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(or very slightly arcuate) at the apex. Club of the antennae 

 very long, slightly curved. General form nearly of StejyJia- 

 norrhina guttata. 



This genus is remarkable for the triclentate anterior margin 

 of the clypeus, which is concave above, and for the very large 

 club to the antennae. I propose to place it next to Rhanzania. 



Eutelesmus simplex, n. sp. 



Nitd&us, castaneus ; thorace scutelloque olivaceis, elytris lacvibus, 



pedibus picois aeneo tinctis. 

 Long. 11 1 lin. 



Clypeus sparingly and obscurely punctured; the three 

 apical teeth are short, the lateral ones a little more acute than 

 the middle one. Thorax dark olive-green, nearly black, 

 sparingly punctured. Elytra dark brown, smooth. Legs 

 long, coppery brown, tinted with green here and there ; the 

 anterior tibia? slender, a little narrowed before the apex ; the 

 basal joint of the anterior tarsi very short. Sterna clothed 

 with fulvous pubescence. Abdomen broadly impressed in the 

 middle. 



Hah. E. Africa, Dar-es-Salaam. 



A single example in Colonel Shelley's collection. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Zoological Classification: a Handy Booh of Reference, with Tables of 

 tlie Siddcingdoms, Classes, Orders, <5fc. of the Animal Kingdom, 

 their Characters, and Lists of the Families and principal Genera. 

 By Francis P. Pascoe, F.L.S. Second Edition, with Additions 

 and a Glossary. Small 8vo. London : Van Voorst, 1880. 



To prepare a " Systema Naturae " after the Linnean model, in the 

 present state of science, would be a task from which the boldest of 

 naturalists would shrink. Even a " Systema Animalium " would 

 defy the powers of any one man, however industrious ; and we 

 know from experience that systematic works carried to groups so 

 low as genera usually take several years in their production, even 

 when confined to a singlo tolerably extensive order of animals. 

 Any such book extended to the whole animal kingdom must of 

 necessity occupy several considerable volumes, and would by no 

 means constitute what Mr. Pascoe desires his present work to be, 

 namely " a handy book of reference." 



The first edition of Mr. Pascoe's ' Zoological Classification ' ap- 

 peared about three years ago ; and we arc glad to see that its success 



