52 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL, I4I 



Homalopteryx laminata 



St. Vincent. — In decaying leaves in forest (Rehn and Hebard, 



1927). 



Trinidad. — In forest debris and debris under old cacao trees; it is 

 not uncommon under dry leaves ; it feigns death when disturbed 

 (Princis and Kevan, 1955). 



Hormetica laevigata 

 Brazil. — From crown of palm between leaf bases (Hancock, 1926). 



Ignabolivaria bilobata 



U.S.S.R. — Under rocks and on the edges of woods in the lowlands 

 in the north and in the mountains in the south (Bei-Bienko, 1950). 



Ischnoptera deropeltiformis 



North Carolina. — Under pine straw on ground in woods (Brimley, 

 1908). 



Georgia. — Under dead oak leaves ; under debris in garden ; running 

 on ground in pine and oak woods (Rehn and Hebard, 1916). 



Indiana. — It is "a ground-frequenting, forest-loving insect, hiding 

 beneath cover or about the edges of deep woodland, more frequently 

 in damp places, and rarely taken beneath bark, signs, or at lights" 

 (Blatchley, 1920). 



Missouri. — Tw^enty to 30 males found resting on heads of wild 

 oats on successive evenings (Rau, 1947). 



Texas. — It preferred damp, open woodlands (Hebard, 1943a). 



Eastern and southeastern U.S. — Under stone in heavy deciduous 

 forest; under damp, dead leaves on edges of forests; under bark of 

 pine log; in wire grass and sphagnum bordering stream thicket; in 

 leaf mold and rubbish about pothole in pine woods, Pinus carihaea; 

 under debris and leaf mold in hammock; under dead oak leaves in 

 heavy deciduous forest (Hebard, 1917). 



Florida. — "This species is distinctly geophilous and appears to pre- 

 fer damp surroundings" (Rehn and Hebard, 1912). Under boards 

 on very wet ground in everglades ; in debris and leaf mold in heav>', 

 junglelike areas of trees, bushes, and vines (Rehn and Hebard, 1914). 

 Adults and numerous nymphs beneath weeds, grass, and other debris 

 washed up on beach of Lake Okeechobee (Blatchley, 1920). Friauf 

 (1953) found this species in leaf duff, leaf mold, and/or decaying 

 wood on ground in these habitats: Dry, ruderal grassland (infre- 

 quent), scrub (infrequent), sandhills (occasional), xeric hammock 



