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Transition zone. Sylvan in habit ; found in Vaccinium 

 thickets and other low shrubbery in deciduous forests and clearings. 



Paroxya atlantica Scudd. 



South Carolina : Denmark, Aug. 15. 



Georgia : Savannah, Aug. 14; Tybee Island, Aug. 12, 13; Waycross, Aug. 11. 



Florida : Carrabelle, Aug. 9; Fort Barrancas, Aug. 3 ; Warrington, Aug. 4. 



Lower Austral zone. A locally common species found in the 

 coast region in grassy swamps and marshes, either salt or fresh. 



Paroxya floridiana Thom. 



Virginia : Appomattox, Sept. 6 ; Norfolk, Sept. 8 ; Virginia Beach, 



Sept. 7. 

 North Carolina : Raleigh, July 9 ; Tunis, July 5. 

 Georgia : Savannah, Aug. 14 ; Stone Mountain, July 28 ; Tybee Island, 



Aug. 12, 13. 

 Florida : Carrabelle, Aug. 9; Marianna, Aug. 6; Warrington, Aug. 4. 



Austral zones, coastwise to eastern Massachusetts. A widely 

 distributed but local species occurring in grassy swamps and along 

 the borders of streams and tidal inlets. (See PI. 4, Fig. 2; PI. 6, 

 Fig. 2.) 



Aptenopedes sphenarioides Scudd. 



Georgia: Waycross, Aug. 11, (juv. 3, 5). 



Florida : (Carrabelle, Aug. 9, juv. 4) ; (De Funiak Springs, Aug. 5, juv. 3) ; 

 Live Oak, Aug. 10, (juv. 5) ; Tallahassee, Aug. 8, (juv. 4, 5). 



Lower Austral zone. A not uncommon species locally in 

 grassy spots among the piney woods, either in palmetto scrub, low 

 bushes, or sedge and pipewort barrens. (See PI. 5, Fig. 2.) 



