ANTHRIBIDAE COLLECTED BY SIGNOR L. FEA 

 on the islands of fernando po, s. thome and principe. 

 By Dr. Karl Jordan (TVring). 

 (With ■ 3 text figures). * 



Hardly any Anthribidae have been recorded from the islands 

 situated in the Bay of Benin, apart from the three species described 

 by me in 1911 from the small collection made by A. Mocquerys 

 on S. Thome. The present collection, therefore, is of particular 

 interest. The material obtained by L. Fea on the three islands 

 mentioned in the heading of this article is not very extensive , 

 but is nevertheless large enough to give us a fair idea of the 

 relationship of these islands as regards the Anthribid fauna. As in 

 the case of other groups of animals, the Anthribidae of Fer- 

 nando Po are not essentially different from those of the mainland, 

 most species not showing any differences from the specimens we 

 have from the Cameroons or Congo. Of the five new species here 

 described from Fernando Po one is in our collection also from the 

 Congo and the others may likewise be expected to occur on the 

 mainland. 



On the other hand, the percentage of forms peculiar to 

 S. Thome and Principe is large. The two islands have most of 

 the species in common , but there appear often slight .differences 

 in colour, which we have duly noted were they occur. 



1. Mecoeerus Tb»ronil>iiiuus , Koi.be (1895). 



A series from Fernando Po: Bahia de San Carlos, XII-1901; 

 M.usola, 500-800 m., 1-1902; Punta Fraìles, X-XI-1901. 



