12 Ins, 
COLEOPTEEA. 
Notes on common beetles in captivity (^Cetonia, Carabus, &c., the 
latter eating vegetable matter) ; J. W. Slater, Tr. E. Soc. 1877, 
pp. 277-279. 
0. J. S. Bethune, Canad. Ent. ix. pp. 221-226, pi., describes and figures 
Monochamits scutellatus, Say, and con/usor, Kby., Clytus speciosus, Say, and 
rohinicB, Forst., Orthosoma cylindricum, F., Sapercla Candida^ F., Oherea 
tripunctata, F., and Clirysohothris femorata, F., “ a few .common wood- 
boring beetles.’* 
Geographical distribution of NitiduUdce, Trogositidce, Cryptophagidce, 
and Lathridiidoi i E. Reitter, Deutsche E. Z. 1877, pp. 175 & 176. 
Scotland. D. Sharp continues his list; Scot. Nat. iv. pp. 35 & 36, 
80-84, 129-132, 176-180 {Silpha —Agrilus). Captures in Inverness-shire ; 
G. 0. Champion, Ent. M. M. xiv. p. 93. 
Denmark. J. C. Scliiodte, Nat. Tids. (3) x. [1875], pp. 57-62, adds 
some species and new localities to the fauna-list, referred to in Zool. 
Rec. xi. p. 249. 
Elberfeld. Various small notes, including supplement to list of beetles 
found in gas-water ; Cornelius, S. E. Z. xxxviii. p. 211. 
Silesia. Additions to fauna, and observations on known species ; K. 
Letzner, JB. schles. Ges. liv. pp. 208-217. 
South Hungary, Siebenbiirgen, &c. ; account of excursion by M. von 
Hopffgarten, S. E. Z. xxxviii. pp. 221-232. 
France. A. Fauvel’s “ Annuaire Entomologique pour 1877 ” (Caen and 
Paris : 1877, 12mo, pp. 148), contains various extracts, &c., referring to 
captures and synonymy, &c., of French species. Captures in Vendee ; R. 
Vallette, Feuil. Nat. vii. p. 33. Reims (on metals of railroad, after 
much rain); C. Leboeuf, 1. c. p 34. Toulon; 7. c. p. 39. Brionnais ; 
A. Martin, 1. c. p. 76. Meursault ; E. Andr4, op. cit. viii. p. 6. Charente- 
Inf^rieure ; L, Bedel, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vii. p. lx. Fontainebleau ; 
M. Rdgimbart, tom, cit. p. xcix. Bonnaire, 1. c. p. clxvi. 
Corsica. Rarities found in a garden ; Kosiorowicz, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
(5) vii. p. cxlvii. 
Apennines ; F. Piccioli, Bull. Ent. Ital. ix. p. 223. 
Russia in Europe and Asia, and the Caspian Sea. J. Faust, Hor. Ent. 
Ross. xii. pp. 300-332, continues [Zool. Rec. xii. p. 276] his descrip- 
tions of new species and elucidation of others, discussing the Trogides, 
Melolonthides^ Buprestidce, Elateridce, Pythidce^ Melandryidcc, Cistelidoe^ 
Pedilidce^ Cantharidoi^ and (Edemeridce^ with synonymy of species de- 
scribed by him in the former portion of his work. 
Japan. Carahidce by Putzeys {Damaster by Kraatz), Staphylinidee 
and Pselaphidoe by Weise, Silphidce by Kraatz, NitiduUdce, &c., by 
Reitter, and Scolytidce by Eichhoff, mostly from Hiller’s collections, de- 
scribed in Deutsche E. Z. 1877, pp. 81-128. Harold, 1. c. pp. 337-367 
Weise, pp. 367 & 368, and Reitter, pp. 369-383, describe further species. 
British North America. J. Leconte gives the names of 153 species, in- 
cluding indications of some as new, and of some “ races,” taken during 
Selwyn’s 1875 Exploration of Northern British Columbia and the Peace 
River and Pine River passes of the Rocky Mountains. Geol. Survey of 
