Feb., 1916 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 



Order STREPSIPTERA 

 98 Xenid^^^ 



1. Cicindelidse of Henshaw's Check List are included as a subfamily of 

 Carabidse in accordance with Dr. Walther Horn's work in Genera In- 

 sectorum. 



2. Cupedidte is the spelling used in recent works in place of Cupesidae. 



3. Orthoperidse is equivalent to Corylophidas as far as our fauna is con- 

 cerned. A family called Aphenocephalidse, Pseudocorylophidse or Disco- 

 lomidse by different authors is, however, separable in tropical America and 

 may possibly be found in southern Florida at some future time. 



4. Ptiliidse is used in recent works instead of Trichopterygidse. 



5. Melyridse are separated as a family by Col. Thomas L. Casey (Ann. 

 N. Y. Ac. Sci., VIII, 456) and the excellent reasons given appear to have 

 been overlooked. 



6. The family Trogositidae has been called Temnochilidse by most recent 

 authors ; also Ostomidse and Ostomatidas ; and has been by some divided 

 into two families. Until the promised revision by Mr. Charles Schaeffer 

 appears, it seems best to retain the name used in the Henshaw Check List. 



7. The Rhizophagidse are treated as a separate family by A. Mequignon 

 in the Junk Catalogue and are omitted by A. Grouvelle in his treatment 

 of the Nitidulidae. 



8. Tritomidse is used instead of Mycetophagidse following Casey (Journ. 

 N. Y. Ent. Soc, VIII, 1900). 



9. Monoedidse is used instead of Adimeridse because Monoedus Horn has 

 precedence over Adimerus Sharp. 



10. The name Parnidse is retained because there has been much argu- 

 ment as to the validity of Dryops, the priority of which name has led 

 many to call the family Dryopidse. 



11. The name Alleculidae is used by F. Borchmann in the Junk Cata- 

 logus, following Seidlitz instead of Cistelidse. 



12. The name Anthribidse may have to be changed on grounds of pri- 

 ority; but it seems best to await the completion of the studies of Dr. W. 

 Dwight Pierce in the synonymy of the Rhynchophora. 



13. Dr. A. D. Hopkins has shown that Scolytidae (not Ipidae) is the 

 proper name for this family; and that Platypodidse of many authors is 

 more correctly treated as a subordinate division. 



14. The Trogidae are separated as a family by Brues and Melander; but, 

 being treated as a subfamily of Scarabaeidae by Mr. Gilbert J. Arrow in 

 the Junk Catalogus, the same course is here followed. 



15. The Xenidae are equivalent to Dr. Leconte's Stylopidae and are in- 

 cluded for that reason though not Coleoptera. 



