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long; the tarsal spiues and calcaria rufous. Wings uni- 

 foi-mly fuscous-violaceous, the iicrvures black. Abdomen 

 thickly pruinose ; the basal three segments broadly de- 

 pressed at the apex, the apical two thickly covered with ful- 

 vous pubescence, the ventral surface thickly with pubescence, 

 which is pale on the basal, darker on the apical, segments, $ . 



Length 13 mm. 



Front and ocellar region distinctly punctured ; there is a 

 broad deep furrow below the ocellus. Face and clypeus 

 thickly covered w^itli silvery pubescence ; the apex of clypeus 

 rounded, smooth, bare, and shining. The white hair on the 

 thorax is thicker and longer on the pleurse, and, to a less 

 extent, on the apex of metanotum. Mesonotum and scu- 

 tellum punctured all over, but not closely or strongly ; the 

 postscutellum is more weakly punctured. Metanotum 

 finely, closely, transversely striated. The lower part of the 

 pro- and mesopleuroe striated at the apex. Sternal process 

 has a broad keel down the middle, the apical lobes rounded. 

 Second cubital cellule in front one third of the length of the 

 third ; the first recurrent nervure is received the length of 

 the top of the second cubital cellule from the base, the 

 second shortly behind the middle of the cellule. 

 [To be coutiniied.] 



BIBLIOGIUPHICAL NOTICES. 



Trouessart's ' Catalogue of Mammals.'' 

 Catalogue Mammalium, tarn Viventiuvi quam Fossilium. Ey E. L. 

 Tkouessart. Quinquennale Supplementum : Pt. 2. Eodentia. 

 Berlin, 1904. Pp. 289-546. Price 12.?. 



Since the general remarks which appeared in our notice of the first 

 part of the reissue of this valuable Catalogue apply also to the one 

 before us, our comments on the latter may be relatively brief. It 

 is highly satisfactory to find that Dr. Trouessart is making such 

 good j)rogress with his arduous task, this fasciculus bringing the 

 work down to the end of the Eodents. Of course there are faults 

 in this part, as in its predecessor, for no human being could possibly 

 carry out such a piece of work without making some errors ; but 

 such mistakes as have come under our notice are trivial, and in no 

 wise detract from the value of the Catalogue or from the credit due 

 to the indefatigable author for carrying out his task so thoroughly. 

 The value of this Catalogue to practical workers is simply iu- 

 cxpressible. 



Comparing the present classification of the Rodcutia with that 

 adopted a dozen years ago, the most notable changes (apart from 

 those in the nomenclature and the number of generic and subgeneric 



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