418 NOTICE OF ENTOMOLOGICAL WORKS. 



Alius; their types, Cicada aptera, Linn., and hygcBUS jndi- 

 carkis, Fallen. Both these names are ill-chosen, too much 

 resembling Altica and Atta; besides Attiis is employed by 

 some authors for a genus of spiders. In the fourth number 

 are figured species of jdElia, Capsus, Bei'ytus, Pachymerus, 

 Lopvs, and Lygiis. The second number of the Arachniden 

 contains figures of one species of Alygale, two of Eresns, and 

 twelve of Thoinisiis ; amongst them, T. cilreus, one of the 

 most beautiful of the British spiders. In the third number, 

 two species of Thomisus, and seventeen ofSalticus, are figured; 

 most of them are inhabitants of Great Britain. 



6. Iconographie, Sfc. des CoUopteres d' Europe ; par 

 M. Le Comte Dejean, et M. Docteur J. A. Boisduval. Tome 

 troisieme. 3""". et 4™^. Livraisons. — We have just received 

 two numbers of this work, containing figures of fifty-two 

 species of the extensive group Feronia, which has been 

 divided into many natural genera. 



7. Iconographie du Regne Animal de M. le B'". Cainer, 

 par M. F. E. Guerin. 29°". Livraison. — This admirable 

 work proceeds with unabated spirit. The present number has 

 only two plates belonging to our department of Zoology ; one 

 of Crustacea, representing the genera Nephrojjs, Aslacus, 

 Eryon, and Callianassa ; the other of Coleoptera, Curculio- 

 nidce, with figures of Bruchus, Rhcebus, Anthribus, Attelabus, 

 Rhinotia, Eiirhinns, Bretitus, Ceocephalus, Ulocerus, and 

 Cylas. 



8. Monographie des Celoines, et Genres voisins, formant, 

 dans les Families Naturelles de LatreiUe, la division des 

 Scarabees Melitophiles ; par M. H. Gory, et M. A. Perche- 

 ron. ^^ Livraison, I8l)3. — This, which we think ought 

 rather to have been called a digraph, promises to be a useful 

 work. It has been considerably delayed by the late events in 

 France. We wish that all authors would show as much 

 modesty as these do, in declining to publish new species 

 named after them. In the Introduction there is a short account 

 of the history and anatomy of the family ; we then have a 

 synoptic table of the genera. They are divided into three 

 sections, which are called: 1. Trichides ; 2. Cetonides; 



