ANNALS 



OF 



The Entomological Society of America 



Volume XIII DECEMBER, 1920 Number 4 



AN ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF HAMMOCK AND PINEY 

 WOODS INSECTS IN FLORIDA.* 



Herbert L. Dozier. 



CONTENTS. 



Part I. page 



Introduction 326 



Acknowledgments 326 



Definition and description of hammock 327 



Description of piney woods 331 



Location and physical characteristics 332 



Part II. 



Relation of hammock insects to their environment 339 



Relation of piney woods insects to their environment 347 



Part III. 



Annotated list of hammock and pinev woods insects 353 



Bibliography " 380 



PART I. 



PREFACE. 



"No one can have been long engaged in collecting insects 

 without having noticed the remarkable diversity in the products 

 of different years, not only in quantity, but in kinds. Each 

 summer seems to bring its own particular species to the front, 

 so that if a person wishes to get a moderately correct idea of the 

 insects of any locality, it is necessary for him not only to hunt 

 diligently all the season, but every season for a considerable 

 length of time; and if he has from any cause missed one, he 



*A thesis (revised to date) presented to the faculty of the University of 

 Florida in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science, 

 June, 1917. 



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