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aopterists. but co.clnde that he We so.e great ..ta.e as to he p o . 
ish enton^ologist, in his right senses, wouM give one ^o^^^J^^^ 
,f which a specin^en, British or otherwise, is not worth — ' =^^;^;^^^\^f ' 
Leen..ence. The moral to be drawn from the anecdote .s ev.dent.-EDS.] 
■hteen-pence. 
f ebuto. 
.A.NK GA.XO EHEKA..," Coleopteres, Tome 1", 2-^ Livraison ; by Albert 
e"al Chapters of this worlc, completing the 1st vol., and extending to 
Z accompanied by 4 exceedingly well executed pla.es, - ^ P^^J^f ^ 
themselves form a satisfactory introduction to the study of European 
jr The present livraison treats of metamorphoses, external anatomy and 
, , _ ... .„„™,-„.i.„^..l Hst^ : and also enters at some length upon 
(with an elaborate terminological list) 
es" and "varieties," sexual and other differences in structure, &c the laws 
Llature, and the different schemes of classificatK^n. To these .s added a 
^„.entary hst of contemporary coleopterists of the d.str.c to wh.ch the wo:^ 
viz., France, Belgium, Holland, Luxemburgh, ^^^^^^) J'^^^'^l^^; 
he district of the Yalais. This introductory person though, of cour.e 
I.g no idea of the way in which the body of the work .s to ^e treated) can be 
vith interest by the general student, and can hardly fail to be xnstructive to 
^ngt t si Coleopttrist, abounding as it does both in original observat.ous 
:!ll.knownfactsputinanagreeableway. The remarks upon the foundation 
f svecies (in the usual entomological sense) are particularly commendable. 
Lt them is the suggestion that there should be an annual or biennial com- 
•e of well known Coleopterists (to be held at Paris), to whom all umque, new 
rkable or doubtful species should be submitted, with a view to the furtherance of 
ded.e and consequent reduction of synonymy. A typographical error makes 
Lvel term this committee an " aero^age" (instead of " areopage : it as to be 
p that this is not an augury that the proposed assembly is hkely to remam 
M-'^eIuvcI notes that only three species of our Brac7.el,tra (which he 
r-rates at 700), viz., Stenus exiguus, Er., and O.ypoda ru^icola and RornaUurn 
l,,^ne, Rye. are peculiar to Britain; but this does not, of « -lu^e 
in of Dr Sharp's new species of Homalota. He also remarks that Stephens 
\y.orus rar. nMiAcoms of oUusus is the only really indigenous race we possess 
at group His general observations lead to the impression that many changes 
,xnenclaturewill be made by him,and that he intends to collocate allied insects 
•h have hitherto chiefly relied for specific distinction on the character of havmg 
ranting wings, added to the usual modifications of structure attending those 
litions. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OE LONDON, January Uth, 1870 (Anniversary Meeting). 
. Smith, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
"The Ballot for the Council and Officers for the present year took place, when 
,Brs. H. W. Bates, Dallas, Dunning. Fry, Grut, McLachlan, Parry, Pasooe. 
