THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Ins. 9 
Deliierm de Larcenne, E. Catalogue des Insectes Col^opt^res 
trouv^s dans les ddpartements du Gers et de Lot-et-Garonne. Agen : 
1877, 8vo. 
Cicindelidce — Hydrophilidce. 
Everts, E. Lijst der in Nederland voorkomende Schildvleugelige 
Insecten {Coleopterd) . ’s Gravenhage : 1875, large 8vo, pp. 116. 
Raises the somewhat meagre fauna list to 2145. A supplement by the 
author, Tijdschr. Ent. xx. pp. 168-185, contains a list of Nethcrland 
Halticides^ by A. J. A. Leesberg. 
Gredler, P. Y. Zur Kafer-Faima Central Afrikas. Verb. z.-b. Wien, 
xxvii. [for 1877, published in 1878], pp. 501-522. 
An enumeration (with occasional descriptions and indications of new 
species, &c.) of beetles taken by various members of the Tirol Mission, 
chiefly at Gondokoro and Khartum (certainly none from Central Africa). 
Epomis circumscriptus , Ditomus depressus^ Trogosita mauritanica, Silvanus 
sexdentatus, Dermestes 'vulpinus, Aphodiiis granarim^ Coryyietes rufipes, 
Triholium ferrugineum^ Alphitohius diaperinus, and Sitophilus orysoR are 
among them. 
Kellner, A. Vorzeichniss dor Kiifer Thuringens, mit Angabe der 
niitzlichen und der fiir Forst-, Land-, und Garten-wirthschaft schad- 
lichen Arten. Z. ges. Naturw. xlviii. [1876], pp. 341-472. 
Contains 65 more species than the first edition, which appeared in 
1873. Localities and indications of habits are given in each instance^ 
with special notes on such as are injurious to man. 
Kiesenwetter, H. von. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands, 
begonnon von Dr. W. F. Erichson, fortgesetzt von Prof. Dr. H. 
Schaum, Dr. G. Kraatz, und II. v. Kiesenwetter. Erste Abtheiluug. 
Colcoptora. Funftor Band, bearbeitet von H. v. Kiesenwetter. 
Erste Liefer ung. Bogen 1 bis 13. Berlin : 1877, 8vo, pp. 200. 
Describes the “ Anohiadm” (including BostrychidcB), Cioidm^ and Aspi- 
doplioridcR. Reviewed by Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, pp. 445 & 446. 
. & Kirscii, T. Die Kaferfauna der Auckland-Iriseln, nach Herm. 
Krone’s Sammlungen beschrieben. Deutsche E. Z. 1877, pp. 
153-174. 
Twenty-eight species (3 new genera and 18 new species) were found. 
Krone gives some preliminary notes, in one of which is an amusing account 
of his narrow escape from being shot by mistake for a sea- lion, while 
stretched on the sand, collecting Homalia. Trogosita viauritanica, Necrobia 
rufipes^ and Sitophilus oryzce have found their way to these islands. 
Kirscii, T. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Coleopteren-Fauna von Neu 
Guinea. MT. Mus. Dresd., Heft. ii. pp. 135-161. 
Enumerates 112 species, whereof 30 are new, 5 new genera also being 
characterized {Curculionidai Halticides'). Of these, 6 are known from 
the Moluccas, 7 from Aru, Matabello, and Saylor, 2 from the Philip- 
pines, 6 from Australia and Fiji, 1 from Borneo, and 1 from Malacca, 90 
being so far as known indigenous. 
