22 Ins. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Myrraecophilous beetles in N. America ; H. C. McCook, Am. Nat. xii. 
p. 441. 
Central America. Diagnoses of new species of CicindelidcB and Cara- 
hidcB^ preparatory to full descriptions in Godman & Salvin’s ‘ Biologia 
Americas Centralis/ are given by H. W. Bates, P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 687-609. 
Jamaica and West Indies ; C. 0. Waterhouse, Tr. E. Soc. 1878, 
pp. 303-311. 
Colombia. Species described and noticed by J. Putzeys, E. Lefevre, & 
M. Jacoby ; MT. Miinch. ent. Ver. ii. pp. 54, 112, & 134. 
Tacna, Peru ; L. Fairmaire, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii. p. Ixxxv. 
Sandwich Islands. D. Sharp, Tr. E. Soc. 1878, p. 16 et seq.^ in describ- 
ing new Carculionidce, refers to the number of species (between 200 and 
300) of Coleoptera collected in Oahu during two seasons, by Rev. T. 
Blackburn, who notes the small number of individuals. Nitidulidce 
described ; id. 1. c. p. 127 et seq. CeramhycidcB^ id. 1. c. pp. 201-210. 
Fiji, Samoa, &c. ; species briefly described by L. Fairmaire in Pet. 
Nouv. ii. pp. 278, 282, 286 et aeqq. 
Malaysia and New Guinea. A. Raffray records 1,762 species taken by 
himself in the Austro-Malaysian region, and 640 in the Indo-Malaysian, 
with comparison of the great groups in each ; the Xyloiyhaga predominate 
in the former, and only tree-frequenters are found in the Carahidce^ the 
stone and earth-frequenters being practically absent. The coleopterous 
fauna of New Guinea is considered to bo generically like that of the 
Moluccas, and more Indo-Malaysian than Australian, in spite of the 
other faunas. Individuals are more numerous than species, and there are 
many distinct species on the outlying islands. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) 
viii. p. cxlvi. 
Australia and Tasmania. Lamellicorns and Heteromera described by 
0. 0. Waterhouse from the British Museum Collection ; Tr. E. Soc. 1878, 
pp. 226-227. 
Tasmania; H. W. Bates, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 317 (Carabidce). 
New Zealand. H. W. Bates, Ent. M. M. xiv. p. 191, xv. p. 67 ; D. 
Sharp, op. cit. xv. pp. 47 & 81, and Tr. E. Soc. 1878, p. 9 {Cossonides). 
Larvae of beetles. M. Rupertsberger, “ Natur und Offenbarung,” 1878, 
pp. 9 & 13 et seqq.j woodcuts, describes and figures the structure and seg- 
mental divisions. 
Stridulation in Passalus and Prionus noted ; J. L. Le Conte, Psyche, 
ii. p. 126. In Polyphylla fullo ; L. v. Heyden, Kaf. v. Nassau, p. 112. 
Stein and Weise’a Catalogue, 2nd edn. [Zool. Rec. xiv. Ins. p. 11]. 
Additions and corrections by L. v. Heyden, Eppelsheim, H. v. Kiesen- 
wetter, G. Kraatz (criticising the synonymy of various Quedii accepted 
merely on Fauvel’s authority), J. Weise, and E. v. Harold (with occa- 
sional observations quoted from other writers) ; Deutsche E. Z. 1878, 
pp. 160-196. C. A. Dohrn, S. E. Z. xxxix. p. 76 et seq.^ & p. 244, criti- 
cises various discrepancies and mechanical errors. E. v. Harold, S. E. Z. 
xxxix. pp. 476-485, replies to Kiesenwottor’s critique on the question of 
revivals of oldest names. E. Bergroth, Ent. Nachr. ii. pp. 17-20, gives 
