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many others besides myself to commence the study of that 

 order. 



Mr. Janson's introductory remarks, in the same "Annual" 

 (pp. 110 — 115), upon the various sources from which he 

 compiled the first and most laborious of all the "Annual" 

 lists, are still noteworthy. The same gentleman's " Obser- 

 vations on the Myrmecophilous Coleoptera, or Ants'-nest 

 Beetles of Britain" (1857, pp. 85—96), introducing those 

 highly interesting insects to the majority of English students 

 and collectors, with the supplementary "Notes" on the same 

 subject (1858, pp. 78—84; containing the celebrated Philippic 

 against ravagers), are, and are still likely to be, of the greatest 

 assistance to beginners. 



Notes on British Geodephaga, with descriptions of new 

 species (avowedly supplementary to the "Geodephaga 

 Britannica"), are given by the late Rev. J. F. Dawson in 

 the Annuals for 1856 (pp^ 65—81), 1857 (pp. 61—68), and 

 18o8 (pp. 47 — 61); and are indispensable to those who 

 (like most beginners) are peculiarly attached to that group. 

 In the latter of these articles, are contained some interesting; 

 remarks relative to the Stephensian species, in connection 

 with the expressed views of M. Jacquelin-Duval and the 

 late Dr. H. Schaum. Partly in answer to these remarks, 

 but more especially criticizing the nomenclature of the British 

 Cai'abidce, as established in Mr. Waterhouse's Catalogue, 

 Dr. Schaura's observations will be found in the " Annual" 

 for 1860 (pp. 119 — 125). And Mr. Janson has published 

 some general strictures on this Catalogue, also relative to the 

 Stephensian species, in the " Annual" for 1859 (pp. 118 — 

 120). 



Remarks upon the first edition of Mr. G. R. Crotch's 

 Catalogue, with a list of the species new to Britain therein 

 contained, &c., are to be found in the " Annual" for 1864 



