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Teicttouexinus Floiiri, n. sp. 

 Orhirular'ts, xuhconvexus^pict'O-brunneus, setosus. El^tris striis integris ; 

 pjjgidio propygidioque tenuissime punctatis, prosterno bistriato ; pedibus 

 dilatatis. Long., 3 mill. 



Hah. : Atlixco. 



Orbicular, rather convex, pitchy-brown setose ; head flattish, with sliallow 

 and irregularly formed punctures, the marginal striae are elevated, and particularly 

 so at the base of the clypeus, where they do not join, but form a frontal canalicu- 

 lation ; the thorax is similarly punctured to the head, with a complete stria running 

 close to the edge ; the elytral striae are apparently complete, the three outer ones are 

 distinct and a little elevated, especially the first, the sutural ones are evanescent ; 

 the pygidium is inconspicuously sculptured after the manner of the thorax. The 

 anterior tibiae are dilated and semicircular, and spinose on the outer edge ; the 

 hinder tibiae are more dilated and angulated before the base, but they are not so 

 broad as the tibite of lleninus or Eretmotus. 



Besides the example sent by Mr. Flohr, I have a second, in bad 

 condition, obtained at Guanajuato by Monsieur Salle. 



Folkestone : February, 1891. 



Wiener entomologischeii Verein. — An Entomological Society of Vienna was es- 

 tablished in February, 1890 ; it now comprises 58 Members, with Herr Eogenhofer 

 of the Vienna Museum as Honorary President. Herr Johann Prinz is President. 

 It has just published a first " Jahresbericht," consisting of 31 pages, which includes 

 an address by the Honorary President, Local Lists, and biological notes, &c., a very 

 modest beginning. With the exception of the Honorary President, the list of 

 Members seems at present to be made up of local collectors, a large number of them 

 holding official positions on the Austrian railways, and the aim of the Society appears 

 to be that of developing a knowledge of the local insect-fauna. We think it is the 

 first purely Austrian Entomological Society that has been founded, and as such we 

 shall watch its development with interest and expectation. — Eds. 



A means of preserving coUection.i of insects in dry hot countries. — In the 

 " Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae," xxiv, pp. 233, 234 (1890), M. A. Wilkins, 

 writing from Tachkent in Turkestan, alludes to the inefficiency of ordinary preserva- 

 tives in Central Asia, on account of their rapid volatilization through the hot dry 

 air, so that if a collection be neglected for only two or three months, Anthreni are 

 sure to be found in the boxes. He has hit upon a plan which he finds effective, and 

 at the same time very simple. He employs India rubber bands about 1^ inches in 

 width, and less than the length of the boxes to wliich tliey are to be applied. These 

 bands are stretched over the opening line of the boxes, and effectually prevent the 

 entrance of the most minute destroyers. Possibly a similar plan might be adopted 

 in other countries with a like climate. At any rate, the method has the merit of 



extreme simplicity. — Eds. 



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