282 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [JunC, 



BLATTID^. 

 Ischnoptera johnsoni Rehn. 



An adult female of this species was taken at Pablo Beach, August 11, 

 from under palmetto root. 



Eurycotis floridana (Walker). 



Two females from Cedar Keys, August 15, represent this species. 

 Periplaneta americana (Linmeus). 



This species was noticed at every locality visited in Florida. 



Periplaneta australasise (Fabricius). 



This species is represented by a nymph from Cedar Keys, August 15, 

 taken under adherent dead petiole bases of palmetto. Mature in- 

 dividuals were seen at St. Augustine and Palatka. 

 Periplaneta truncata Krauss. 



The evening of August 20 this species was found very abundant on 

 the Clyde Line wharf at Jacksonville. Portions of the wharf under the 

 electric lights seemed to be their favorite haunts, and when disturbed 

 they scurried rapidly away or hid in the crevices between the planking. 

 A series of seven males, eleven females and two nymphs are in the 

 collection. Unquestionably this species is becoming more generally 

 distributed in the Gulf States, and from the evidence in hand its 

 strongholds are probably the larger ports, to which it has no doubt 

 been brought by shipping from the tropics. 



The series mentioned above exhibits considerable variation in the 

 length of the tegmina and wings. 



Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnseus). 



A series of six females represent this species, the localities being 

 Cedar Keys, August 15, Gainesville, August 17 (in room), Palatka, 

 August 19, and St. Augustine, August 19. 



The Cedar Keys specimens are all small and quite dark, with the 

 pale cephalic line on the pronotum broadly interrupted in the middle 

 and much reduced laterad. The individuals from the other localities 

 have the tegmina paler, the cephalic pronotal margin distinctly and 

 continuously marked and the general size greater. 



MANTID^. 

 Stagmomantis Carolina (Johannson). 



This species is represented by five nymphs from Pablo Beach, August 

 11 and 13 (in grass, palmetto scrub and pine woods), two nymphs from 

 Gainesville, August 16 (undergrowth in pine woods), and one adult 

 female specimen from Cedar Keys, August 15. The latter speci- 



