REVIEWS. 95 



present knowledge of the economy of any given species. After a 

 short introduction and a list of the full titles of the periodical 

 literature cited, we have in this work, firstly, the full record of the 

 works and publications in which the biological literature appeared 

 under the authors' names in alphabetical order ; secondl}', a 

 systematic arrangement under the respective families, genera, and 

 species ; concluding with a catalogue of all known coleopterous 

 larvae, with the name of the describer, and the date of publication. 

 There is also a good index to the genera. We have verified many 

 of the numerous references and found but one slight error ; the 

 omissa also appear to be remarkably few, though doubtless there 

 are some. Not only have our scientific publications been over- 

 hauled, but all our ' Gardener's Chronicle,' ' Royal Agricultural 

 Society's Journal,' ' Loudon's Magazine ' and ' Arboretum ' references 

 are included, as well as the numerous American observations on 

 European species. Altogether nearly 700 authors are quoted, 

 and their various publications are more than double that number. 

 In the ' Larven-Catalog' English names are remarkably few and 

 far between, showing that our discoveries in beetle biology have 

 been comparatively very meagre ; Mulsant, Perris, and Schioedte 

 show remarkably well. 



The ' Catalogue des Larves des Coleopteres,' by M. F. Chapuis 

 et M. E. Candeze (Mem. de la Soc. royal des Sciences de Liege, 

 viii., 341 — 653, 9 plain plates, 1853); Dr. K. Letzner's articles in 

 the Breslau ' Zeitschrift fiir Entomologie ' (vol. ix., pp. 1 — 17, 

 Coleop., 1855) ; and Dr. Hagen's work in his invaluable ' Biblio- 

 theca Entomologica,' Sach-register iii., 67 (vol. ii., pp. 440 — 1), 

 with his further " Zusatz zu den von Chapuis und Candeze 

 aufgefuhrten Larven von Coleopteren " in the Stettin ' Entomo- 

 logische Zeitung' (vol. xxiv., pp. 298 — 309), were the bases on 

 which Rupertsberger had to build, and the superstructure has 

 proved itself well worthy of such foundations. He has built a 

 suitable house, well fitted. May it be frequently used b}^ all 

 working entomologists, and then the pages of our own ' Zoological 

 Record,' and of Carus' ' Zoologischer Anzeiger,' and his ' Zoolo- 

 gischer Jahresbericht ' will contain more frequent biological 

 references under " Coleoptera " than hitherto. This will soon 

 necessitate new wings to Rupertsberger's compact house — a 

 supplement to the then well known reference-book now under 

 consideration. — E. A. F. 



