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GEODEPHAGA BRITAXXICA: a Monograph 

 of the Carnivorous Ground Beetles indigenous to 

 the British Isles. By J. F. Dawson, LL.B. Co- 

 loured Plates. London : John Van Voorst. Price 12s. 



Opinions of the Press. 



" We unhesitatingly pronounce the work an invaluable contri- 

 bution to British Entomology. The subject investigated by Mr. 

 Dawson is surrounded with difficulties ; the species themselves are 

 obscure ; the prior descriptions are very imperfect, and the syno- 

 nomy is involved in all but inextricable confusion ; nevertheless our 

 pains-taking author has dissipated much of the obscure, unveiled 

 the tangled synonymy, and thrown a flood of light on every part of 

 his subject. Hence it is with sincere pleasure that we recommend 

 the ' Geodephaga Britannica'* to our readers as a work that must take 

 its place beside those classics of British Entomology, Hawortb/s 

 Lepidoptera. Kirby's Bees, and Shuckard's Fossorial Hymen- 

 optera/' — The Zoologist. 



" If we turn to the pages of this Monograph and compare the 

 results arrived at with those of the standard works which have 

 gone before it, we shall perceive that it has not been taken in hand 

 wantonly ; but that it is the fruit of much close observation and 

 practical research, and that it may in fact be looked upon as the 

 most successful attempt which has been hitherto made to clear up 

 the difficulties of nomenclature, and the confusion which has arisen 

 as regards the species themselves, in so large a section of the British 

 Coleoptera." — Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 



