Bibliographical Notices. 4G7 



Casey, Thos. L. A Revision of the Tenebrionid Subfamily Coniontina?. 

 (' Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences,' vol. x. 

 pp. 51-166; April 25, 1908.) 



The Author divides the Tenebrionids which have no coriaceous 

 hind margins of the abdominal segments into the following sub- 

 families : — Tentyriinae, Coniontinse, Asidince, and Zopherinae. The 

 Coniontinoe are again subdivided into Praeocini, Branchini, Conion- 

 tini, and Coelini, the first of which are omitted in the present paper, 

 being South American. The bulk of the paper consists of an 

 elaborate and purely technical monograph, which cannot be further 

 noticed here. In the Addenda an additional South-American 

 group, Nycteliini, including the genera Nyctelia and Nycteliana, is 

 referred to the Coniontini. Some general remarks on entomological 

 bibliography and the relative validity of figures and descriptions 

 follow, and the article concludes with some remarks and corrections 

 relating to a former paper by the Author on the Tentyriinae. 



C. Hottakd, Docteur de Sciences, Laure'at de l'Institut. Les 

 Zooeeci'lies cV 'Europe et du Bassin de la Mediterranee. Description 

 des Guiles. Illustration. Bibliographic detaillee. Repartition 

 Geographique. Index Bibliographique. 1365 figures dans le 

 texte, 2 planches hors texte, 4 portraits. Tome premier. Crypdo- 

 games, Gymnospermes, MonOGotylidon.es, Dicotyledones. (l^re 

 Partie.) 8vo. Paris, 1908. Pp*. 570. 



Many books have recently appeared on galls, but this is of consider- 

 able importance, being written mainly from a botanical standpoint, 

 and may consequently be regarded as an amplification of Kalten- 

 bach's well-known and most useful ' Pfianzenfeinde,' as far as galls 

 are concerned. Under each plant we have the galls infesting it 

 classed under groups and separately described, so as to allow of easy 

 identification ; and the numerous figures in the text are well 

 executed and characteristic. ^No descriptions of insects, however, 

 are given, but only of the galls. Under Quercus we were much 

 surprised to read, on p. 249 : — 



" Minime bosselette, Q. p>ed. Testes viridis, van der Lind 1296. 



Pierre, 1902, p. 185. 



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This refers to a paper thus noticed in the ' Zoological Record ' 

 for 1902 : — Ins. p. 57. " 1065. Pierre, Abbe. Sur la ponte d'un 

 Neuropt&re cecidozoon, Lestes viridis, Van d. Lind. Rev. Sci. Bour- 

 bonnais, xv. pp. 181-194." and p. 300 Ins. " Lestes viridis, ovi- 

 position " (with the above reference). 



We have called special reference to this most interesting and 



