iS ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., 'l6 



Arphia granulata Saussure. Pineland, Pine Id., Fla. (H.; scarce 



in undergrowth of pine woods), 3 $,2 9. 



Chortophaga australior Rehn and Hebard, La Costa Id. at Boca 

 Grande Pass, Fla., V, 18, 1915 (H.; low grasses near strand), 1 $ , 

 1 brown juv. 9. Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 18, 1915 (H.; low 

 grasses in field), 1 9. Captiva Id. at Captiva Pass, Fla., V, 19, 

 1915 (H.; few juv. in areas of short grass), 1 green juv. ?. 



Scirtetica marmorata picta (Scudder). South Boca Grand, Gas- 

 parilla Id., Fla., V, 18, 1915 (H.; sand grasses on shoreward border 

 of beach), 1 $. La Costa Id. at Boca Grande Pass, Fla., V, 18, 

 1915 (H.; sand grasses near strand), 4^,39. La Costa Id. at 

 Captiva Pass, Fla., V, 20, 1915 (H.; near strand), 2 $, I juv. 9. 

 Captiva Id. at Captiva Pass, Fla., V, 19, 1915 (H.; on strand), 2 $ . 



One male from La Costa Island at Captiva Pass is excep- 

 tionally pale, being drab in general coloration, with char- 

 acteristic dark markings weak and greatly reduced. 



Psinidia fenestralis (Serville). Pineland, Pine Id., Fla.. V. 20, 

 1915 (H.; sandy area near dunes), 1 juv. 9. Captiva Id. at Cap- 

 tiva Pass, Fla., V, 19, 1915 (H.; sandy area of short grass), 1 9. 



Trimerotropis acta Hebard. South Boca Grande, Gasparilla Id., 

 Fla., V, 18, 1915 (H.; numerous on broad sandy area, about sand 

 grass and a local fleshy-leaved beach plant, Sesuvium portnlacastruin), 

 8 $, 9 9,3 juv. 9- La Costa Id. at Boca Grande Pass, Fla., V. 18, 

 1915 (H. ; few in much restricted area like the above), 3 5,3 9.1 

 juv. $, i juv. 9. La Costa Id. at Captiva Pass, Fla., V, 20, 1915, (H.; 

 in small numbers on strand, particularly about a beach plant, Sesu- 

 vium porhtlacastrum) , 5 5,39,1 juv. $, I small juv. 9. 



The present series is in every way typical, but one female 

 from South Boca Grande has the tegmina unusually suffused 

 (army brown marked with bone brown) ; the characteristic 

 weak darker markings of the species are, however, as distinct 

 as is usual. 



Series from different beaches of slightly different shades of 

 color show an average correspondingly slight difference in 

 general coloration ; the whitish suffusion, characteristic of the 

 species, however, remaining the same. Thus, in the present 

 series, those from South Boca Grande show weak cinnamon 

 browns (light pinkish cinnamon to wood brown) ; from La 

 Costa Island at Boca Grande Pass, weak ochraceous browns 

 (light ochraceous buff to weak sayal brown), and from La 

 Costa Island at Captiva Pass, drabs (pale drab gray to avel- 



