ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov, '15 



Ceratinoptera diaphana (Fabricius). Brickell's Hammock, Miami, 

 III, 4, 1915, (H.; under loose bark on trunk of tree, Exothca 

 paniculata, in dense jungle), I juv. $. 



Ceratinoptera lutea Saussure and Zehntner. Brickell's Hammock, 

 Miami, III, 3, 1915, (H.; on ground under luxuriant under- 

 growth in opening in forest), 1 $. Virginia Key, III, 11, 

 1915, (H.; in dark water-soaked leaves in heavy red man- 

 grove swamp), 1 juv. $. 



Eurycotis floridana (Walker). Brickell's Hammock, Miami, III, 

 4 to 15, 1915, (H.; trapped in molasses jars), 1 $,2 5,3 

 juv. $. 

 This unpleasant roach was found particularly numerous in 



tree cavities and under bark along the edge of the hammock. 



It was the only species found attracted to the molasses jars in 



numbers. 6 



Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius). Southside, Miami, III, 16, 

 1915, (H.; a few juv. under bark of dead logs of Finns cari- 

 baea in company with numbers of Prolabia unidcntata), 

 juv. $. 



This is the only household pest which, in this region, appears 

 frequently numerous outside of dwellings as well. 



Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus). Brickell's Hammock, Miami, 



III, 4, 1915, (H.), 1 juv. 9. 



In this region, the present species is ubiquitous on the ground 

 under litter of any sort. At Musa Isle, it was found burrow- 

 ing in the sand when search was being made for Scapteriscus 

 abbreznatus. 



Plectoptera poeyi Saussure. 



We have a male before us in the Hebard Collection from 

 Cocoanut Grove, Florida, taken in 1887 by E. A. Schwarz. 

 The species has not been previously recorded from the United 

 States except from Key West, Florida. 



MANTIDAE. 



Stagmomantis Carolina (Johannson). Brickell's Hammock, Miami, 

 III, 3, 1915, (H.: juv. occasional in heavy vegetation along 

 edges of openings in hammock), 2 juv. 



Gonatista grisea (Fabricius). Brickell's Hammock, Miami, III, 4, 

 1915, (H. ; juv. rare on trunks of trees), 1 juv. Virginia Key, 

 III, 11, 1915, (H.; on roots of mangrove in dense mangrove 

 swamp), 1 juv. 



A number of specimens secured were not retained. 



