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the thickness of the head), the bases of the antennae are often pro- 

 tected by the prominent corners of the forehead, the antennae geni- 

 cnlated, and two foveae antennales provided. Taking all this into 

 consideration, Prof. Schjodte has, in the ' Proceedings of the Royal 

 Society of Copenhagen ' (Joe. cit.). proposed the following distribu- 

 tion of Carabi : — 



I. Epimera mesothoracica coxas inferius attingentia. 



A. Epimera metathoracica appendice exteriori nulla. 



1. Antennae frontales. 



1. Cicindelini. 



2. Antennae pone mandibulas geiiis insertae. 



a. Antennae serobicnlis hand rccipiendsBj basi detectse. 



2. Carabini (inclus. Elapbrini cum gen. Loricera, Latr., et Miga- 

 dops, Wath.). 



b. Antennae scrobiculis recipiendse, saepissime fractae. 



* Antennae basi detectse. Tibiae inermes (uicntum concretum ; 

 epimera mesotboracica concreta). 



3. Siagonini (Siagona, Enceladus). 



** Antennae basi lamina frontali supcrtcctse. Tibiae anticac pal- 

 matae. 



4. Scaritini. 



B. Epimera metathoracica appendice exteriori instructa. 



a. Antennae basi lamina frontali supcrtectae, scrobiculis recipiendse. 



Tibiae anticse integrsc. 



5. Hilctini (type Hiletus, Naturb. Tidsskr. I. p.). 



b. Antennae basi detectac, scrobiculis baud recipiendse. Tibiae anticae 



emarginatae. 



6. Ozsenini (types Ozcena, Myrtropomus, Mormolyce). 



II. Epimera mesothoracica coxas inferius iiaud attin- 

 gentia. 

 Tribus Caraborum cetera?. 



It is to be hoped that Prof. Schjodte will find an opportunity for 

 carrying out in greater detail these new ideas, which certainly seem 

 to promise very useful systematic results. 



To return to the volume before us : it should be noticed that it 

 contains four excellent plates illustrating a paper by the editor on 

 the metamorphoses of Colcoptera, with drawings and analyses of the 

 larvpe of Gyrinus marinus, Hydrous aterrimus, Hydrophilus cara- 

 bo'ides, Ilydroblus fuscipes, Philhydrus testaceus, and Berosus sjri- 

 nosus. In the following part this treatise will be continued, and we 

 shall then have an opportunity for a few observations on it. 



The North-Atlantic Sea-bed ; comprising a Diary of the Voyage on 

 board II.M.S. Bulldog, in 18G0, and Observations on the Pre- 

 sence of Animal Life, and the Formation and Nature of Organic 

 Deposits, at great Depths in the Ocean. By G.C.Wallich,M.D., 

 F.L.S., F.G.S. &c. Part I. 4to. London: Van Voorst, 1862. 



In this work Dr. Wallich, who held the office of Naturalist to the 

 Expedition dispatched in 18G0 to survey the proposed telegraphic 

 route between this country and America, gives us the results of his 

 investigations into the natural history of the portion of the sea-bed 



