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period. E. maxillosus was described from South America nearly a cen- 
tury ago and has only in recent years been catalogued from Europe. Its 
occurrence there was not mentioned in the Munich catalogue, published 
in 1809, and in the Catalogue Coleopterorum Europae it is recorded 
only from southern France. 
Echoeerus dentiger Chittn., a species which I have recently separated 
from maxillosus, is apparently native to this region, extending north- 
ward as far as Pennsylvania. E. curvicornis Champ., of which E. 
reeurvartus 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. analis Champ, has been described from Guatemala. 
Is it not probable that all these species originated on this continent \ 
Palorus melinus Host, [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 Xo. 2 of this 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 
from Tallahassee. Fla. ; Selma, Ala.; Illinois; Fresno, Cal., and Brook- 
lyn, X. Y. I have also seen specimens from Kansas and Georgia, and 
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 Coleopterorum Europ;e the specific name depressus 
Fab. is retained, but, according to Gemminger and Harold. Herbst's 
description appeared in 1784. while that of Fabriciuswas not published 
until six years later. Herbst's name therefore has priority. 
Galandra linearis Hbst. is the species numbered 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 faunal list until it can be 
ascertained that the species breeds in some plant that grows within 
our faunal 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 plant, Tamarindm inrfica, 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. Galandra linearis develops in the seeds within the 
pods of the tamarind, and this plant appears to be its natural and only 
food-plant. It remains to be learned whether or not it can breed in 
stored grain or other seeds. 
