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attracted, besides the two species of Phalcria above men- 

 tioned, a number of Sapn'ims ferritgineiis Mars. Beating 

 the scanty brush brought to light a Scymmis yet undescribed 

 but common at various points in Southern Florida, a few 

 examples of Psyllobora nana Muls. which we also took in 

 Cuba, a Corticaria common throughout Florida, and a lot of 

 Artipns jioridaniis Horn, a weevil extremely abundant at vari- 

 ous points on the mainland of this state, where it has devel- 

 oped lately into a nuisance by reason of its habit of attacking 

 various cultivated plants for food. On Bird Key a few Cato- 

 rania ■punctidata Lee. and Petaliiini hiitriahun Say would be 

 found in the beating net after going over the bushes, while 

 Loggerhead Key yielded a number of a little Pscitdcbcpits. 

 perhaps ohlitiis Lee. The sea-oats on Rush Key gave shelter, 

 in their heavy tops, to an Oxac/'s, while the sand and rubbish 

 about the roots covered numerous Blapstiiius opaciis Lee. 

 This Blapslitnis was also tolerablv common under the fallen 

 head-boards which mark the site of the old cemetery on Bird 

 Key. Hynicnonis. coiivcxiis Casev showed a particular fond- 

 ness for resting on the castor bean. Hemiptera were numer- 

 ous in specimens, one green species being so abundant as to 

 seriously interfere with successful use of the beating net, 

 which would be choked and covered with them after a few 

 moments' work, interfering with the labor of picking out 

 more valuable material. iMiirgaiiiia histrionica was twice 

 met with in colonies — once on Bird Key and once on Logger- 

 head. The others so far as known are named by Mr. Heide- 

 mann Goiiiaiiotiis niarginipniictahts Wolf, Pangceus bUiiicatiis 

 Say and Clorocon's lo.xops Uhler. Spiders were abundant, 

 but as yet we have none identified."^ 



Here, as elsewhere during our cruise, the Crustacea were 

 among the most conspicuous and abundant of animal types. 

 About thirty species of Brachyura were collected. One of the 

 most interesting was Leptopodia sagittaria (Fabr.) a maioid 

 with exceedingly slender legs, armed with sparse, short thorns, 

 and having a rostrum produced into a slender point and ex- 



iMr. II. F. Wickham. 



