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NEW AIVTHRIBID^. 



BY CHAS. SCHAEFFER. 



On the different entomological expeditions made during the last 

 four years to Texas, Utah and Arizona in the interest of the Brook- 

 lyn Museum, a comparatively large number of new species of An- 

 thribidse were taken. The family is exceedingly well represented in 

 Brownsville, Texas, if we take in consideration the small number of 

 species occurring within the limits of the United States. From this 

 interesting seraitropical region twenty-one species are known, of 

 which seven are new. The Anthribid fauna of the Huachuca Mts., 

 Arizona, as far as known, is in comparison with the Brownsville 

 fauna not as rich, but every species taken there proved to be new. 



In the " Cataloque des Anthribides" by A. Bovie, published in 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., vol. xlix, p. 218, several changes have been 

 made, which concern also some of our genera and species. 



The catalogue has been revised by Dr. Jordan, who, having been 

 for years the principal worker in this family, possesses a good knowl- 

 edge of these insects. 



Dealing with the species of the entire globe gives him naturally a 

 wider view and a better understanding of the relationship of the 

 different genera than those dealing only with a limited fauna, where, 

 as in our own, the family is comparatively poorly represented, and 

 some of the genera seem to stand quite isolated. Unfortunately Dr. 

 Jordan does not seem to have seen some of our species, which is 

 undoubtedly the cause of placing them wrongly. 



The position given OrmiscMS {Hormiscus) — between Ischnocerus 

 and Eunjmycter — including Gonops and Toxotropis as synonyms, 

 and followed by Eusphyrus, may be correct, as there are a number 

 of genera placed between them, which do not occur in our fauna, 

 but placing Tropidere'i and Plumosolena between Eurymycter and 

 Gonotropis is to me unnatural. The two last named genera are 

 more closely related to each other than they are to others, and are 

 best left as they stand in our list. 



The genera Gonops and Toxotropis are made synonyms of Orviis. 

 cus ^Hormiscus). The characters separating the first two genera 



TBANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXII. SEPTEMBEE. 1906. 



