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Mr. Charles J. Gahan on the 
of some of the remaining genera, sucli as the African 
Phryneta and Philematmrriy have obviously been intro- 
duced within the most recent times ; while it is difficult 
to say what importance is to be attached to the pretty 
large number of species which are common to the West 
Indies and the neighbouring American continent. Many 
of the species, however, appear to be restricted to the 
West Indian area. Amongst the most peculiar of these 
are, perhaps, the forms included in the Prionid group — 
the Solenopterinse. Twenty- six species and five genera 
of this group occur in the West Indies ; while of the 
remaining seven species, one, constituting the genus 
Sphenostethus, is found in the middle states of North 
xA.merica, the others are spread from Mexico to Colombia. 
The Ourii of Leconte and Horn is another char- 
acteristically modified group, belonging to the Ceram- 
hycidse. Two species are known from the Southern 
{States, one from British Honduras, and the remaining 
two from the West Indies. The genus Elajphidion, 
represented by numerous endemic forms in the Antilles, 
is almost restricted in its range in America to the area 
lying between Colombia and the Southern States. A 
comparison of other genera and groups seems to point 
on the whole to a pretty close relation between the West 
Indian fauna and that of North- tropical America. 
PRIONIDJS. 
Parandra, Latreille. 
A. Pronotum with distinct postero-lateral angles. 
1. Parandra Isevis^ Latr., Gen. Crust, et. Ins., vol. iii., 
p. 28 (1802). 
Hah. Haiti. 
2. Parandra cubsecola, Chevr., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.,. 1862, 
p. 275. 
Hah, Cuba and Porto Rico. 
3. Parandra crihrata, Thoms., Musee Scientifique, 
p. 87 (1860). 
Hah, Cuba — Havana. 
