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Li.viis coiicaz'us Say. April 4. 



The adults breed in early summer on stalks of Riinicx (dock) 

 and other plants. The larvae probably live inside the stems. A com- 

 mon and generally distributed species, not restricted to sand. The 

 adults hibernate in sheltered places. Taken under a board at the 

 summit of a bunch-grass dune southeast of Havana. 



Lu'its iiiiisciiliis Say. April i. 



Not a common species. Taken under a log in a sandy lane near 

 the Devil's Hole. 



Chalcodcniiiis coUaris Horn. April 9. 



Commonly found on Oenothera in sandy places. Picked up on 

 the sand between tufts of bunch-grass, Devil's Hole. 



Centrinus picuninus Hbst. ; Hood, det. July 23, October 5. 



Of general distribution; commonly found on flowers. Taken on 

 Euphorbia coroUata flowers in black-oak woods near Matanzas Lake, 

 and, in the fall, on flowers of a white aster along a roadside near 

 Havana. 



Barilepton filiforme Lee. April 4. 



A very small black weevil, taken under a log in bunch-grass 

 south of the Devil's Hole. 



Sphenophorus scoparius Horn. April 7, 191 1. 



Members of this genus are known as "bill-bugs," and are often 

 injurious to cultivated plants. One specimen was found dead on 

 blowsand at the Devil's Neck. 



Gyinnctron fetcr Fab.; Hood, det. June 24. 



The common and widely distributed weevil so commonly found 

 on mullein. Found on this plant along every roadside in the sand 

 region. 



Order lEpidopTERA 



The Lcpuioptera were, unfortunately, rather slighted in the field 

 work, and the records are accordingly very scanty. The larvse of 

 insects of this order eat great quantities of vegetable tissue and are 

 among the important plant-eating groups in an association. Many 

 of the Lepidoptcra recorded by Mr. Hart were taken on roadsides, 

 and are generally distributed. Quite a few species, however, are 

 typical of the sand prairie, some being found nowhere else in the 

 state. 



Daiiais plexippus Linn. July 5. 



The milkweed butterfly was seen several times flying about in 



