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period. E. maxUhsus was described from South America nearly a cen- 

 tury ago aud has only in recent years been catalogued from Europe. Its 

 occurrence there was not mentioned in the Munich catalogue, published 

 in 18G9, and in the Catalogus Coleopterornm Europje it is recorded 

 only from southern France. 



Ecliocerus dentiger Chittn., a species which I have recently separated 

 from inaxiUosus, is apparently native to this region, extending north- 

 ward as far as Pennsylvania. E. curvicornis Champ., of which E. 

 recurvartiis Chittn. appears to be a synonym, is evidently indigenous 

 to Mexico and the Florida Keys, and possibly also to the entire Antil- 

 lean region. E. (ouilis Champ, has been described from Guatemala. 

 Is it not probable that all these species originated on this continent! 



Paloriis melinus Hbst. (depressus Fab.), mentioned in the list at 

 number 53, from Brazil, has been for many years firmly established in 

 the United States. The first record of the insect's occurrence in this 

 country appears to be in Bulletin No. 2 of tbis Division, where it is 

 stated to have caused much annoyance in 1882 in a mill at Detroit, 

 Mich. It has also been recorded from Texas, Kansas, and Pennsyl- 

 vania, and in addition there are specimens in the National Museum 

 fiom Tallahassee, Fla. ; Selma, Ala.; Illinois; Fresno, Cal., and Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. I have also seen specimens from Kansas and Georgia, aud 

 it has been twice found in the District of Columbia. In September of 

 the past year living examples arrived from Lebanon, Ind. I have at 

 hand records of its occurrence in Mexico, Australia, "South America," 

 and probably Damaran Island, and Morocco. 



In the Catalogus Coleopterornm Europte the specific name depressus 

 Fab. is retained, but, according to Gemminger and Harold, Herbst's 

 description appeared in 1784, while that of Fabricius was not published 

 until six years later. Herbst's name therefore has priority. 



CaJandra linearis Hbst. is the species nuuibered 62 in the list. It 

 is occasionally picked up in the southern Atlantic and Gulf States, but, 

 in my opinion, should not be inserted in our fauna! list until it can be 

 ascertained that the species breeds in some plant that grows within 

 our fauna! limits. This species was described nearly a century ago 

 from the West Indies, where it had been introduced with its food- 

 plant, the tamarind. This j)lant, Tamarindus indica, although attrib- 

 uted to India, is positively asserted to be indigenous in Africa and 

 Australia, and by introduction has been widely diffused through the 

 tropics, and is cultivated for its fruit and timber and for shade and 

 ornament. It is grown also to some extent in Florida, and in green- 

 houses elsewhere, but is nonproductive within the boundaries of the 

 United States. Calandra linearis develops in the seeds within the 

 pods of the tamarind, and this plant appears to belts natural and only 

 food-plant. It remains to be learned whether or not it can breed in 

 stored grain or other seeds. 



