8 Ins. 
COLEOPTEIiA. 
abbreviated diagnostic characters for the recognized British species as 
far as the Philhydrida, inclusively. The work is discontinued at that 
point. 
Broun [^script. Brown], T. Notes on the Coleoptera of Auckland, New 
Zealand. Tr. N. Z. Inst. viii. pp. 262-271. 
Observations upon the known species of the different groups, with 
notices of the more conspicuous forms, indications of habit, &c. 
. On insects injurious to the Kauri Pine {Dammar a australis'). 
Op. cit. ix. [for 1876, issued May, 1877] pp. 366-371. 
Refers exclusively to Coleoptera, describing the harm done by Xenoc- 
nema sphiipes, Woll., and “ Z>ryop^i^on<s ” (a Cossonid) hi-tuherculatus, 
White, with observations on otlier, apparently undescribed, species, and 
preventive measures. Otiorrhynchus sulcatus, imported, has been found 
feeding on this tree at Auckland. 
Chapuis, F. [See Lacordaire, T.] 
Chaudoir, E. de. Catalogue des Cicindeletes et des Carabiques recueillis 
par M. Achille Raffray en Abyssinie, avec la description des especes 
nouvelles. R. Z. (3) iv. pp. 329-388. 
Contains also observations and descriptions by Putzeys. In several 
instances, identity or affinity with South African species appears to occur. 
New species from other countries are incidentally described. 
CuNi Y Martorell, M., & Martorell y Pena, M. Catalogo meto- 
dico y razonado de los Coleopteros observados en Cataluna. Barce- 
lona : 1876, 8vo, pp. 360, woodcuts. 
Enumerates 1278 species occurring in Catalonia, with brief descriptive 
remarks, indication of localities, &c. 
Fairmaire, L. Faune dlementaire des Coleopteres de France. 4e. edn. 
Paris : 1876, 12mo, pp. 322, pis. i.-x. 
Reviewed, Pet. Nouv. ii. p. 39. 
. Revision des Coleopteres du Chili. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. 
pp. 143-170, 341-388. 
Refers chiefly to the Nycteliides in the Tenehrionidce^Yiiih. other Hetero- 
mera belonging to groups already revised by the author. Bolivian and 
Patagonian species are also included, in spite of the limitation conveyed 
by the title. One new genus and several new species are described. 
Gemminger, Max, & Harold, E. von. Catalogue Coleopterorum 
hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. xii. pp. 
3479-3822 \_ChrysomelidcG^ pt. 2, — Platypsyllidce]. Index, pp. 
i.-lxxiii. Munich : 1876, 8vo. 
Contains 575 genera, and completes this gigantic undertaking, one of 
the most important works ever published. 11,618 generic names (of 
which 7,364 are adopted) are enumerated in the whole work, and 77,008 
species (of which 10,214 are Clirysomelidcs). Notes by E. v. Harold on 
the conclusion of the work, in C. H. xv. pp. 172-174. 
For corrections, &c., as regards N. American Curculionidce, see J. L. 
Leconte, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xv. p. 437 ; various Tenehrionidee, F. Baudi, 
Deutsche E. Z. 1876, pp. 249, 256, &c. ; Brachynidcc, Chaudoir, A.im. Eiit. 
