246 Bibliographical Notice. 



without scutellar stride. Metathoracic episterna a little longer 

 than broad. Thorax nearly twice the width of the head, 

 transverse, cordate, base on each side bisulcate ; sides arcuated; 

 hind angles prominent, acute. Elytra with one puncture on 

 the third interstice. 



I have seen no species agreeing with Motschulsky's descrip- 

 tion. 



Cerabilia maori, Castelnau, I. c. p. 202. 



Dunedin. 



Belongs to the Feronia group, according to the author ; but 

 the mentum is described as without tooth, and the palpi as 

 pointed. The species is 4^ lines long, brown, and elytra feebly 

 striated. 



Rhabdotus rejlexus, Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1865, iii. p. 94. 



Notwithstanding the almost invariable accuracy of M. de 

 Chaudoir, I suspect an error in the locality he gives to this 

 species. The specimens I have seen are all from Tasmania. 



[To be continued.] 



BIBLIOGEAPHICAL NOTICE. 



The Naturalist in Nicaragua. By Thomas Belt, F.Gr.S. 

 London : Murray. 



This is another addition to that pleasant class of books of travel the 

 type of which is Darwin's ' Journal of a Naturahst,' and which have 

 acquired increased interest since the appearance of the 'Origin of 

 Species.' Mr. Belt's special line of study appears to be mining 

 geology, his mission in Nicaragua being the management of the 

 gold-mines of Chontales, situated aboiit midway between the Atlantic 

 and Pacific sea-boards ; but his observations range over other de- 

 partments of geology and physical geography, and a taste for natural 

 history, especially its philosophical side, led him to devote much of 

 his leisure time to collecting and observing the plants and animals 

 of the districts be visited. The result is a volume full of original 

 observation and vigorous reasoning. Some of the reasoning, in fact, 

 is likely to be considered too bold ; but it displays the working of an 

 original mind, well stored with accurate knowledge, and endeavouring 

 to explain some of the knottiest problems in physical science. As a 

 narrative of travel the book is agreeable reading, without, perhaps, 

 having that fascination which other works of the same class, con- 

 taining more exciting personal experience and dealing with regions 

 of more intrinsic interest, are found to possess. There are not 



