1920] Dozier: Insects of Florida 347 



Occurring beneath bark: G ro pJi ys ii ru s fasc iat ns , and Adelina 

 lecontei. 



Accidental: Ilymcnonis obsciinis, Tomoxia lineella, Notoxus 

 calcaratus, Ilypoprcpia Jiicosa, and Iladena miseloides. 



BASSWOOD OR LINDEN COMMUNITY. 



The basswood is met with throughout the hammocks and is 

 a shade-enduring tree. It is attacked by numbers of insects 

 and its blossoms furnish a rich collecting place. Among these 

 is an undetermined leaf-tyer that renders the foliage unsightly. 



Attacking the foliage: Eriophyes abnormis, Gargaphia tilicE, 

 Gypona octolineata, Eiitettix semimida, Macrosiphum coryli, 

 Crytocephalus hadius, Chaetocnema conjinis, Chalepus rubra, 

 Pantagrapha limnata, and Phyllonoryckr lucetiella. 



Accidental: Celetes basalis. 



Relation of Piney Woods Insects To Their Environment. 



I. ground stratum.. 



Although less study was devoted to the piney woods insects, 

 it is at once apparent that the insect life in this association is 

 much less varied and plentiful than that of the hammocks. 



The subterranean fauna, however, is very characteristic. 

 In-, spring, especially, low mounds of sand a foot or two in 

 diameter, made by the rodent, Geomys tuza floridanus, are con- 

 spicuous and typical of this habitat. This rodent is known in 

 Florida by the name of "salamander," a name which gives an 

 entirely erroneous conception of the animal. Another mis- 

 leading name is that of "gopher," given to the turtle Testudo 

 or Gopher us polyphemus. The insect fauna of its long burrows 

 has been studied by Hubbard (Insect Life, Vol. VI, 1894). 

 This "gopher," together with the "salamander" and other 

 animals are continually moving and stirring up every particle 

 of the upper foot or two of the soil every few years. Ant' hills, 

 the pits of the ant-lion or so-called "doodle-bug," and the holes 

 of tiger beetles are occasionally found. 



II. FIELD AND SHRUB STRATUM. 



In the spring and summer grasshoppers and leafhoppers are 

 to be found in the tall wire-grass and broomsedge, although 



