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laneous). The wing coloration and width of band are as in 

 the typical series. 



Romalea microptera (Beauvois). Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 18 

 and 20, 1915 (H.), 1 juv. $. 



Schistocerca serialis (Thunberg). 



Schistoccrca amcricana of authors. 



Useppa Id., Fla., V, 17 to 19, 1915 (H. ; moderately numerous in 

 scrub), 2 $ , i 9. 



Schistocerca damnifica calidior Rehn and Hebard. Pineland, 

 Pine Id., Fla., V, 18 and 20, 1915 (H.; scarce in undergrowth of 

 pine woods), 3 $. 



Gymnoscirtetes pusillus Scudder. Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 

 18 and 20, 1915 (H.; few small colonies of juv. in undergrowth of 

 pine woods), 1 juv. $, 2 juv. 9. 



The southernmost previously known record for this species 

 was Lakeland, Fla. 



Eotettix signatus Scudder. Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 18, 1915 

 (H.; damp spot in undergrowth of pine woods), 1 very small juv. 9. 



Melanoplus puer Scudder. Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 18 and 

 20, 1915 (H.; widely distributed through undergrowth of pine 

 woods, but never in colonies), 15 $, 11 9,3 juv. 9, 1 very small 

 juv. 9. 



This series averages about the size of the smallest indi- 

 viduals in the large series before us from Miami, Fla. ; dis- 

 tinctly larger than material from Lakeland, Fla. The increase 

 southward in size of the present species is very rapid, the 

 dissimilarity of the extremes remarkable. 



Paroxya clavuligera (Serville). 



Paroxya floridana of authors. 



Useppa Id., Fla., V, 17, 1915 (H. ; juv. occasional in low vegeta- 

 tion of red mangrove swamp), i juv. 9. 



Aptenopedes sphenarioides clara Rehn. Useppa Id., V, 17, 1915 

 (H.; juv. occasional in low vegetation of red mangrove swamp), 

 1 juv. $. Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 18 and 20, 1915 (H.; only one 

 adult seen, juv. numerous in undergrowth of pine woods), 1 $ , 



1 juv. 9. 



Aptenopedes aptera Scudder. Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 18 

 and 20, 1915 (H.; only two adults seen, juv. numerous in under- 

 growth of pihe woods), 2 $. 



TETTIGONIIDAE. 



Arethaea phalangium (Scudder). Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 

 18 and 20, 1915 (H.; very scarce in undergrowth of pine woods), 



2 $, 1 9. 



