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At Homestead the species was common on the prairie-like ever- 

 glades and also in the ''pot holes" in the pine woods, but not as 

 numerous as in March, 1910. The specimen from Long Key was 

 beaten from tall grasses in an open depressed area where Mermiria 

 mtertexta was taken. 

 Paxilla obesa (Sc). 



Homestead, Fla., July 10, 12, 1912; 1 c?, 2 9 , 2 n. 



Detroit, Fla., July 12, 1912; 1 d" . 



These specimens were all taken in the low undergrowth of the pine 

 woods in not the usual very wet situations. 



Tettigidea lateralis (Say). 



Homestead, Fla., July 10-12, 1912; f) d^, 11 9 , 1 n. 



Tettigidea spicata Morse. 



Jewfish, Fla., July 11, 1912; 4 c/-, 5 9 , 2 n. 



This is the first record for a species of the present genus from the 

 Florida Keys. The series was taken in company with Paratettix 

 rugosus, in bare spots on sun-baked marsh soil, where it was found 

 to be very scarce. 



Eadinotatum brevipenne peninsulare R. and H. 



Homestead, Fla., July 10-12, 1912; 49 c^, 22 9,3 9 n. 



Detroit, Fla., July 12, 1912; 14 cT, 4 9,1 9 n. 



Big Pine Key, Fla., July 6, 1912; 30 cf , 6 9 , 5 cf n., 11 9 n. 



The extensive Homestead and Detroit series of this race are per- 

 fectly typical in character, the Big Pine Key representation also 

 having all the distinguishing features of peninsulare, although of 

 sliglitlj^ smaller size. There is considerable individual variation 

 in size in all three lots, the extremes in length of l^od}" of each being 

 as follows: Homestead, d" 32.2-35.7, 9 42.3-46.7; Detroit, c^ 33.3- 

 35.2, 9 45.2-48; Big Pine Key, c^ 28.3-33, 9 37.3-40.8 mm. It will 

 be seen that the Big Pine Key maximum measurements no more than 

 touch the minimum of the other lots in the male sex and do not reach 

 the same in the female. The average of the Big Pine Key series is 

 very appreciably less than the maximum dimensions given for the 

 same lot. 



The Homestead series has the brown phase predominating, while 

 the Detroit and Big Pine Key lots have the green phase outnumbering 

 the brown in the male sex. 



At all three localities the form was found common in the low 

 undergrowth in the pine woods. The record from Big Pine Key is 

 the first for the genus on the keys. It is doubtless found on all the 



