1966] 
Lawrence and Reichardt — Ptinidae 
37 
tion with Crematogaster limata Smith. The close relationship to G. 
formicicola has been discussed under that species. 
Gnostus floridanus Blatchley 
(Figs, i, 2, 5, 13, 14) 
Gnostus floridanus Blatchley, 1930, Ent. News, 36: 111-112, fig. 1. 
type data: “Type a unique (sex undetermined) in the author’s 
collection, taken near Dunedin, Florida, March 7, 1927” Location 
of type apparently in Blatchley Collection, Purdue University, Lafay- 
ette, Indiana; not examined. 
Specimens Examined: Florida: Plantation Key, vi. 17.58, E. 
O. Wilson col., with Crematogaster ashmeadi Mayr. Bahamas: 
New Providence, Clifton Point, iv.2.65, R. W. Hamilton & B. D. 
Valentine col., with Crematogaster sanguinea lucayana Wheeler 
(compared with type in the M. C. Z. collection). 
Gnostus floridanus w T as previously known only from the type 
locality, but the data presented above indicates that it may be more 
widespread in Florida and the West Indies. Blatchley’s specimen 
was beaten from Spanish moss, but this species, like its congeners ap- 
pears to be found only with ants of the genus Crematogaster . It is 
easily distinguished from, formicicola and meinerti by the characters 
given in the key, although all three species are fairly similar. 
Fabrasia Martinez and Viana 
(Figs. 6—12, 15) 
Fabia Martinez and Viana, 1964, Neotropica, 10(31): S, not Dana, 1851. 
(type species: Fabia a'lvarengai Martinez and Viana, by original des- 
ignation) . 
Fabrasia Martinez and Viana, 1965, Neotropica, 11(34): 18. 
description : Form elongate, strongly convex ; vestiture of short, 
suberect, sparsely distributed bristles; surface shiny. Head strongly 
declined, only partly visible from above ; vertex slightly convex, with 
elongate, narrow, median impression; eyes lateral, well developed, 
rounded; antennal fossae broad and shallow, located between eyes, 
separated by a slight tumidity (F. alvarengai) or a distinct carina 
(F. borgmeieri and F. wheeleri) ; clypeus subtriangular, almost as 
Explanation of Plate 2 
Fabrasia borgmeieri. n. sp. (holotype), Fig. 6, dorsal view; Fig. 7, lateral 
view; Fabrasia wheeleri, n. sp. (paratype $), Fig. 8, dorsal view; Fig. 9, 
lateral view. 
