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dilia (witli 7 families). It is not within the province of the'present Record 
to discuss the various heresies above promulgated. 
In the introductory chapter, the strong bilateral symmetry of the Arthro- 
poda, noticed as their chief characteristic, and named Eudipleuren-Form/* 
is stated to be possessed by them in common with locomotives, boats, and 
other machines. The free prothorax of beetles is emphasized in the defini- 
tion of the order ; and the whole scutellum is said to be only visible in the 
apterous females of a few species. The plate consists of outlines of various 
parts of the external anatomy of Dytiscus, Cicindela, and Hister. 
Sharp, D. The Coleoptera of Scotland. Scot. Nat. i. pp. 202- 
208, 242-248, 277-280. 
A list, with localities. The present portion reaches to Pogmus. 
SoLSKY, S. Materiaux pour PEntomologie de la Russie. Hor. 
Ent. Ross. viii. pp. 177-186. 
Localities, descriptions of new species, synonymic notes, &c. : Cicindelidce 
to PtinidcB. 
. Coleopteres de la Siberie Orientale. L. c, pp. 232-277» 
Completes the paper noticed in Zool. Rec. vii. p. 250 ; some additional 
species from Lake Baikal are incorporated. 
Thomson, Carl Gustaf. Entomologiska Anteckningar under 
en resa i Skane, 1866. (Efv. Ak. Forh. xxiv. (1867), no. 2, 
pp. 39-52. 
The species and genus originally here described as new (Mtcrosaurus 
fageti, p. 43, M. pnncticollis, p. 43, Autalia puncticollis, Gyrophcena hihamatay 
Ityocarttj p. 46, Pycnarcea nigripes, Liogluta aquatilis, p. 47, Sister arenicolay 
p. 50, Bagous muticus, p. 51) were quoted in Zool. Rec. iv. as from the * Skan- 
dinaviens Coleoptera,' vol. ix., of the same author, and this paper appears to 
have escaped observation. It consists of an account of the known species 
captured during the expedition, as well as those above mentioned. 
Geographical Distribution. Great Britain : The Recorder has given 
his annual summary of new British species &c., in Ent. Ann. 1873, pp. 1-33. 
Northumberland : T. J. Bold, Tr. North. Durh. iv. pp. 371-380, gives loca- 
lities &c. for species new to the local fauna. 
Belgium: additions &c. to catalogue of species in CR. Ent. Belg. xv. 
pp. vi, vii, XXV, xxx, liii (supplement by Lethieriy), lix, ciii. 
Jumieges : Levoiturier & Mocquerys (OR. Soc. Rouen, vi. & vii. ; also 
Sep., Rouen, 8vo) publish a list of species taken during an excursion of the 
Society in June 1870. Mocquerys, ibid., gives a supplement to the list of 
species found in the department of the Seine-Inf^rieure, and a list of species 
taken at La Bouille in June 1871. 
Marseilles : exceptional scarcity of species noticed by Abeille de Perrin, 
Pet. Nouv. no. 59, p. 23G. 
Canterbury, New Zealand : remarlcs on Coleoptera by C. M. Wakefield, 
Tr. N. Z. Inst. v. (1872), pp. 294-304. 
