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Morio monilicomis Latr. Plentiful beneath the bark of dead pine 

 tree in hammocks, March 1. 



Dicaelus alternans Dej. A single specimen taken beneath log, 

 alluvial floodplain at Hogtown Creek, April 11. 



Galerita janus Fabr. One of the common carabids. Found in 

 abundance beneath old logs the year round. 



Galerita lecontei Dej. Same habitat as the above species, but not 

 as abundant. 



Plochinous amandus New. A specimen was taken in caterpillar's 

 old nest on wild olive (Osmanthus americanum), August 13. 



Apenes sinuata Say. A single specimen was taken in leaf-tyer's 

 (Laverna sabellela) nest on Phoenix canariensis, March 1. 



Callida decora Fabr. Beneath bark of decayed oak stump, January 

 16. Several taken from under bark of small oak limbs in pile, in 

 association with Adelina lecontei, February 4. 



Brachjmus stigycornis Say. Found beneath log at edge of ham- 

 mock, May 1. 



GYRINID^. 



Dineutes carolinus Lee. Abundant in the water of streams and 

 sinks. 



Members of the whirligig family of beetles, when handled give off 

 a milky fluid which usually has a disagreeable odor. In certain species 

 the odor is very pleasant and the name sweet-bugs is often applied to 

 them. 



COCCINELLID^. 



Megilla maculata DeG. This species has been taken several times, 

 but is not abundant. 



Hippodamia convergens Guer. A very common species. It is very 

 abundant on the bull thistle in April. 



Coccinella sanguinea Linn. 



Found abundantly throughout most of the season. 



Chilocorus bivulnerus Muls. This lady-bird is found the year 

 round and is probably our most useful native coccinellid. 



Exochomus childreni Muls. This small reddish cocinellid was 

 abundant on oak foliage. April 16. On chinquepin leaf, April 29. 



Brachyacantha dentipes Fabr. A single specimen was taken on oak 

 foliage in piney woods, April 16. On oak foliage at hammock edge, 

 April 3. 



Brachyacantha querceti Sz. Taken on buckeye foliage at Hogtown 

 Creek, March 9. Prof. Watson took a specimen in same locality March 

 5, in leaf -roller's nest, feeding on the remains of the inhabitant, which it 

 had apparently killed. 



Hyperaspis proba Say. One on hickory leaf, April 11. 



Scymnus fraternus Lee. Very abundant during March in the 

 blooms of Crategus and on the foliage of Aesculus pavia. 



