18 Lis. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Deyrolle, H., & Fairmaire, L. Descriptions de Coleopteres recueillis 
par M. l’Abb4 David dans la Chine Ceutrale. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) 
viii. pp. 87-140, pis. iii. iv. 
No analysis, recapitulation, or comparison of fauna is made, the paper 
consisting of descriptions of many new genera and species throughout 
the Coleoptera. In some few instances, the initial identifying the author 
is omitted. 
Faust, J. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Kafer des europaischen und 
asiatischen Kusslands, mit Einschluss der Kiisten des Kaspischen 
Meeres. Hor. Ent. Ross. xiv. pp. 112-139. 
Continues [Zool. Rec. xiii. Ins. p. 12] the descriptions and elucidations 
of obscure Russian species, solely referring to the Cerambycidce. No new 
species are described. 
Gandolphe, P. Revision des Coleopteres recueillis en Alg^rie. B6ne: 
1878, 8vo (extr. from Bull. Ac. d’Hippone). 
Heyden, L. von. Die Kafer von Nassau und Frankfurt. JB. Nass. 
Ver. xxix. & xxx. pp. 55-413 [also separately, Wiesbaden : 1878, 
8vo, pp. 358]. 
This very carefully prepared list contains localities with critical and 
biological notes on 3161 species. Reviewed in Ent. Nachr. ii. p. 91. 
Kr6l, Z. Fauna koleopterologiczna Janowa pod Lwowem. Sprawozd. 
Kom. fizyogr. xi. [1877] pp. (33)-(63). 
A list of names and localities ; some species are new to the fauna. 
Lacker, K. Die Vielgestaltigkeit den Form und Lebensweise im Reiche 
der Kafer im Lichte der Descendenztheorie. JB. Ver. Gratz, iv. 
p. 45 et seq. 
Apparently of little value, from the notice in Bertkau’s “ Bericht.” 
Le Conte, J. L. The Coleoptera of the Alpine Regions of the Rocky 
Mountains. Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. iv. pp. 447-480. 
The peculiar geological features of the elevated interior region of 
North America are considered to present particularly favourable oppor- 
tunities for the study of geographical distribution. Of some 220 species 
enumerated (with localities and elevations) as collected by Mr. F. C. 
Bowditch at an elevation of 6000 feet and upwards, 30 are of wide dis- 
tribution east and west, 9 or 10 are not found west, and 6 not east of the 
mountain mass ; about 46 belong to the conterminous arid regions east 
and west, 10 being found only on the east, and 20 only on the western 
side ; 43 species are hyperborean, 14 having only a north-western distri- 
bution, and 3 only an eastern range ; and 30 are known from the moun- 
tains only. Various new species are described. Another list of species 
collected at Atlanta, Idaho (7,800 feet), by Mr. L. Allgewahr, is given ; 
followed by an elaborate discussion of the North American species of 
Nebria (5 new). The author incidentally records a belief that when the 
beetles of the American Atlantic slopes are more thoroughly investigated, 
several genera of the Atlantic islands fauna will be found represented 
among them which do not occur in Africa. 
