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take them, has been found ; Microlepidoptera, undertaken by 

 Lord Walsingham ; part of the Rhyncophora, undertaken by 

 G. C. Champion and K. Jordan. 



Our space limits do not permit us to give even a summary 

 of the generalizations of the various authors. We can only 

 mention that the general relations of the fauna of Mexico and 

 Central America to others is especially treated in the Introduc- 

 tions by H. W. Bates to Vol. I, part i, and Vol. V, D. Sharp 

 to Vol. I, part 2, H. S. Gorham to Vol. Ill, part 2 and G. C. 

 Champion to Vol. IV, part i of Coleoptera ; by F. D. God- 

 man to Vol. I of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera ; and in several ot 

 the non-insectan volumes. 



Most of the paper-covers of the original parts have an- 

 nounced that " The Editors will give, at the conclusion of the 

 Work, an Introductory Volume, wherein the physical features 

 of the country will be described and illustrated with maps." 

 Mr. Champion informs us, however, that this has become 

 doubtful, owing to the death of Mr. Salvin. In the present 

 absence of such a volume, it may be mentioned that pp. 138- 

 167 of Vol. IV of the Botany contain outlines of the geogra- 

 phy and prominent features of the region. 



Man}' of the contributing authors speak of the extent of the 

 material which they have examined as " enormous." A first 

 set of all specimens belonging to Messrs. Godman and Salvin, 

 has, after completon of that part of the ' Biologia ' concerned, 

 been placed in the British Museum of Natural History. As 

 stated in the News for January, 1896, page 6, 61,800 speci- 

 mens of Coleoptera had been received by the Museum from this 

 source. 



The ' Biologia,' a private undertaking, is thus well worthy 

 of comparison with that other great English series of the late 

 Nineteenth Century — the Challenger Reports, published by 

 Government funds. 



First Katydid. — Is that your daughter singing so sweetly in the next 

 tree? 

 Second Katydid. — Yes ; you see her legs were cultivated in Europe. 



—Life. 



