BibUographical Notice. 393 



Abdomen 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 ; 2 and 3 black, with coppery 



hairs intermixed i,ia^ 0],11_ ^ p^^.^^^^ 



y. Abdomen with the two basal seo-ments 



yellow, the rest black ° scutellaris, Cress. 



Abdomen with atleastthreeseg-ments yellow. 10. 

 10. Yellow very bright ; wings very dark •' 



pleura black _ ' so7toriis, Say. 



1 ellow not so bright, more ochreous ; wings 

 not so dark; pleura mostly or wholly 



light. 



II. 



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



Hair of face and vertex black fervidm; F■^^,y^. 



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

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

 Kadoszkowski. 



Mesilla Park, New Mexico, U.S A 

 Sept. 30, 1899. ' 



BIBLIOGEAPHICAL NOTICE. 



The Geography of Mammals. By W. L. Sclater, M.A F Z S and 

 P. L ScLATEK, M.A., PhD., F.K.S. London: Kegau Paul, 

 Trench, Trubner, & Co., Ltd. 1809. 



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

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

 is divided mto three parts or sections :-a first (of seven chapters) 

 on the Terrestrial Areas as determined by Mammalian 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) on 

 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 Sclater Eils to the ' Geographical 

 Journal, the second a reprint of a paper by Sclater Pere in the 

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

 latter also is alone responsible) constituting the original portion 

 01 tne 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 Arctoga^a, Neogeea, and Noto-aa and 

 in their determination of subregions and description of representative 

 faunas they have succeeded in maintaining a uniformity of treat 

 ment and general accuracy which is in itself a strong recommendation 



