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day with temperature 70, the few specimens heard stridulat- 

 ing emitted a trilling note, not loud but penetrating; the trills 

 lasting one or one and one-half but occasionally two seconds, 

 with the normal interval between a little less than one second. 

 This song was not nearly as tinkling as that of Cyrto.vipha 

 f/nndlachi, but still pleasant to the ear. Specimens were easily 

 taken owing to the fact that, even if perfectly concealed, they 

 could be easily made to leave their hiding places by stirring 

 about the dead leaves. 



Measurements (in millimeters) 



Length of Length of Length of Length of Length of 



body pronotum legmen wing caudal femur 



cf 5.3-6.2 .9-1.1 5-5.4 7.7-8.6 4.7-5. 



? 4.7-5.4 .8-1.1 4.4-4.7 7.4-7.8 4.3-4.7 



This species is closely related to the tropical American species 

 taltccus and aiigusticollis and is a member of a large group of species 

 of the genus, no other of which is known from the United States. 



The most striking features of the species are : the broad lateral 

 bands of dark brown which run from the postocular portion of the 

 head across the lateral lobes of the pronotum and include all of the 

 lateral fields of the tegmina and exposed portions of the wings when 

 at rest; the very long wings in both sexes and very ample tegmina in 

 the male; the short and widely separated spines of the caudal tibiae; 

 the long caudal metatarsus and proportionately very short distal tarsal 

 joints, and the maxillary palpi which have the terminal joint expand- 

 ing weakly in the proximal half, but strongly in the remaining distal 

 portion. 



Cyrtoxipha gundlachi Saussure. Brickell's Hammock, Miami, III, 

 4 and 5, 1915, (H.; song heard on all sides after dusk, speci- 

 mens beaten from foliage), 1 $, 2 juv. $, 1 minute juv. 

 Virginia Key, III, 11, 1915, (H.; heard everywhere through 

 red mangroves and in strand shrubbery, beaten from bushy 

 scrub near strand), 15,1 juv. 9. Cape Florida, Key Bis- 

 cayne, III, 12, 1915, (heard abundantly in red mangrove and 

 other heavy leaved trees), none taken. 

 The very pleasant tinkling song of this species is to be heard 



almost everywhere on warm evenings about Miami. 



Hapithus agitator quadratus Scudder. Brickell's Hammock, Miami, 

 III, 3, 4 and 5, 1915, (H.; adults scarce, immature individuals 

 common in luxuriant undergrowth), 3 $ , 2 9, 3 juv. $. 

 Virginia Key, III, 15, 1915, (H.; in red mangrove swamp, 

 on sodden leaves among roots), 19,1 juv. 9. 



