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lianEB, Stictopterinffi, Sarrothripinas, and 

 Aeontianaa, which include nearly 1,000 species 

 arranged in about 150 genera. They are 

 mostly from tropical countries. 



One of the most interesting series of books 

 is that on the fauna of India. A recent vol- 

 ume by Canon Fowler on the beetles is espe- 

 cially attractive because of the general ac- 

 count of the Ooleoptera." There is a discus- 

 sion of the several recent classifications of 

 Coleoptera, the author using, although hardly 

 accepting, three principal divisions, Adephaga, 

 Polycerata and Lamellicornia. The essential 

 characters are given for each family, 103 of 

 which are recognized by Fowler, and a short 

 account of their habits, larvae, distribution 

 and peculiar forms. A glossary of technical 

 terms used in Coleoptera is also included. In 

 the main part of the work the Indian tiger 

 beetles are fully described and many illus- 

 trated in text figures. The part on the Paus- 

 sidae includes a summary of their habits, and 

 the little known about their larvae. The 

 Ehysodidse and Cupedidae are also treated in 

 this volume, each with only a few species. 



Of all the peculiar termitophilous insects 

 the Histerid beetle recently described by Dr. 

 E. Mjoberg will easily rank as the most re- 

 markable.^ It is a native, of course, of Aus- 

 tralia. There are two tufts or pencils of long, 

 curved hairs arising from each side of the 

 base of the elytra. The termites gather a se- 

 cretion from these hairs, but it is not known 

 whether the secretion comes from the hairs. 

 The insect is named Eucurtia paradoxa. 



The value of minute structures in classifi- 

 cation is well illustrated by an article on the 

 classification of the bed bugs by Dr. K. Jor- 

 dan and N. C. Rothschild.' They divide the 



' ' ' The Fauna of British India, including Cey- 

 lon and Burma," Coleoptera, I., General Intro- 

 duction, Cicindelidfe and Paussidfe, 529 pp., 240 

 figs., London, 1912. 



" ' On a New Termitophilous Genus of the Fam- 

 ily HisteridaB," Ent. Tidskrift, 1912, p. 121-124, 

 1 plate. 



' ' ' Notes on the Clinocoridse, a Family of Khyn- 

 chota, with Descriptions of a New Genus and 

 Species," Novit. Zool., 1912, p. 352-356. 



family into three subfamilies on the nature of 

 certain bristles, whether serrate on certain 

 portions or not. The Clinocorinae includes 

 Clinocoris and CEciacus; the Cacodminse in- 

 cludes Cacodmus, Loxaspis and Aphrania, 

 and the Hsematosiphoninae the one genus 

 Hcematosiphon. 



The life habits of structurally peculiar in- 

 sects are apt to be unusual, and Dr. F. Germer 

 has found this true of the Lyme.xylonidae.° 

 The adult does not feed, but the larvae appar- 

 ently feed on a fungus that grows in their 

 burrows. The author illustrates the peculiar 

 structures of antennse and palpi in various 

 sensory functions. 



Dr. a. DtJCKE has published a revision of 

 the South American genera of bees." He gives 

 a bibliography of South American bees since 

 Dalla Torre's catalogue, a synopsis of the 

 sixty-eight genera known from the region, the 

 geographical distribution of each genus, in 

 some cases a list of the described species, and 

 descriptions of a few new forms. 



Professor T. Miyake has given the most 

 complete account, so far, of the life history of 

 a Panorpid.' The eggs are deposited in clus- 

 ters of from six to ten in crevices in the soil. 

 The larva of the Japanese species is similar 

 to that of the European and American spe- 

 cies already figured. They probably pass 

 through seven molts, the perforations in the 

 spiracles increasing in number with each 

 molt. The larvae feed on dead insects. There 

 are two broods in a year. The adults were ob- 

 served to feed on dead insects and the petals 

 of a flower. None have been observed catch- 

 ing living insects. 



Drs. J. ScHNABEL and H. Dziedzicki hare 

 produced a most important work on the 



^ ' ' Untersuohungen ilber die Bau und Lebens- 

 weise der Lymexyloniden, ' ' Zeitschr. wiss. zool. 

 (1), Bd. 101 (1913), pp. 683-7.S5, 2 pis., 31 text 

 figs. 



' ' ' Die na.tiirlichen Bienengattungen Siidamer- 

 Lkas," Zool. Jahrh., Abt. Syst. XXXIV., p. Si- 

 ne, 1912. 



' ' ' The Life History of Panorpa klugi MoLach- 

 lan, " Journ. Coll. Agric. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, IV., 

 No. 2, pp. 117-139, 2 pis., 1912. 



