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Perkins, in 1899, in the Orthoptera section of the Fauna Ha- 

 waiiensis (Vol. II, pt. I, p. 26) proposed the same generic term, 

 which of course precludes it from use in another connection. 

 To replace Aphonus Saussure and Aphonogryllus Rehn (not of 

 Perkins), I propose Aphonomorphus. 



Notes on the Collecting Around Thomas- 



ville, Georgia. 



By Morgan Hebard. 



The collecting about Thomasville, Georgia, is very similar 

 to that of Northern Florida, as Thomasville is situated in the 

 extreme southern portion of the State. 



The surrounding country is fiat, but not marshy, and is cov- 

 ered with open pine forests. These forests are everywhere 

 seamed by streams which flow through gulches completely 

 filled with Magnolias, Bays, Beeches, Tulip Trees, and choked 

 with a dense growth of blackberry, grape and other vines. 

 This is the opposite to what is found in the pine woods where 

 there is scarcely any undergrowth higher than the grasses and 

 huckleberry bushes. There are occasionally large tracts of 

 scrub oak or beech, but the pine forest predominates. Among 

 those oak * ' hammocks ' ' I have found Thayiaos somnus^ Tha- 

 naos ncBvius and Thanaos peirotiius in company with the ever 

 present Tkanaos juve?ialis, Thorybes bathyllus and Thorybes 

 pylades. This locality for Thanaos somnus and Thanaos ncB- 

 vius is of special interest-, as these species have never before 

 been taken outside of Florida. There I have also found the 

 Thecla halesus. 



In April, 1900, I found, to my great surprise, Ancea portia 

 in one spot in the pine woods ; they were there quite abundant, 

 but so shy as to be almost unapproachable. I saw them there 

 between April 9th and 22nd. On4;he first date they were all 

 fresh and evidently newly emerged, -but on the 22nd the only 

 specimen I saw was in quite poor condition. As this species 

 has never before been found north of the Southernmost part of 

 Florida, I was very much surprised and pleased to find it in 

 Georgia. 



