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Leichenum varicgatum Klug, as identified provisionally by AI. 

 Lesne of Paris, is to be included on account of many specimens found 

 by Mr. H. P. Loding: at Mobile, Ala. 



The genera Paratciicttis, Pratccus and A need us of the family Tene- 

 brionidce seem to be near the Lagriid^e on account of the similarity 

 in their larval stages and the tropical forms intermediate between 

 them and Lagria. 



Cistcla Fab. has been replaced by Pscudocistcla Cr., 1873. The 

 genus Gonodera Muls., Col. Fr. Pectin., 1856, p. 41, may cover our 

 species and if so would antedate Crotch's name. 



Anthicus currax Champ., a maritime species, is common at 

 Brownsville, Texas. Casey's A. floridanns is synonymous. 



Acanthinus spinicollis Laf., described from Brazil, occurs through 

 Central America and at Brownsville, Tex. An allied West Indian 

 species, identified by Dr. Schwarz as A. trifasciatiis Fab. occurs also 

 at Key West, Fla. 



Anthicus hcroicus Casey is common in the egg masses of Corx- 

 dalus cornutus. 



Dcndroidcs testacca Lee. is probably not an absolute synonym of 

 ephcmeroidcs Mann. At the suggestion of Dr. Schwarz. prompted 

 by Mr. Blair's paper in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1914, I asked Mr. 

 Fall to investigate the material at Cambridge. His comparison of 

 the Sitka example there with Dr. Leconte's type discloses certain 

 small differences ; but further examples might lead to a change of 

 opinion. 



Poiuphopcca fcnwralis Lee. is made a variety, not a synonym, of 

 P. polita Say on comparison of a specimen recently collected in Flor- 

 ida by Mr. Blatchley. 



The family Stylopidae has been recently treated by Dr. W'. Dwight 

 Pierce as an order, Strepsiptera. While it is doubtful if all Coleop- 

 terists are in accord with his views, the family is placed as an appen- 

 dix in the new Check List, in deference to his opinion. 



Orchesfcs scntcllaris is a European species that has to be added 

 to our introduced fauna. It has been recorded from Canada (Bro, 

 Germain in Cat. Ent., 1915, p. 309) and has also been found in 

 Connecticut. 



Hormops abducciis occurs in Texas, at Waco, Basque Co., as 

 shown bv a letter of Dr. Leconte's to the late Geo. W. Bel f rage. 



