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REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 
Our Homeland Prehistoric Antiquities , and how to study them , 
by W. G. Clarke. Homeland Association, 139 pp., 4s. 6d. net. The 
author is a prominent East Anglian ‘ Prehistorian, ’ though his views 
are not extravagant. In fourteen chapetrs he deals with Man before 
History, How to Distinguish Flint Implements, Where to find Flint 
Implements, Flint and its Changes, Eoliths, Drift Palseloiths, Cave 
Palaeoliths, Neoliths, Bronze and Early Iron Implements, Prehistoric 
Trackways, Dwellings, Burial Places and Forts, Flint Mining, Pottery, 
The Pleasures of Field Work. In this last he tells us ' I know of one man 
who found a hoard of bronze implements as the result of a dream, but 
this method cannot be universally recommended.' There is a short glossary 
and what is described as a ‘ Bibliography. ’ In this last we fail to see any 
reference to Pitt Rivers’ well-known volumes, to Bateman’s two books, 
to Stevens’ ‘ Flint Chips,’ etc. ; and if the now ‘ Lord Avebury ’ is 
given as the author of ‘ Prehistoric Times,’ should not the last edition 
(1913) be given and not 1865? Mr. Clarke is to be congratulated on 
producing a useful handbook, which should still further increase the 
number of students of prehistoric remains. There are, of course, points 
upon which all will not agree, and we feel sure that if the author carefully 
peruses Prof. Macalister’s volume, recently reviewed in thise pages, he 
will modify many of his views, and we therefore look forward to the second 
edition. 
Les Coleopt&res d’ Europe : France et Regions Voisines. Par le 
Professeur C. Houlbert. Paris : Libraire Octave Doin, 1922. Tome 
11., 340Xxii. pages, avec 99. figures dans le texte et 30 planches. Tome. 
111., 298 x xii. pages, avec 30 figures dans le texte et 30 planches. Prix 
12 fr. net. These two volumes complete an introduction to the genera 
of Coleoptera inhabiting France and neighbouring countries, of which 
the first volume was noted in The Naturalist, June, 1921, p. 222. The 
author has compressed a large amount of interesting detail concerning 
the life history and habits of the families dealt with, including remarks 
on the structure of the larva (with figures of this stage in many instances ) , 
together with systematic tables for the determination of the genera, 
which, as far as the writer has tested them, should prove extremely 
useful to students of the order. Most of the genera are illustrated by 
figures which usually have caught the characteristic facies of the insect 
delineated, and should, when taken in conjunction with the tables, be 
very helpful. The arrangement of the families is, for the greater part, 
in accord with continental usage, and at first may seem strange to the 
amateur who is merely familiar with the method of classification in use 
up to the present in this country. A comprehensive alphabetical index, 
however, will enable him to find with ease any genus on which he desires 
information. It goes without saying that many of the insects treated 
of in the work do not occur in Great Britain, but this gives a broader 
view to one’s visualization of the various families, and it will be found 
that very few genera which occur in this country are unrepresented. A 
Bibliographical Index of over a dozen pages in each volume, divided 
into two sections, 1 Anatomy and General Biology, and 2, General and 
Local Faunas, will be welcomed by the more advanced student, and is 
a feature which, with advantage, might be more generally adopted in 
introductory treatises on Entomology in this country. The volumes are 
of handy size for the pocket, and the interesting presentation of their 
subject matter makes them such that they can be perused on any occasion 
with pleasure and profit, and not merely when one is attempting to 
ascertain the genus to which an individual beetle belongs. The work 
can be thoroughly recommended as an introduction to the study of 
Coleoptera, though as genera only are differentiated, it will be necessary 
for the student to consult more exhaustive works for specific characters.- — 
W.J.F. 
1922 Oct. 1 
