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XV INTRODUCTION. 
Geographical Distribution (con.). 
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39 | 11 MeELomz (con.). 
13 | — | Tetraonyx ......--+-0+: eo ee ee ee Exclusively American, 
re oe tropical. 
1 — | Eupompha .......---+--- *| x 
2 1 | Calospasta .......+65 eee] we PR] “|: . : 
5 Macrobasis ......++++-+0 xl al «*i..|..| «| *#/|*#]..]*%]..|..| Chiefly Mexico and temperate 
15 < | Ma North America. 
— | Gnathospasta ........+-+> *1..| * “| aes : 
5 3 Epicauta, oo econ aes ot we dae | cel oe | oe | | et & | ed oe | | | Generally distributed. In America, 
. chiefly Mexico and temperate 
regions northwards. 
15 3 | Pyrota .... cece eee eee ala] «lt >t] «| «| «| «xf «*|..|..| Chiefly Mexico and temperate re- 
gions northwards. ? Exclusively 
American. 
925 6 |Cantharis .......e-eeees xlael «el ti tl al tf] *) «ff «| «|... | Generally distributed. In America, 
chiefly Mexico and temperate 
160 | 38 . | regions northwards. 
+ Not yet recorded. 
The Tenebrionide, by far the most extensive of all the families of the series, 
include an immense number of species from all parts of the World. ‘The total 
number of species enumerated from within our limits is 870, belonging to 145 genera, 
of which 49 genera and 594 species are described as new; of the 145 genera, five are 
introduced and three have probably been recorded by mistake. ° The three subfamilies, 
the Tentyriinee (134 species—108 new), the Asidine (93 species—64 new), and the 
Tenebrionine (643 species—422 new), are represented by six, four, and twenty-one 
“ eroups ” respectively. ‘The ‘ Epitragides,’ the most numerous in species of the six 
“groups” of the Tentyriine, are exclusively American, and the largest and finest of 
the known species, some of which exhibit a very remarkable form of the thorax in the 
+ In Gemminger and Harold’s ‘ Catalogue’ 4519 species are given for the united families Tenebrionids and 
Cistelidee 
