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Tiie Natural History of Hastings and St. Leonards and the vicinity. 

 Second Supplement. St. Leonards-on-Sea. 1888. 



The Rev. E. N. Bloomfield and his fellow workers are doing their best to mate 

 their local list one of the most complete that exists. This second supplement bears 

 evidence that whole critical groups of genera have been submitted to specialists. 

 Amongst the Insecta over 350 additional species are recorded, the Hymenoptera, 

 Coleoptera and Dipt era figuring conspicuously. But there no doubt remains much 

 yet to be done. The British Orthoptera, taken as a whole, are very poor as to species, 

 yet we venture to suggest that the Hastings district, if thoroughly worked, possesses 

 more than thirteen of them, the number quoted in the " complete list." 



Catalogo de los Coleopteros de Chile, por Federico Philippi (from 

 the Annals of the University of Chile, torn, lxxi, 1887). 



The author of the new Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Chile has rendered good 

 service to all Entomologists who take any interest in the fauna of this country. A 

 very large number of genera and species are absolutely peculiar to the region, and 

 the Chilian Coleopterous fauna is in consequence of the highest importance in matters 

 of geographical distribution. Probably no similar extent of country in the world 

 possesses so many peculiar endemic forms. The Catalogue extends to 190 pages, and, 

 in addition to a good deal of synonymy, gives the localities of many of the species. 

 The only important work that has yet appeared on the Chilian fauna is the well-known 

 " Historia fisica i politica de Chile," by Claudio Cay, vols, iv and v (1849 and 1851), 

 of the Zoology of which are in great part devoted to the Coleoptera. 



The present Catalogue about doubles the number of genera included by Gay, 

 f>86 against 345, and adds very largely to the number of species, 2247 against 891. 

 The total of 2247 must of course represent only a small proportion of the number of 

 species really existing there ; the more obscure and smaller forms having been very 

 little worked at as yet. Fifteen families not included by Cay are added. 



The author gives the following analysis : — The genera most numerous in species 

 are Praocis (65), Listroderes (31), Antarctia (30), Maypa (30), Mordella (29), 

 Feronia (28), Telephorus (28), Deromecus (27), Trechus (25), Dasytes (22) , Pruchtts 

 (21), Ceroglossus (20), and Gyriosomus (20). The families the most numerous are: — 

 Tenebrionidce, 63 genera, 263 species ; Carabidce, 52 genera, 251 species ; Curcu- 

 lionidce, 55 genera, 248 species ; Stapliylinidas, 58 genera, 170 species; Scarah&idce, 

 49 genera, 154 species ; Cerambycidce, 57 genera, 153 species ; CArysomelidce, 53 

 genera, 107 species ; 3falacodermidce, 20 genera, 106 species ; JElateridce, 34 genera, 

 89 species ; Buprestidce, 20 genera, 83 species ; Cleridce, 12 genera, 73 species ; 

 Coccinellidce, 13 genera, 40 species ; and PselaphidcB, 10 genera, 35 species. The 

 following families contain but a single species : — Heteroceridce, Lymexylonidw , 

 Cupesidce, Pndomychidce, and Erotylidce. 



It is worthy of note that nearly one-fifth (413) of the total number of species 

 belong to the Ileteromera. The author does not include the Calapago Islands, but 

 in one or two cases mentions Juan Fermandez. 



Since the publication of Cay's work, numerous authors have paid particular 

 attention to the Chilian Coleoptera, more especially MM. Fauvel, Fairinairc, and 

 Reitter, Drs. R. Phillip! and D. Sharp, and Mr. Rcod. 



