1920] Dozier: Insects of Florida 367 



Monohammus titillator Fab. This species is known as the Southern 

 Wood-Sawyer and does a tremendous amount of damage to pine timber 

 in the southern states. June 9-October 20. 



Graphysurus fasciatus DeG. Several newly emerged adults and 

 pupa? were taken beneath bark pulled from fallen oak trunk, February 7. 

 A specimen was taken at lights September 25. 



Oberea ocellata var. plagiata Casey. A single specimen was taken 

 on weed at Hogtown Creek, May 23. 



Elaphidion mucranatum Fab. A specimen taken by Prof. Watson 

 at chinquei^in bloom, May 10. Taken at lights, June S. 



CHRYSOMELID^. 



Lema solani Fab. Numerous at Hogtown Creek, April 9, eating the 

 foliage of a solanaceous weed. March 14-April 9. 



Lema brunnicollis Lac. A specimen was taken by Prof. Watson in 

 live oak hammock, August 20. Abundant on low oak bushes and weeds 

 in open field, April 11-15. 



Lema conjuncta Lee. Taken in flight along road through hammock, 

 May 1. A specimen was swept from oak foliage, April 1. 



Anomoea laticlavia Forst. This species has been taken feeding on 

 pine foliage June S. Taken on a weed at Hogtown Creek, April 9. 



Coscinoptera dominicana Fab. A specimen taken by umbrella- 

 beating oak foliage, April IS. 



Chlamys plicata Fab, Numbers of this queer-looking beetle were 

 taken on chinquepin blooms, evidently eating the pollen. May 20. 



Exema gibber Oliv. Taken in the hammocks, April 2. 



Bassareus congestus Fab. Several have been taken on oak foliage. 

 July 5-24. 



Cr3rptocephalus 4-maculata var. flavipennis Hald. Beaten from 

 wild cherry in bloom on road to Hogtown Creek, March 9. Taken also 

 on oak and wild buckeye foliage. April 3-18. 



Cryptocephalus guttulatus Oliv. Taken on weed at Hogtown 

 Creek, April 9. On oak foliage, April 3. 



Cryptocephalus badius Suffr. A ntmiber of specimens taken on 

 basswood, July 12-14. 



Monachus auritus Hald. A few on oak foliage in hammock, 

 April 4. 



Monachus thoracicus Cr. Large numbers of this little bronze 

 chrysomelid were taken at wild plum blossoms, February lS-20. 

 Abundant at cherry laurel blooms, March 1. At blooms of wild cherry 

 in plentiful numbers, March 7-9. 



Trirhabda brevicoUis Lee. This beetle makes its appearance every 

 year about the first of April, having only a single brood a year. Some 

 years it completely defoliates all the prickly ash. The first larvae of 

 the season have been taken April 1. The pupal stage lasts only for a 

 few days. 



