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REVIEWS. 
W. S. Blatchley. The Coleoptera or Beetles of Indiana. Bull. Indiana Dept. 
Geol. and Nat. Resources, No. 1. 
To quote from the author, this work has been prepared “‘not for specialists 
but for beginners,’’ he modestly disclaiming an exhaustive treatment of 
the field covered and fully realizing that many other species will yet be recognized 
in his State. 
A bulky volume of 1380 pages is devoted to the Coleoptera Genuina, the treat- 
ment of the Rhynchophora being reserved for future accomplishment. 
Analytical keys to genera and species and brief descriptions of Indiana species 
known are given and such other species as have been taken in the adjoining regions 
are included in the keys and noticed in the text. To save space no attempt is 
made to print matters relating to synonymy, but the place of original description 
of every species is noted and quite full references are given to the various memoirs 
that have appeared treating of different groups. Of these latter the author has 
made free use so that his volume fairly reflects the present condition of the science 
in this country. Numerous figures, copied and original, enliven the pages and 
add much interest. At the end of the volume is a glossary of terms used and an 
index to families and genera. 
Mr. A. B. Wolcott has contributed the text of the Cleridze with fourteen original 
cuts. In the course of the volume 80 new species are described and one new genus, 
Blanchardia allied to Omethes. This generic term and others of similar derivation in 
honor of the French entomologist have been so often used that it will be necessary 
to provide another name for the genus. 
Besides the usefulness of such a work to the less advanced student there is much 
to interest the most experienced; the many original observations, the new charac- 
ters used to define species and as a faunal list; and to us it seems that the “ Bulletin 
No. 1 of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources” is quite 
worth the while for the great State of Indiana to assume the publication. 
FrepEeRIcK BLANCHARD. 
