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874 REVIEWS. 
Tue TENEBRIONIDZ OF THE Unitep Srares. * —This long neg- 
lected family of beetles, of which the meal worm is the type, have 
at length obtained justice at the hands of Dr. Horn. This exten- 
sive group is remarkably developed in California, where the author 
devoted four years of field work before sitting down to work up 
the family. As the result he has succeeded in bringing before ‘the 
student of our fauna as nearly a correct list, with synonymy, of 
all our species as possible, with short descriptions and synoptic 
tables whereby all our known species can be readily recognized, 
rendering it necessary to refer only doubtful or new ones to those 
having typical collections for proper comparison.” 
The author states that the classification adopted is substantially 
that of Dr. LeConte, with such alterations as the further study of 
the family seems to indicate, “ and while the systems adopted by 
LeConte and Lacordaire are so widely and fundamentally different, 
‘the arrangement of the genera is very strikingly similar.” Dr. 
Horn finds what seems to occur throughout the animal kingdom, 
a remarkable parallelism between the ‘ individual genera of many 
widely separated tribes.” In concluding, the author gives a bit of 
criticism of much significance at the present day. ‘‘ If this paper 
can in the least aid those whose collections are in disorder, in prop- 
erly systematizing their species and appreciating the difference be- 
tween the genera and species, and above all, if it will succeed in 
preventing them, should they ever aspire to authorship, from cre- 
ating genera and species unnecessarily, I shall feel that I am am- 
ply repaid.” 
Entomologists are under great obligations to the author for this 
elaborate revision, and its publication will undoubtedly infuse a 
greater interest in this and other families of less known beetles. 
sat Canaptan Enromoroarst t has entered upon its third vol- 
th improvements in its size, paper and illustrations. We 
pers i in the assured success of this useful and interesting journal 
and trust it will be liberally sustained on this side of the border. — 
It will interest readers in the Northern States as much as in Can- 
ada. 
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Snerision of ee America, North of Mexico. ps Png 9 
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1870. 4to. pp. a "wien D plates: 
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