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specimens in old collections^ without indications of locality, hut 
are very probably natives ; whilst 25 are regarded as very doubt- 
ful. Naturalized species (amongst which are included Calandra 
granaria and several Tenehrionidae) are marked by an asterisk. 
A list of accidentally introduced species is given on the last 
page. The genera indicated as of doubtful position arc Alexia, 
Murmidius, and Necrophorus ! The author has communicated 
to the Entomologist^ and to the Entomological Society a long 
series of remarks upon the alterations of nomenclature intro- 
duced in this catalogue, as also indications and descriptions of 
new British species. These will be referred to hereafter. 
Bye, E. C. British Beetles : an introduction to the study of our 
indigenous Coleoptera. pp. xv and 280, and 16 plates. 
12 mo. London, 1866 : Beeve. 
In this little handbook, Mr. Bye's object has been to furnish 
young entomologists with a general guide to the classification of 
Coleoptera, with sufiicient notices of the characters and habits 
of the more abundant or remarkable British species to give some 
interest to the work and assist the beginner in his earlier progress 
in collecting. The determination of the general position of spe- 
cies in the system will also be facilitated by the very good 
coloured figures of characteristic forms contained in the 16 plates, 
by Bobinson, Avith AAdiich the little volume is illustrated. The 
author commences with some observations on the position of the 
Coleoptera in the zoological scale, and on their general natural 
history, followed liy a .glossary of the most important terms used 
in describing insects, and a very clear account of the external 
anatomy of the Coleoptera. After chapters containing instruc- 
tions for collecting and preserving Coleoptera, and a list of the 
descriptive Avorks of most importance to the student of the Bri- 
tish species of the order, Mr. Bye proceeds to his main task, of 
explaining the classification of Beetles, and describing the cha- 
racters and manners of a large number of British species; In 
his general classification he adopts the system folloAved by 
Waterhouse in his catalogue, dividing the Avliole order into a feAV 
large groups, and subdividing these into a great number of small 
families. The last thirty pages of the text arc occupied by a 
catalogue of the British Coleoptera, founded chiefly upon that of 
Waterhouse, but Avith the addition of the species detected since 
the publication of the latter Avork. This catalogue is printed 
in three columns on each page ; the author's name is cited for 
each genus and species. The folloAving genera are given by the 
author as being of uncertain systematic position : — Phlmophilus, 
Diphyllus, Aspidophorus, Sphindus, and Myrmecoxenus. 
Marseul, S. a. de. Catalogus ColeojDterorum Europse etCon- 
fiiiium. 12mo, pp. xii and 131. Paris (Deyrolle), London 
(Janson), and Berlin (Priedhinder) , 1866. 
