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cation was made. In his letter to Mr. Nicolay, Dr. Fenyes states 

 that he has the species from various parts of the United States, being 

 apparently an importation from the Palearctic region. Col. Casey 

 seems to take nearly the same view in Trans. Ac. Sci. St. Louis, XVI, 

 p. 231, but, as he mentioned only a single specimen from Mt. Airy, 

 Pa., saying that it was by no means certain that it had established 

 itself, it may be well to publish this additional record. — C. W. Leng. 



An Appreciation of the Weevil Book. — A copy of Blatchley and 

 Leng's weevil book came duly to hand, and I have tested it pretty 

 thoroughly in verifying and working over a large material in the 

 families treated that occur east of the Mississippi river. The tables 

 and descriptions are concise and practicable, and work out nicely. 

 One of the best tests of such a work is the ease and accuracy with 

 which one can use it in the identification of species. In this respect 

 the authors have succeeded well. The illustrations are good and very 

 useful. The presswork is clean and perfect. Messrs. Blatchley and 

 Leng are entitled to the thanks of all entomologists for this excellent 

 book which will undoubtedly prove very useful to students, and is a 

 work they can not afford to be without. — Charles Dury. 



BOOK NOTICE. 



Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America. By W. S. 

 Blatchley and C. W. Leng. Indianapolis, the Nature Publish- 

 ing Co., 1916. 682 p. illus. 22.5 cm. 



Probably at once the most useful and most used volume for the 

 student of our North American beetles during the past several years, 

 has been Mr. Blatchley's Coleoptera of Indiana. It is the sort of a 

 handbook that is exactly what one wants, and that cannot be used 

 without a sense of thankfulness for its merits and even for its mere 

 existence, — I might almost add without becoming a beetle enthusiast. 

 The weevils, which have been rather dreaded by the tyro as a pecu- 

 liarly difficult group, were not included. It may be imagined then 

 with what pleasure we learned that Mr. Blatchley and Mr. Leng had 

 jointly under way the preparation of a companion volume for the 

 weevils not merely of Indiana, but of the entire eastern half of 

 North America. Now that it has appeared, our anticipation cul- 

 minates in the keenest satisfaction. It is in style and treatment 



