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Petalium bistriatum Say. Beaten from bushes with the next. 



Catorama pundulata Lee. Not common. 



Ligyrus gibbosus DeGeer. A dead specimen was picked up 

 on Loggerhead Key, another on Rush Key. 



Elaphidion truncatum Hald. A specimen agrees with Halde- 

 man's description except that the frontal line is quite distinct. 



Blapstinus opacus Lee. Common under boards and rubbish. 



Phaleria longula Lee. Very common, found by hundreds 

 along the beach under sea-weed or dead animals. 



Phaleria picipes Say. With the preceding, but much less 

 common. 



Hymenorus convexus Casey. Common, especially on Castor 

 Bean. 



Oxacis sp. n. A few taken from heads of sea-oats. 



Xylophilus ventricosus Lee. 



Artipiis floridanus Horn. Extremely common on bushes, 

 also occurs over all southern Florida and in the Bahamas. 



Cryptorhynchus sp On the beach. 



Dryotribus mimeticus Horn. Under stones or boards on the 

 beach. 



Macrancylus linearis Lee. Under logs on beach, not rare. 



A glance at the above list will show that these little islands 

 have evidently derived their fauna from the same source as the 

 coast of the mainland of southern Florida and the outlying Keys 

 along the shore. Several of the species were taken also in the 

 Bahamas and further attention to this matter will be given when 

 the entire collections made by the writer in the British West 

 Indies are worked up. 



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NAMES,-SCIENTIFIC vs. COMMON. 



By FREDERIC ORMONDE. 



The question as to whether insects shall be determined by 

 their scientific or their common names, has been a field for much 

 discussion among entomologists and the entomological journals. 

 Yet, the advocates of the. system of common names do not 

 appear to have gained much in return for thfir efforts. And 

 why should they achieve favorable results when their only argu- 

 ment in favor of this scheme rests in the assertion that descrip- 

 tions would be more lucid and acceptable to the general reader 



