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the same; eyes black; antennae cream-buff, proximad passing into 

 bister. Ventral section of the lateral lobes of the pronotum and 

 corresponding portions of the mesonotum and metanotum stippled 

 with the ventral color. Abdomen dorsad bearing on each side two 

 complete and several incomplete longitudinal series of circular 

 ferruginous spots; cerci of the ventral color, becoming bister distad. 

 Cephalic and median femora with their distal halves and greater 

 portion of corresponding tibiae brownish-black. Caudal femora 

 with a decided scalariform pattern of blackish-brown, the latter 

 color nearly solid distad and along the ventro-lateral margin; caudal 

 tibiffi honey-yellow, proximal extremity and dorsal surface brownish- 

 black. All tarsi uniformly cream color. 



Measurements (in ynillimeters) . Type, cf . 



Length of body 10 . 8 



Length of pronotum 4 . 9 



Length of cephalic femur 5.2 



Length of caudal femur 12 .6 



Length of caudal tibia 13 .5 



The type of this species was found under a coquina boulder in the 

 everglades near the edge of the pine woods. A very immature speci- 

 men of what is apparently this species was also taken at Homestead, 

 March 17-19, 1910, by Hebard. 



GRYLLID^. 

 Cryptoptilum antillarum (Redt.). 



Homestead, Fla., July 10-12, 1912; 5 cf , 4 9 , 1 cf n. 



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



Big Pine Key, Fla., July 6, 1912; 4 c^, 3 9 . 



Long Key, Fla., July 13, 1912; 2 cf , 3 9 . 



Key West, Fla., July 3-7, 1912; 15 cf , 22 9 , 1 d' n., 1 9 n. 



Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Fla., July 8, 1912; 1 9 . 



This species is widely distributed through the keys scrub and in 

 "hammock" shrubbery on the mainland, as well as in weedy spots 

 and vine tangles. One specimen was taken from an epiphyte 

 (Epidendron tampense) growing on an oak in the "hammock" at 

 Detroit. The species was found scarce in the bay-cedar bushes 

 (Suriana maritima) on Loggerhead Key. 



Cryptoptilum trigonipalpum R. and H. 



Homestead, Fla., July 10-12, 1912; 1 d" n. 

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



