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groups of beetles. It is designed to replace the Munich catalogue published 

 from 1868 to 1876. 



Part I deals with Rhysodidce, recording Rhysodes with six species from India 

 and Clinideum with one. 



Part II deals with the Nilionidce, Oihniidce, Aegialitidce, Petriidce and 

 Lagriidce ; of the first we have none, and India is credited with no Othniid, 

 though Othnius delusus, Pasc, recorded from Borneo, has been found by 

 Andrewes in the Nilgiris. Of the Lagriidce, we have thirty recorded species 

 from sub-tropical India. 



Part III lists the Cisteiidce, here called Alhculidce ; there are thirty-one 

 recorded species from India, also sub-tropical. 



Part IV lists the Scolytidce, exclusive of Platypodince, here called Ipidce. 



It is deplorable in the extreme that this term should be used on grounds of 

 priority solely ; the genus Tomicus has become Ips, the genus Scolytus has 

 become Eccoptogaster, and, if this nomenclature is to be adopted, the confusion 

 will be awful. If it is not adopted, then this valuable reference work is useless, 

 unless one works up all the changes, and the catalogue might as well not be 

 written. 



Seolytidce are one of the most important families economically ; a very large 

 amount of literature exists, none of which will be intelligible in after years. 

 unless the student works up the synonymy first of all. We have nothing but 

 condemnation for this kind of name changing, and it is to be hoped that the 

 body of entomologists will combine together and stop it. If not, the division 

 between the systematists and the biologists (with the economic workers) will 

 widen till there are two sets of nomenclature, the present daily changing one 

 of the systematists, and an arbitrary unchanging one of the practical worker. 



Part V takes in Cupedidce, which are not Indian, and Paussidcu, of which 

 forty- two Indian species are recorded. 



We congratulate the editor and his collaborators on the start made with 

 this great task ; such a catalogue is of the very greatest value to all workers, 

 if absolutely authoritative, and it will be welcomed by all who work with 

 Coleoptera ; and we hope it will not be marred with radical changes in 

 nomenclature, but that the editor and his collaborators will adhere to the 

 established nomenclature that has been in use for the last fifty years. 



Part VI Apionince. — The author includes in this sub-family the groups Cylades 

 and Eurhynchides of Lacordaire ; Cylasis represented in India by three species, of 

 which C.formicarius, Fabr., is the well-known Sweet-Potato Weevil. It is amaz- 

 ing that a catalogue such as this is should not record more carefully the geo- 

 graphical distribution of species ; C. formicarius is given as from India and 

 Ceylon ; it occurs also in Australia and the West Indies as a well known pest 

 of sweet-potato. The author also separates C. turcipemnis, Boh., as a distinct 

 species of Java, Borneo and Sumatra ; this is usually reckoned the same 

 species ; the author is either in error or has cause for separating them, in 

 which case it should be cited. 



