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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo04amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Cychrus letieicoUis. Male. Anthophilax hoffmanii. Male and female.
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NEW NORTH CAROLINA BEETLES DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY: EXPEDITION OF 1903. "HROUGH provision made by Mr. Samuel V. Hoff- man, the curator of the Department of Ento- mology, Mr. William Beutenmuller, was enabled to make a trip in May and June, 1903, to the Black Mountains of North Carolina, in continua- tion of the work of previous years. The unusual rains Avhich prevailed during May prevented full success in the collection of the characteristic species of the season, still about 7,000 speci- mens were obtained. In the series there are many species not before represented in the Museum collections and some that were new to science. Many scientific data were obtained for use in the preparation of the contemplated work on the Insect Fauna of the Black Mountains, North Carolina, and adjacent Ranges. Some of the new and the rarer previously known species ob- tained on the present expedition were made the basis of an article which was published in the Museum Bulletin during Sep- tember last. One of the new forms was named Anthophilax Jioffiuanu, or Hoffman's longhom beetle, in honor of the late Very Rev. E. A. Hoffman, whose interest in entomology and whose friendship for the ^Museum greatly enriched the Depart-

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