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a strawberry bed situated in a " pot-hole" in the pine woods, the 

 specimens from Key West were taken from under coquina boulders 

 and boards. 

 Gryllus firmus Sc. 



Miami, Fla., March 27, 28, 1910; 5 c? n., 1 9 n.: November 15, 

 1911 (Englehardt) ; 1 9 n. [B. I.] 



Homestead, Fla., March 17-19, 1910; 1 9 n. 



Long Key, Fla., March 13, 1910; 1 c? n. 



Key West, Fla., March 15, 16, 1910; 2 d\ 3 9,4 9 n. 



The adults in this series are very small for the present species 

 averaging 21.4 mm. (20 to 24 mm.) in length. The majority of the 

 specimens taken at Key West were found in or near their holes 

 situated in the short heavy grasses growing on the scant soil near 

 depressions. 



Gryllus rubens Sc. 



Miami, Fla., March 27, 28, 1910; 2 <? . 

 Homestead, Fla., March 17-19, 1910; 2 9 n. 



The adults from Miami were captured in low grass growing in the 

 grounds of the Royal Palm Hotel. 



Gryllodes sigillatus (Walk.). 



Miami, Fla., March 27, 28, 1910; 1 d\ 1 9 . 

 Long Key, Fla., March 13, 17, 1910; 2 d\ 1 9 n. 

 Key Vaca, Fla., March 14, 1910; 2 9 . 



The entire series here recorded was captured in cracks and crevices 

 about buildings. The species nourishes in or near human habita- 

 tions, and, although probably brought to southern Florida in goods 

 from the West Indies, it is now thoroughly established there. At 

 Key Vaca a large colony was found between boards piled for building 

 near the railroad station ; so active were the insects and so numerous 

 were the nymphs that in the collector's efforts to capture adults all 

 but two females escaped. 



Anaxipha pulicaria (Burmeister). 



Key West, Fla., March 15, 1910; 1 9 . 



We are using the above name provisionally for this species, following 

 Saussure in so doing, although we are not convinced that Gryllus 

 pulicarius 51 Burmeister, from Jamaica, based on a twelve-word 

 diagnosis, is the same as the present individual. There can be little 

 doubt, however, that the insect described by Saussure 52 under 

 Burmeister's name is the same as the present specimen. 



51 Handb. der Entom., II, Abth. II, pt, 1, p. 732, 1838. 



52 Miss. Sci. Mex., Rech. Zool, Orth., p. 371, pi. 7, fig. 1, 1874. 



