20 Ins, 
COLEOPTEllA. 
Maklin, W, Coleoptera insamlade under den Nordenskiold’ska Expe- 
ditionen 1875 nagra oar vid Norges Nordvestkust, pa Novaja 
Semlya och on Waigatsch samt vid Jennissej i Sibirien. Sv. Ak. 
Handl. (2) xviii. 4, pp. 48. 
A few new species and varieties are described, and the descriptions of 
others published by Maklin in OEfv. Finsk. Soc. 1876-77, are repeated. 
Several pages of introductory matter are prefixed. 
Mestre, G. De 1’ exploration des grottesau point de vue Entomologique. 
Bull. Soc. Toulouse, xiii. pp. 22-29. 
Relates chiefly to the best means of collecting cave-haunting Coleoptera. 
NOrdlinger, a. Lebensweise von Forstkafern, oder Nachtriige zu 
Ratzeburg’s Forstinsecten. 2te vermehrte Auflage. Stuttgart : 1880, 
pp. 6 & 74, figs. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
PiOLTi, G. I Coleotteri di Rivoli (Piemonte) : studio. Ann. Acc. 
Agric. Tor. xxiii. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Ragusa, E. Addenda ; Carahidce^ Dytiscidce^ GyrinidcBj Ilydrophilido}, 
Staphylinidce, Pselaphidce, Clavigeridos^ et Silphidce Sicilise. Paler- 
mo : 1881. ^ 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Reichenau, W. von. Ueber den Ursprung der secundaren mann- 
lichen Geschlechtscharaktere, insbesondere bei den Blatthornkafern. 
Kosmos, x. pp. 172-194, pi. v. 
After discussing sexual selection in insects, the writer concludes that 
the horns and appendages of the LucanidcBy Dynastidce^ &c., cannot have 
originated in this manner, but are due to the law of compensation of 
growth. 
Reitter, E. Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europaischen Coleopteren. 
IV. Enthaltend die Familien Cistelidce, Georyssidce, und Thorictidce. 
Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxxi. [for 1881, published in 1882] pp. 67-96. 
A few new species are described and corrections to former papers 
added. Cistela^ Geoffr., as used by the author, = Byrrhus, Linn., and 
Anobium, Fabr., takes the name of Byrrhus^ Geoffr. The plate represents 
the male organs of Cistelidce. 
. Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europaischen Coleopteren. v. Enthal- 
tend die Familien : Paussidce, Clavigeridce^ Pselaphidce, und Scyd- 
mcenidce. L. c. pp. 443-592, pi. xix. 
The plate represents the antennae of various species of MacTicerites and 
Bythinus. 
. Zur Pselaphiden- und Scydmaeniden-Fauna Syriens. L. c. 
pp. 331-336. 
22 species enumerated, many new. 
