Bibliographical Xotice, 393 



AbcloDien yellow, with a broad black band . . prunellce, Ckll. 



Abdomen black, with a yellow band on seg- 

 ment 4 ; segment 1 more or less yellow 

 or fulvous ; '1 and 3 black, with coppery 



hairs intermixed iridis, CkU. & Porter. 



9. Abdomen with the two basal segments 



yellow, the rest black scuteUari-s, Cress. 



Abdomen with at least three segments yellow. 10. 



10. Yellow very bright ; wings very dark ; 



pleura black sonofus, Say. 



Tellow not so bright, more ochreous ; wings 

 not so dark ; pleura mostly or wholly 

 light. : 11. 



11. Hair of face and vertex yellow monardcp, Ckll. & Porter. 



Hair of face and vertex black fervidui, Fabr. 



It is intended in a later paper to give an account of the 

 mouth-parts of the several species, after the manner of 

 Radoszkowski. 



Mesilla Park, Xew Mexico, U.S.A., 

 Sept. 30, 1899. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 



The Geographu of Mammals. By W. L. Sclaier, M.A., F.Z.S., and 

 P. L. ScLAXER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. London : Kegan Paul, 

 Trench, Triibner, & Co., Ltd. 1809. 



This book of 328 pp., with 50 text-illustrations, tables, and 8 folding 

 maps, fills a gap in our series of zoological works of reference. It 

 is divided into three parts or sections : — a first (of seven chapters) 

 on the Terrestrial Areas as determined by ATaramalian Distribution ; 

 a second (of one chapter) on the Marine Eegions in relation to the 

 Cetacea and Sirenia ; and a third (like the first, of seven chapters) ou 

 the Distribution of the several Orders of Mammals. Of these 

 sections, the first is a reprint, with slight alterations, of some articles 

 contributed during 1894-1897 by Sclatcr Fils to the ' Geographical 

 Journal,' the second a reprint of a paper by Sclater Pt-re in the 

 Zoological Society's ' Proceedings ' for 1897, the third (for which the 

 latter also is alone responsible) constituting the original portion 

 of the work. 



The maps are coloured and most admirable, and it is difficult to 

 over-estimate the value of the illustrations, many of which are new 

 and highly welcome. Following Huxley, the authors recognize as 

 their three leading areas the Arctogtea, Xeogoea, and Xotogtea, and 

 in their determination of subregions and description of representative 

 faunas they have succeeded in maintaining a uniforrnity of treat- 

 ment and general accuracy which is in itself a strong recommendation 



