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spare only a trifling part of the short life to the long art, what can be 

 expected from us? Besides hut little time, the majority of collectors 

 have also but little money to spend. 



Speaking as a Coleopterist, I doubt if the descriptions and publi- 

 cations on N. A. Coleoptera could be bought, say, for $1,000. Now 

 the greater part of us have neither the money to buy nor the time to 

 read all these books. What, then, shall we do? 



We need short, clear, Synoptic Tahles of the known aperies, such as 

 were furnished by Dr. Horn and Dr. Leconte, giving the principal 

 characters of those species, their size and locality. 



This is a thing indispensable to every collector, and far more im- 

 portant and more desirable than any descriptions of new genera and 

 species. 



The present state of Colcopterology in the United States seems to 

 me like the pavement of a large city, some streets, like Cychrus 

 Street, Curculio Avenue, etc., are in the best order, A No. 1 — every 

 man, even a blind one, can pass over them in perfect safety — but, 

 alas! some of the streets are full of dangerous holes, with hills and 

 encumbrances, and some are the aboriginal mud canals. And whose 

 fault is it '? The Government, instead of paying well such persons 

 as could do the needed work thoroughly, wastes heaps of money, 

 e. g.. by issuing many Reports — on the bad condition of the streets. 



We hope to be able to give from this time forward, every month, 

 four pages of Synoptic Tables — yea, if the number of subscribers 

 would be increased, we would even give more. 



We can not pass without calling the attention of our readers to 

 the rare chance to obtain separately Uie most valuable papers pub- 

 lished by Dr. Leconte, Dr. Horn, Messrs'. Crotch, W. H. Edwards, 

 Grote, etc., in the "Proc. and Trans, of the American Ento. Soc. of 

 Philadelphia." 



Send for price-lists to Mr. E. T. Cresson, P. O. Box 31, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Geo. H. Horn, M. D. 



Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. VIII, March, 1880, pp. 69-154. 



Notes on the Species of Asaphcs of the U. S.— Reduces the number of 

 species from 20 to 11. .1. eoracinus, syn. to GARBONATUS : hemipodus, and 

 aereus, syn. to DECOLORATUS : baridius, syn. to MEMNONIUS; melanoph- 

 thalmns, catifrons, tener, consentam us, and planahis, syn. to BIL< >BATUS. Add 

 to the check-list, A. SOCCIFER, Lee, V. S. Surveys, 1876. Apxiend. H, p. 516. 



