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BOOK REVIEWS. 



The Rhynchophora or Weevils of Northeastern Amer- 

 ica. By W. S. Blatchley and C. W. Leng. 



This important work is the first general treatment of any con- 

 siderable portion of the Rhynchophora of North America for forty 

 years and is even more comprehensive than that of LeConte and 

 Horn for the chosen district. Its possession should remove from 

 the collector of eastern North America any temptation to throw 

 away or even neglect his captures of this suborder. 



In this work of 682 pages the coleopterist will find efficient keys 

 to the families, tribes, genera, and species known to occur east of 

 the Mississippi River. Full descriptions of 1,084 species are given. 

 It is illustrated by 155 very good figures, 21 of which, together 

 with about 7 pages of text, are devoted to the explanation of the 

 structures used in the classification. Four new genera, 74 new 

 species and 5 new varieties, the majority of them from Indiana 

 and Florida, are described by the pen of the senior author. 



The general scheme of the "Coleoptera of Indiana " has been 

 followed throughout the text, with the addition of seven pages of 

 Bibliography and a 3-page index to the plants mentioned in the 

 generous notes on distribution, occurrence and habits that follow 

 the description of each species. The classification used is mainly 

 that of LeConte and Horn, modified where necessary by the results 

 of recent studies in the suborder. 



The amount of work represented by this volume can better be 

 appreciated after reading the Introduction. In all cases where 

 possible the descriptions have been written from the actual speci- 

 mens themselves and in connection with the original descriptions, 

 while the senior author has visited the principal museums and many 

 public and private collections in the East to compare doubtful 

 specimens with the types. It is very evident that the authors 

 have spared no efforts to present accurate determinations and care- 

 ful descriptions, and the results of their labors should stimulate 

 the study of this somewhat neglected group of beetles. 



We hope that the cooperation by which the scope and usefulness 

 of this work has been increased will not escape the appreciation of 



