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gatulus may be considered as connecting the families 

 of Byrrhidse and Dermestidae. 



Anthrenus, Fabricius, 



The species twelve and thirteen of the Fabrician 

 Anthrenis belong evidently to a separate genus. 

 They are remarkable for their antennas, the club 

 being much produced and serrated ; I have there- 

 fore applied the generic term Macroprion, derived 

 from iiaKpos longus, and Trpuov serra, to include those 

 species which are allied to Anthrenus serraticornis 

 of Fabricius. They occur at Santa Cruz. Anthrenus 

 gloriosae probably may be an Attagenus. 



Bolitophagus, Fabricius. 



Fabricius placed next to Anthrenus the genus 

 Trox, now one of the Lamellicorn families. As it 

 has already been treated of, I proceed to the next 

 genus, namely, Bolitophagus, to which Latreille 

 has applied the term of Eledona. I retain the 

 Fabrician name on the ground of priority. Only 

 four species are recorded by the above author, all 

 of them still belonging to the genus. 



Opatrum, Fabricius. 



The insects described by Fabricius and ranged 

 under the genus Opatrum, belong chiefly to two fa- 

 milies, namely, the Asididae and Opatridse : they are 

 intimately connected, and the following tables will 

 exhibit the genera belonging to them respectively. 

 It must be stated, however, that there are some 

 exceptions, as Opatrum Gibbum, and Clathratum 



