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district areas more than some other groups are. This is perhaps not so 

 marked really as the records would show, as the editors and authors have 

 befiu at very small pains to secure material on which to base good locality 

 records. While they have taken immense pains to secure types, they have 

 only drawn on half a dozen collections or collectors in India and have 

 apparently disregarded the many other private collectors and collections. 

 This is the weak point of this as of other volumes, and the work would be 

 of far greater value and far more complete if the editor relied more on 

 existing collections and made a better effort to secure them. The work 

 will be valuable but could have been considerably more so. 



The two remaining divisions of the Cetoniince are curiously localised ; the 

 Valgini have 20 peculiar to Burmah, 1 in Kulu, 2 peculiar to the Eastern 

 Himalayas, 2 to Assam, 1 in Chota Nagpur, 1 in Ceylon and 5 in South India 

 only. The Trichiini have 2 in Burmah and 5 in Assam. 



Of the Dynastinoz, 1 occurs only in the Western Himalayas, 1 only in the 

 Eastern Himalayas, 1 only in Assam, 12 only in Burmah, 1 only in Ceylon, 

 3 only in South India, 5 only in localities in the tropical plains and 4 in 

 Sind or other holarctic non-oriental localities. The remainder are mainly 

 common to the Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burmah, either in all or in two 

 or in any of them and in plains localities also. It is useless to analyse too 

 far, but the plains species are nearly one-third of the total and the head- 

 quarters of the group are the sub-tropical tracts of Burmah, Assam, Bhutan 

 and Sikkim. Here again the locality records are shockingly scanty seeing 

 how common Dynastids are in collections and how many amateurs have 

 collected them. 



We congratulate both editors and author on the volume, which will 

 immensely help work at the group and which will make possible further 

 work on the many biological problems connected with these forms. We 

 would also urge amateur collectors and naturalists in India to turn their 

 attention to the group, now that their identification is possible. These 

 beetles are in every way attractive, whether for collections or as objects of 

 observation and study, and the author has collected the recorded information 

 on habits and biology in a very useful way. The volumes of this series are 

 mainly intended to promote the work of naturalists in India, whether pro- 

 fessional or amateur, by giving them the means of identifying their insects 

 and being able to systematise their collections and record their observ- 

 ations. We venture to think that the needs of the Indian worker might 

 be taken into account better and that the work might be a little more 

 associated with the country. Such a volume takes time to prepare ; Indian 

 workers want to know that it is being prepared ; that material will be 

 appreciated and that their collections will be of use. So long as the work 

 is wholly done in England, the important thing being to secure types and the 

 Indian worker being neglected, so long will the volumes lack the complete- 



