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COLEOPTERA. 
Bates, H. W. Biologia Ceiitrali- Americana (c/. Insecta, General Sub- 
ject, sub Godman & Salvin) ColeojJtera, i. (1) pp. 1-40, pis. i. & ii. 
Extends from Tetracha to Panagceus. 
Bedel, L. Faune des Coldopteres du Bassin de la Seine, partie 
Tome i. Carnivora — Falpicornia. (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vol. hors s6rie), 
plate. 
The first volume of this work is now concluded. The portion pub- 
lished in 1881 includes pp. xxiv. (preface, abbreviations, vocabulary, and 
errata) and 289-360 {Palpicornia). 2 new genera and 3 new species are 
described, and 2 species are renamed. The plate illustrates the structure 
of Coleoptera generally. 
Broun, T. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part ii. Wel- 
lington : 1881, 8vo, pp. viii. xxi.-xxiii. 653-744. 
Includes index to genera, and descriptions of 180 new or previously 
omitted species, bringing up the total number of New Zealand Coleoptera 
to 1321. Many new genera are also described. 
Chaudoir [Baron]. See Sallii:. 
Desbrociiers des Loges, — . Coldopteres nouveaux du Nord de 
I’Afrique. Bull. Acad. d’Hippone, No. 16. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Fairmaire, L. Essai sur les Coldopt&res des lies Viti (Fidgi). Ann. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. pp. 243-318, 461-492. 
Many known species, chiefly those described by the author in Pet. 
Nouv. and Le Nat., are here redescribed. 
Fiori, a. Saggio di un Catalogo dei Coleotteri del Modenese e del 
Reggiano. Cicindelidce & Carahidce. Ann. Soc. Mod. (3) xv. 
pp. 61-100. 
Gobert, — . Catalogue raisonn<^e des Coldoptk’es des Landes. Bull. Soc. 
Toulouse, xii. pp. 65-93, 156-179, xiv. pp. 46-164. \Cf. Zool. Rec. 
xvii. Ins. p. 12.] 
Extends from Copridce to Ptinidce^ and Tentyriidce to Trichosomidoe. 
Includes numerous notes on larvae, &c. 
Gorham, H. S. Biologia Centrali- Americana (c/. Insecta, General Sub- 
' ject, sub Godman & Salvin). Coleoptera, hi. (2) pp. 25-112, pis. iii.-vi. 
Extends from Platyeros to Atractocerus. 
Heyden, L. von. Catalog der Coleopteren von Sibirien, mit Einschluss 
derjenigen der turanischen Lander, Turkestans, und der chinesis- 
ischen Grenzgebiete. Mit specieller Angabe der einzelnen Fundorte 
in Sibirien und genauer Citirung der darauf beziiglichen einzelnen 
Arbeiten nach eigenem Vergleich, sowie mit besonderer Riickhsicht 
auf die geographische Verbreitung der einzelnen Arten fiber die 
Grenzlander, namentlich Europa und Deutschland. Herausgegeben 
von der Deutschen entomologischen Gesellschaft als besonderes Heft 
der Deutschen entomologischen Zeitschrift. Berlin : 1880-81, 8vo, 
pp. 24, 224. 
The nature of this work is sufficiently indicated by the lengthy title. 
