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Distribution of the Masaridin^: 
Not the least remarkable feature of the subfamily Masa- 
ridinse is its present discontinuous distribution, as shown 
on the map (Fig. 2). This is further emphasized by an 
examination of the area occupied by the several genera. 
Paragia . — 20 species in Australia, 1 in Tasmania. 1 
Metaparagia . — 3 species in Australia. 
Ceramiopsis. — 2 species in southern Brazil and Para- 
guay. 
Trimeria. — 5 species in subtropical South America. 
Microtrimeria. — 1 species in Peru. 
Ceramius. — 4 species in the Mediterranean Subregion 
and 7 in South Africa. Several of the South African species 
are known from females only; some of these may be only 
color variations, while others are perhaps to be placed in 
Ceramioides. C. lichtensteini (Klug) is a true Ceramius. On 
the other hand, C. beyeri Brauns combines some of the 
characters of Ceramius (middle tibiae with two spurs and 
venter of the male unarmed) and Ceramioides (eyes very 
shallowly emarginate) . 
Paraceramius. — 2 species in the Mediterranean Subre- 
gion, and 1 in Korea. The South African species listed by 
Bradley (1922, Op. cit., p. 396) belongs in Ceramioides. 
Ceramioides. — 7 species in South Africa. Here should 
be placed C. bicolor (Thunberg) ( =C . karrooensis Brauns), 
C. consobrinus H. de Saussure, and C. linearis Klug (of 
which C. fumipennis Brauns is a synonym according to 
information received by letter from Dr. H. Brauns). 
Jugurtia. — 4 species in the Mediterranean Subregion (as 
far as Transcaspia and Persia) and 1 species in Gambia. 
The British Museum collection contains two specimens from 
1 Through a curious oversight, Tillyard (1928, ‘The Insects of 
Australia and New Zealand,’ p. 296) calls these Australian masarids 
Euparagia, which is the name of a strictly North American genus not 
belonging to the Masaridinae. 
