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Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc, vol. v. 



* 815. G. H. HoKN. Revision of the species of Chlae- 

 nius of the United States, p. 253-276. [Dec., 1876.] 



Adaptation, for the deterniination of the species of our fauna only, of 

 the synoptic tables given by Chaudoir (Annali Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Ge- 

 iiova, 187G) for the determination of all the (more than 400) species of the 

 world; defines synoptically 42 species of Chlaenius, 1 Brachylobus, 3 Ano- 

 moMossus; describes Ch. viterruptus from Oreg., Ch. maxillot^us from Fla., 

 Ch. lexanus from Tex., Ch. flnridanus from Fla., Ch. Jiacc'ulus from Tex., 

 Ch. Chaudolri from Tex. and Mexico = 6 n. spp. ; describes 36 not new 

 species of Chlaenius; bibliography and synonymy of all the (46) species. 



* 816. Rev. Henry C. McCook. Notes on the architec- 

 ture and liabits of Formica pennsylvanica, tJie Pennsylvania 

 Carpenter Ant. p. 277-289, with three plates (ii-iv). [Dec, 

 1876.] 



Describes a formicary and its inhabitants, the habits of the ants and the 

 destruction they occasion. 



* 817. W. H. Edwards. New Species of Diurnal Lep- 

 idoptera. p. 289-292. [Dec, 1876.] 



Describes Argynnh Alcet<tis trom Northern Ills., Iowa and Col., Chryso- 

 plianns Nais from Southern Cal. and Ariz., Hesperia Deva from Ariz. = 

 3 n. spp. 



* 818. The Annales de la Societe Entomologique de 

 Belgique, T. xvi (1873), contain the following (in the 

 Couiptes-rendus des Stances), and Nos. 819 to 822. 



a. Monstrosities observed in Coleoptera (by A. Preudhomme de Borre), 

 p. xviii-xix, fig. ; p. Iviii ; (by Leon Desguin) p. cxliv, fig. h. Discussion 

 upon the definition of faunas and of their limits and more especially of the 

 limits of the European fauna (by E. Candeze), p. xiii-xiv, (by Edmond de 

 Selys-Longchamps) p. xxii-xxv, (by W. Roelofs) p. xxv-xxix, (by A. 

 Preudhomme de Borre) p. xliii-liii. c. Reflections suggested by LeConte's 

 classification of the Pterostichi of the U. S. (in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. 

 Philad., 1873) [faunal works should not be made the basis of classifications] 

 (by A. Preudhomme de Borre and J. Putzeys), p. cxxx-cxxxii. d. Abs- 

 tract of Kirby's work on the Geographical Distribution of Diurnal Lepi- 

 doptera (in Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., vol. xi, No. 55) [limits and character- 

 istics of regions and faunae; criticism of the work] (by A. Preudhomme de 

 Borre), p. cxxxviii-clxiii. e. List of Members and Corresjionding Soci- 

 eties, p. clvii-clxxii. /. Catalogue of the Library, p. 1-57. 



* 819. J. PuTZEYS. Monographie des Calathides. p. 19- 

 96. [Febr., 1874.] 



Gives in detail the characters of Calathus, distinguishing therefrom the 

 genera Amphigynus, Calathidius and Thermoscelis. Enumerates 2 spp. 

 Calathidius, 87 (23 new) (C ovipennis = 1 new N. A. ; Nos. 59 [3 spp.], 



