COLEOPTEIIA. 
BY 
E. 0. Ryj5, F.Z.8. 
The General Subject. 
Bertolini, S. de. Catalogo sinonimico e topografico dei Coleotteri 
d'ltalia. Firenze : 1874, pp. 93-156. 
Published with Bull. Ent. Ital. vi. This part includes from the Cacu- 
jidcB to the A7ithicida;. 
Bkancsick, Carl. Die Kafer der Steiermark, systematise!! zusammen- 
gestellt. Graz; 1871, 8vo, pp. 114. 
Reviewed by Kraatz, B. E. Z. xviii. p. 44. 
BitUGGEMANN, Friedr. Sytematisches Verzeichniss der bisher in 
der Gegend von Bremen gefundenen Kaferarten. Abh. Ver. Brem. 
hi. (1873) pp. 441-524. 
1650 species noted. Dri/ops, 01., type auriculatus (= prolifericornis) , 
adopted for Parnns, F., uncharacterized ; Harpalus ferrugineiis^ F., nec 
L., re-named Olibrus geminus. 111., = testaceus, Pz. ; Meligethes 
ceneus, F., = brassicce, Scop. ; Corynetes 7'iificornis, Stm., is not separable 
from cceruleus, Dej. ; Gonioctena Q-punctata, Pz., 7iec F., is re-named 
fov7iicaia\ Cassida tig7'ina, Deg., = nehulona, L. ; Halyzia \2-guttata, 
Poda, \\d-guttata, L., $ ; Donacia coiamd, Sulfr., = discolo7', Pz. For 
observations on these and other points, cf. Kraatz, B. E. Z. xviii. 
pp. 123-126 (who thinks Panzer’s DoTiacia is sericea), and Von Harold, 
C. H. xii. pp. 145-147. 
Cox, Herbert E. A Handbook of the Coleoptera or beetles of Great 
Britain and Ireland. London : 1874, 8vo,*2 vols. (vol. i. pp. i.-viii., 
1-527, figs. 1-5, Introduction, Cicindelidcc — IIeteroce7'idce ; vol. ii. 
pp. 1-366, Lucemidoi— Stijlopidoi) . 
This handbook should supply a great want hitherto felt by British 
Coleoptcrists, who will however probably regret the author’s employment 
of a .classification in some parts at variance with that in use in this 
country. The work is a compilation of short descriptions (with no 
localities, synonyms, or references of any kind) arranged on a tibular 
plan. It is divided under the headings “ Normal Coleoptera ” and 
“ Aberrant Coleoptera ” {Stylopidoe) ; and the sub-divisions of the 
fpriper are: — Adephaga, Palpico7'nia, Brachelyti'a, Clavicoi'nia, La 7 uel- 
licornia, Ste7'7noxi, Malacoda7'ma [!], Tei^edilia, Rhynchophoi'ci, Phytophaga, 
Longioornia, and Heteromera. The author follows Seidlitz & Crotch in 
transferring the E7'otylidce, Coccmellidce, and Endomycliid(je, to the 
Olayicornes, and Horn in treating the Bruchidcn as Phytophaga (without 
