1914.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 397 



Homestead and Detroit, P^la. 



ll ~d^ 46 9 9 



Length of body 14 . 2-17 .6 19 . 5-24 . 8 



Length of pronotum 3.4-4. 4.3-5.7 



Length of tegmen 4.3-5.6 5.1-7.6 



Length of caudal femur 10.-11.4 12.-15.1 



The present species, in spite of the great variabiUty in tegminal 

 length, always has these organs longer than the pronotum and broad 

 lanceolate with acute apex, which readily distinguishes the species 

 from Eotettix palustris which has the tegmina not as long as the 

 pronotum and broadly oval with rounded apex. 



Like Eotettix pusillus and E. sylvestris, this form has in life a 

 striking metallic lustre which has almost wholly disappeared in all 

 of the dried specimens. 



The species was found very common on the prairie-like everglades 

 and in much fewer numbers about pot-holes in the pine woods, it 

 has never been definitely recorded previously except from Pablo 

 Beach in northeastern Florida. 



Melanoplus puer Sc 



Homestead, Fla., July 10-12, 1912; 2 c^, 2 9,2 9 n. 



Detroit, Fla., July 12, 1912; 1 d', 1 9 , 1 9 n. 



The species was very scarce at the above localities in the under- 

 growth of the pine woods. 



Paroxya atlantica Sc 



Homestead, Fla., July 10-12, 1912; 10 o^, 2 9. 



Detroit, Fla., July 12, 1912; 1 cf , 2 9 . 



The Detroit specimens show a slight tendency toward the keys 

 race, P. atlantica par oxyoides. 



Paroxya atlantica paroxyoides (Sc). 



Jewfish, Fla., July 11, 1912; 3 d', 3 9,1 9 n. 



Ley Largo, Fla., July 11, 1912; 1 cf, 1 9 n. 



Long Key, Fla., July 13, 1912; 3 cf • 



Big Pine Key, Fla., July 6, 1912; 6 cT, 1 9 n. 



Key West, Fla., July 3-7, 1912; 13 d^, 10 9 . 



On Big Pine Key this geographic race was found in the undergrowth 

 of the pine woods and along the edge of the key in few numbers. 

 At Key West it was not scarce in the scrub and common in the 

 vegetation back of the beach, while in the heavy jungle-like tangle 

 it was the only species of grasshopper that was not scarce. 



