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semi-tropical vines of many kinds, form the prevailing vegetation 

 along the banks, while pickerel weed, water hyacinth, arrow heads, 

 sawgrass and spatterdock fill the marshes. Along Lake Okee- 

 chobee a custard apple and wild papaw become plentiful, while 

 here and there a rubber tree with spreading branches rears its 

 head above the underbrush. My main collecting was done by 

 beating and by overturning drift along the shores, though in a few 

 places I was able to do some sweeping and sifting. 



At Dunedin, and later on at Sanford, Eustis and Ormond, 

 collecting was done in all possible ways. Of the insects taken 

 during the trip of 1913 only the Coleoptera have been mounted 

 and studied. About 900 species of these were secured during the 

 two seasons. Could I have remained through May, probably as 

 many more could have been taken, as the spring broods were just 

 coming out in numbers when I had to leave. 



Brief notes on the occurrence of a few of the rare or little 

 known species will be given in this and a succeeding paper, together 

 with descriptions of a number of forms apparently hitherto un- 

 described.* 



209.** — Pasimachus strenuus Lee. A single example of this 

 large Scaritid was taken near Ormond, March 24, from beneath a 

 chunk in open pine woods. Length 37.5 mm. 



Scarites californicus Lee. A half dozen or so from be- 

 neath logs half buried in the beach sand. St. Petersburgh, January 

 23; Dunedin, January 20. Smaller than subterraneus Fab., much 

 more shining and with the striae of elytra almost obliterated. The 

 two can be separated at a glance, though californicus is not recog- 

 nized in our lists. Length 15 — 17 mm. 



535. — Pterostichus morio Dej. A single specimen at 

 Dunedin, January 17, from beneath chunk near border of lake. 



536. — Pterostichus faber Germ. This was the most common 

 species of Pterostichus taken, having been secured in six widely 

 separated localities. Schwarz lists it as "very rare." It occurs 

 singly or in pairs beneath rubbish along streams or ponds. Of 

 this genus and Evarthrus I took but five species in the two winters, 



*Notes on 55 other species of Coleoptera taken by me at Ormond in the 

 early spring of 1899 will be found in the appendix to my "Nature Wooing at 

 Ormond by the Sea." 



**The numbers are those of the Henshaw Check List and Third Supplement. 



