Vol. xxvil ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 397 



Dermaptera and Orthoptera Found in the Vicinity 

 of Miami, Florida, in March, 19 J 5 (Part 1). 



By MORGAN HEBARD, Philadelphia, Pa. 



(Plate XVIII.) 



From the 3d to the i6th of March, 1915, the author was in 

 Miami, Florida, during- which time collecting was only under- 

 taken part of each day, but special efforts were made to secure 

 material of the least known forms. In this way, while a mere 

 representation of the well known species was taken, certain 

 particular areas were very thoroughly and repeatedly investi- 

 gated and several most interesting facts were thereby ascer- 

 tained. A series of 654 specimens was taken, which material 

 is now in the Hebard Collection. 1 This series represents 72 

 forms of which 2 are new and 5 previously not known from 

 southern Florida, 2 of these latter constituting first records for 

 the United States. 



The region under consideration is divided into a number of 

 distinctive areas, of which the ''hammock" and the red man- 

 grove swamps received the most thorough investigation. The 

 facts concerning the various areas may be set forth as follows : 



"HAMMOCK." 2 



The heavy jungle areas, called in the vernacular "ham- 

 mocks," and small areas of which, scattered through the pine 

 woods of this region, are generally known as "banana-holes,"' 

 contain a number of most interesting species of Orthoptera, 

 particularly of the tropical forms. Individuals of these are, 

 however, almost without exception very scarce and certain spe- 



1 In addition, 22 other specimens from this region are here record- 

 ed. Mr. Rehn and the present author have already recorded 4481 

 specimens of Orthoptera from central and southern Florida. (1005. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1905, pp. 29-55; 1912. Ibid., 1012, pp. 

 2 35- 2 76: 1914. Ibid., 1914, pp. 373-412, and 1914. Jour. N. Y. Ent. 

 Soc., XXII, pp. 96-117. The great majority of this material is in the 

 Hebard Collection and that of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia. 



2 One of the most extensive "hammocks" in southern Florida was 

 particularly investigated; this is Rrickell's Hammock, which occupies 

 several square miles of territory between Miami and Cocoanut Grove 

 and is readily accessible from the former place. 



* Sco T. W. Harshbcrgcr. Trans. \Yagner Free Tnst. Sci., Phila., 

 VII, p. 101. (1914.) 



