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Simblerastes jamaicanus 



Jamaica. — Numerous in fragmentary debris of an abandoned ter- 

 mite nest on ground in the dry Liguanea Plain ; a specimen was also 

 taken under a stone in a field of short grass (Rehn and Hebard, 1927) . 



Styphon bakeri 



Costa Rica. — Among humus and rubble in crevices and large cavi- 

 ties in rocks of the Tertiary limestone rim and the metamorphosed 

 and igneous rocks of the interior of the islands (Baker in Rehn, 1930) . 



Supella supellectilium 



Virgin Islands, St. Croix. — Under rubbish heaps ; in sugarcane 

 straw (Beatty, 1944). 



Africa. — "A cosmotropical species which occurs both out of doors 

 and as a household pest in many warmer parts of the world. It is 

 apparently endemic to non- forested areas in much of Africa north of 

 the Equator." (Kevan and Chopard, 1954.) 



Symploce flagellata 



Puerto Rico. — Under low trees on hillside and dead leaves in 

 thicket of sea grape (Hebard, 1916c), 



Symploce hospes 



Hawaii. — Under stones and rubbish (Illingworth, 1915). 

 Virgin Islands, St. Croix. — Under rubbish and on shrubbery at 

 night (Beatty, 1944). 



Symploce jamaicana 



Jamaica. — In dead leaves under acacia and other shrubs in desert 

 tract; under log and rubbish in open on limestone sand near beach 

 (Hebard, 1916c). Very common in short dry grass in roadside gutter 

 at night, often clustered together ; under beach trash in stony wash of 

 Hope River (Rehn and Hebard, 1927). 



Symploce ruficollis 



Virgin Islands, St. Croix. — Under rubbish and on shrubbery at 

 night (Beatty, 1944). 



Puerto Rico. — In siftings from sea-grape thicket on sandy soil 

 (Rehn and Hebard, 1927). Often living under leaf -sheaths of sugar- 

 cane (Wolcott, 1950). 



