﻿Bibliographical 
  Notice. 
  14 
  L 
  

  

  5 
  , 
  capitis 
  medio 
  tuberculo 
  minute- 
  armato 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  antice 
  

  

  grosse 
  et 
  crebre 
  punctato 
  ; 
  pygidio 
  baud 
  incurvato. 
  

   Long. 
  28 
  mm. 
  ; 
  lat. 
  max. 
  16 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mexico: 
  Jalisco. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  species 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  two 
  sexes 
  do 
  

   not, 
  as 
  usual, 
  differ 
  in 
  the 
  colour 
  and 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  elytra. 
  

   These 
  are 
  bright 
  yellow, 
  with 
  dark 
  margins, 
  and 
  very 
  smooth. 
  

   The 
  clypeus 
  is 
  less 
  narrowed 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus 
  and 
  straight 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  the 
  propygidium 
  is 
  not 
  

   hairy 
  nor 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  pair 
  of 
  stridulatory 
  files. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  three 
  specimens, 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  a 
  male, 
  but 
  

   it 
  is 
  probable, 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  that 
  

   the 
  armature 
  does 
  not 
  attain 
  a 
  much 
  greater 
  development 
  

   than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  type. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  sharp-pointed 
  slender 
  

   horn 
  upon 
  the 
  head, 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  but 
  the 
  

   latter 
  bears 
  only 
  a 
  rounded 
  elevation, 
  grooved 
  along 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  groove 
  extending 
  from 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  front 
  

   margin 
  and 
  containing 
  a 
  few 
  yellow 
  bristles. 
  

  

  Golofa 
  pusilla 
  is 
  the 
  smallest 
  known 
  species, 
  except 
  

   G. 
  inermis, 
  Thorns., 
  which 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  and 
  without 
  

   sexual 
  armature. 
  It 
  is 
  closely 
  similar 
  to 
  G. 
  tersander, 
  Burm., 
  

   but 
  quite 
  differently 
  coloured. 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL 
  NOTICE. 
  

  

  A 
  Descriptive 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Marine 
  Reptiles 
  of 
  the 
  Oxford 
  Clay. 
  

   Part 
  I. 
  By 
  Chakles 
  William 
  Andrews, 
  F.R.S. 
  London 
  : 
  The 
  

   Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  1910. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  volume 
  Dr. 
  Andrews 
  describes 
  the 
  wonderful 
  collection 
  of 
  

   Ichthyosaurian 
  and 
  Plesiosaurian 
  remains 
  brought 
  together 
  daring 
  

   years 
  of 
  patient 
  labour 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alfred 
  N. 
  Leeds 
  : 
  a 
  collection 
  re- 
  

   markable 
  for 
  its 
  completeness 
  and 
  the 
  marvellous 
  preservation 
  of 
  

   the 
  bones. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  skeletons 
  were 
  in 
  such 
  perfect 
  condition 
  

   that 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  mounted 
  as 
  easily 
  as 
  if 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  freshly 
  macerated 
  carcases. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  probably 
  no 
  one 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  so 
  well 
  qualified 
  to 
  

   describe 
  and 
  interpret 
  these 
  remains 
  as 
  Dr. 
  Andrews 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  

   apparent 
  on 
  every 
  page 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  obvious 
  that 
  vast 
  

   knowledge 
  and 
  ripe 
  judgment 
  are 
  essential 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  task. 
  

  

  The 
  Reptiles 
  which 
  form 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Andrews's 
  masterly 
  

   monograph 
  are 
  of 
  peculiar 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  evolutionist, 
  and 
  the 
  

   author 
  in 
  these 
  pages 
  has 
  missed 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  evidence 
  bearing 
  on 
  

   this 
  theme 
  ; 
  hence 
  those 
  who 
  desire 
  fresh 
  evidence 
  on 
  adaptational 
  

  

  