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way in which he has accumulated, prepared, and presented in handy form 

 a large amount of interesting data concerning the larval food-plants of 

 species occurring in this country. The book is divided into two parts. In 

 the first, the larvae are enumerated in classified order, and, where known, 

 the food-plants upon which they feed are given. In the second part, the 

 plants are arranged in accordance with the ' London Catalogue of British 

 Plants,' 8th ed. ; and the larvae known to feed on each plant are mentioned. 

 Reference to the work or works where the larva is described, or some 

 observation on its economy recorded, enhances the value of this portion of 

 the book ; and it is to be regretted that in the first part, where it could 

 have easily been done, no mention is made of the month or months in 

 which each larva occurs. 



For the benefit of those who may not be botanists, the common English 

 names of the plants are added in both divisions, and an index to the second 

 part provided. The lepidopterous genera of the first part are also included 

 in this index. Altogether Mr. St. John is to be congratulated upon the 

 production of a work which will certainly prove useful alike in the field or 

 study.— R. S. 



The Coleopterous Fauna of the Liverpool District. By John W. Ellis, 

 M.B., F.E.S., &c. One vol. 8vo. Liverpool: Turner, Rout- 

 ledge & Co. 1889. 



This is a reprint from the ' Proceedings ' of the Liverpool Biolo- 

 gical Society, vols, ii., iii. Unfortunately, the original pagination has 

 been retained, the first part commencing on p. 182, and the second 

 part on p. 46. 



The area dealt with is " that portion of Lancashire and Cheshire 

 falling within a circle having a radius of fifteen miles from the Liver- 

 pool Town Hall." The systematic arrangement is very nearly that of 

 the ' Catalogue of British Coleoptera,' by the Rev. Canon Fowler and the 

 Rev. A. Matthews. In compiling his list the author has been careful to 

 produce something more than a mere enumeration of the species of 

 Coleoptera occurring in the district. Where necessary, exact localities 

 are given, frequently accompanied by observations on habits, &c. ; the 

 published records, entomological diaries of, and information otherwise 

 conveyed by, local workers, together with his own special knowledge, 

 are the sources from which such data have been obtained. 



Altogether, about 30 per cent, of the British beetles appear to be 

 found in the Liverpool district, the exact number being 990 species as 

 against 3227 species of Fowler and Matthews's List. This number is 

 divided among the several groups as follows : — Geodephaga, 163 ; 

 Hydradephaga, 66 ; Palpicornia, 49 ; Brachyelytra, 250 ; Clavicornia, 

 156 ; Lamellicornia, 42 ; Serricornia, 50 ; Longicornia, 8 ; Monili- 

 cornia, 51 ; Heteromera, 31 ; Rynchophora, 124. — R. S. 



OBITUARY. 



Joseph S. Baly. — It is with regret we have to record the death of 

 Mr. Joseph S. Baly, of Warwick. A notice of his entomological work will 

 appear next month, 



