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Florida Entomologist 
Official Organ of the Florida Entomological Society 
WOL. V. SUMMER NUMBER NOH 1 
JULY, L920 
HOMOPTERA OF FLORIDA 
HERBERT OSBORN 
The following list is an attempt to bring together all available 
data on the Homopteran fauna of Florida. The list published 
by Professor Barber” naturally forms the basis for any such 
effort and I have included the records there given with the au- 
thorities. I have, however, adopted the nomenclature and ar- 
rangement of Van Duzee’s Catalogue in the main, as this will 
be for many years the most convenient means of comparison. 
The numerous additions to the Barber list are largely due to 
active collecting by Professor C. J. Drake, whose summer cap- 
tures in 1918 were turned over to me for study and a number are 
due to specimens submitted to me by Professor J. R. Watson of 
the Florida Experiment Station, while a few trace back to earlier 
collections by Professor H. A. Gossard. Initials of these gentle- 
men will indicate the source for the species entered as also for 
the many Gainesville records that appear. The Gainesville lo- 
cality records have a special value since so large a part of the 
previous records have been from coastal localities and in many 
cases represent only winter collecting. The value of such a list 
is of course dependent on the accuracy of the identification and 
I have endeavored to verify all the previous records as well as 
to satisfy myself as to the identity of the species newly entered. 
In any comparison with other regions for the purpose of deter- 
mining the source of the fauna or the recent introduction of 
new arrivals it is very clear that reliable records for the regions 
In Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. 33, pp. 495-535 (1914). 
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