June, 1920.1 Blatchlev: Xf.w Rhynchophora. KU 



SOME NEW RHYNCHOPHORA FROM EASTERN 



NORTH AMERICA WITH ADDITIONS TO AND 



CORRECTIONS OF THE " RHYNCHOPHORA 



OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA." 



By W. S. P)Latc]iley, 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



Since the " Rhynchophora of Northeastern America," prepared by 

 Chas. W. Leng and myself, was issued in September, 191 6, a number 

 of undescribed forms have been collected by me or sent in by others. 

 More extended collecting in southern Florida, especially in the Cape 

 Sable and Lake Okeechobee regions, have furnished additional notes 

 on the distribution and habits of a number of species included in the 

 work. I have therefore prepared this paper, which includes descrip- 

 tions of new forms from the region covered by us, mention of those 

 described since 1916 by other authors, notes on habits and extension 

 of range, and corrections of a number of errors which were bound to 

 occur in the text of such a work as our " Rhynchophora." 



The errors mentioned were, for the most part, made known to me 

 i)y Col. Wirt Robinson of West Point, N. Y., who. while making ex- 

 tended use of the work in naming and i)lacing liis species, made a 

 manuscript list of such errors or suggestions for improvement as 

 were found or occurred to him. This list he kindly forwarded to me. 



In the pages which follow the number before each species is that 

 of the species in the Rhynchophora. Where a page is cited in paren- 

 thesis it is also that of the Rhynchophora. 



I have found in recent years that many species of Rhynchophora 

 occurring in Florida hibernate in the adult stage in dead branches, 

 bunches of dead twigs, leaves or Spanish moss, dead air plants, etc., 

 in or about the edges of hammocks. By beating these various objects 

 above an open umbrella numerous species supposed to be rare have 

 been found to be frequent or even common in numbers. Examples of 

 such species are Honnops abduccns Lee, Erodiscus tinaiuus Lee. and 

 Lcmhodcs soUtarius Boh. At Cape Sable in late February more than 

 40 species of Rhyncho])hora were thus found hibernating. 



