1912.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 239 



rubbish about a small cultivated "pot-hole" in the pine woods, 

 excepting the adult female, which was taken from under a board 

 far out on the everglades. This species is distinctly geophilous and 

 appears to prefer damp surroundings. 



Neoblattella adspersicollis (St&l). 



Homestead, Fla., March 18, 1910; 1 cf. 



The only previous record of this species in the United States is the 

 authors' report of its occurrence at Miami, Fla. 4 The specimen taken 

 at Homestead was captured two miles westward in the pine forest. 

 All of the specimens secured at Miami were taken in the town, and 

 it was therefore a question whether the species was not recently 

 introduced. The capture of the present specimen, well out in the 

 untouched forest, would indicate that the species is indigenous to 

 this region. There are four specimens of this species in the National 

 Museum from Dade County, Florida. 



Ceratinoptera diaphana (Fabr.). 



Long Key, Fla., March 13, 1910; 2 n. 



This striking species, easily recognized in the immature condition, 

 has been recorded from Key West by the authors. 5 These are the 

 only records of the species occurring within the United States. The 

 specimens at present under consideration were taken from under the 

 loose dry fibres near the head of a standing cocoanut palm. The 

 specimen from Key West, an adult female, was taken from under a 

 coquina boulder in heavy scrub. 



Ceratinoptera lutea S. and Z. 



Miami, Fla., March 20, 28, 1910; 1 <? , 4 n. 



Homestead, Fla., March 17-19, 1910; 1 &. 



Key Largo, Fla., March 18, 1910; 1 9 . 



Long Key, Fla., March 13, 17, 1910; 4^,3 9 , 4 n. 



Key West, Fla., March 15, 16, 1910; 1 d\ 4 9 , 1 n. 



All the adult specimens from the above localities have the tegmina 

 failing to reach the apex of the abdomen by a considerable interval. 

 Specimens from Georgia and North Carolina agree more fully with 

 the original description in having the tegmina as long as the abdomen. 

 The series from Long Key was captured by looking under dead 

 petioles of the cocoanut palm lying on moist ground along the edges 

 of pools of brackish water, while the specimens from Key West were 



3 Vide Shelford, Entom. Monthly Mag., (2) Vol. XXII, p. 155. 



4 These Proceedings, 1905, p. 32. 



5 Entomological News, Vol. XXI, p. 103, 1910. 



