 

 given us a new one brought up to the present state of our knowledge. 

 The general design is on the lines of the Sharp catalogue, 2nd edition, 

 with the important addition of authors' names to the genera, and also 

 an index of genera and a list of abbreviations of authors' names quoted 

 in the list. In the present issue about 60 names are added to the 189B 

 catalogue, and some -43 are removed to the "'doubtful" and "introduced" 

 lists which are to be found at the end of the work together with 

 addenda bringing the list up to the date of publication. It is gratify- 

 ing to note that so far as has been possible, the arrangement adopted in 

 Canon Fowler's "British Coleoptera " has been maintained, which will 

 greatly facilitate the use of the catalogue for reference purposes. All 

 the recorded varieties appear to have been included, and where the 

 variety only, and not the type form, occurs in Britain a novel method 

 of clearly showing this has been adopted. A large number of the 

 authorities for species have been altered, although it is not clear in all 

 cases why this has been done. The synonymy of Harpalus tardus, H. 

 rufinianm and 11. froelichi is clear. C'olot/ins piceu^ assumes the 

 generic name Aniji/iinipiua, the Bi'Dihiiiiinii rtpariitni synonymy is put 

 right, and B. callosiim, Kiist, has been reinstated with perfect justice. The 

 genua Anai-ai'iia is placed after P/iili/ih Hsand Eimcriis, Paraci/inn.^ coming 

 next. Mijiinedonia plicata assumes the generic name MyniKiccia and Astil- 

 hus becomes Dnisilla. (inypeta coeridea takes the generic name Lschno- 

 poda, and the genus Zenana becomes Mynnecophora, and Ptuinaphaffus 

 is now Catops. The Clavicorn families have been placed in different 

 order, the PMaphidae come immediately before the Trichopten/yidae, 

 and are preceded in the following order by the Lcptinidae, Clambidae, 

 Silphidae, Sci/diiiaeiiidae, and Claviiirridac. The Phalacridae are placed 

 before the Cuccinellidac, the Cobjdiidac before the llisWridae, which, in 

 their turn, now immediately precede the Mk-ropepiidae instead of being 

 placed near the Silphidae. The ('ucirjidac (of which the genus lihiza- 

 phai/us is now included in the Nitidididar) follow the Lathridiidae, the 

 Bytiiridae coming next followed by the ('>nptopha(iidae. Of the other 

 changes Brya.vis sa)i(juineus takes the generic name Fli/baxis, whilst Carci- 

 nops minima becomes Kissister. The genus Sapriiius isdivided and Plypo- 

 cac'cus includes three of the species. Saj>rini(s maritimiiK is under the 

 genus Pachylupiis, and Acritu.s becomes HalacritKs. The species of 

 Anthrenus are divided into Anthrenus, Florilinm, and Helocerus, whilst 

 Myniu'co.vccnus is taken out of the Cryptophayidac and placed in the 

 Colydiidae. Of the other sections little need be said as they practically 

 follow the same order and nomenclature as the 1893 catalogue. The 

 synonymy of the Elaters is clear and J>)ilHs is placed after the Clcridae 

 instead of after the Lampyridac. The type and the printing of the list are 

 good and it is remarkably free from printer's errors, whilst the compila- 

 tion is very carefully done and adds another item of good work to the 

 record of the authors, both of whom have so assiduously worked for 

 the advancement of our knowledge of British beetles. — H.W.E. 



m^M RRENT NOTES. 



We are astonished at the number of letters we have recently 

 received complaining already of the "bad " season, for we are able to 

 record that we have had sent to us, or have collected, larvse of twenty 

 of the British species of "plumes" this year up to date, and these have 

 been obtained by three or four collectors (with very scant and limited 



