464 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [DeC, '15 



1 ?. Virginia Key, III, 11 and 15, 1915, (H.; locally com- 

 mon in dense red mangrove swamp on sodden leaves under 

 a labyrinth of roots), 10 ^,7 5, 7 juv. $, 8 juv. 2. Cape 

 Florida, Key Biscayne, III, 12, 1915, (H.; only specimens 

 seen on bare muck of red mangrove swamp), 19,1 juv. $. 



This series is exceptionally dark in general coloration, show- 

 ing the response to the black muck environment of the red 

 mangrove swamps. In the females, the abdominal color pat- 

 tern, usually so distinct, has reached the maximum of recession 

 we have observed in this race, the pale spots being wholly ob- 

 scured and so reduced that only traces of them may be de- 

 tected with a hand lens. As a result these specimens bear a 

 close superficial resemblance to typical N. cubensis cuhensis, 

 from which species they are not only separated by several 

 very important characters but also may be further distinguish- 

 ed by the paler and more unicolorous limbs and from the nor- 

 mal condition of that race by the maxillary palpi which in 

 carolinus have a great portion of the terminal and penultimate 

 joints very pale. All of the specimens are brachypterous but 

 one of the females from Virginia Key has elongate tegmina. 

 The specimens from Miami Beach are large, the other adults 

 are unusually small excepting two males from Virginia Key 

 which are of medium size. Though abundant locally at Vir- 

 ginia Key, individuals were found to be exceedingly active 

 and difficult to capture, much more so than Hygronemohius 

 alleni,^'' but considerable efforts were made to secure a large 

 series owing to the evidently abnormal coloration of the in- 

 sects. 



Anurogryllus muticus (De Geer). Brickell's Hammock, Miami, 

 III, 5 to 15, 1915, (H.;- trapped, molasses jar), 1 large juv. 

 $. 

 This species is here recorded from a definite locality in Flor- 

 ida for the first time. 



Gryllus assimilis (Fabricius). Musa Isle, III, 4, 1915, (H.; under 

 board in pen), 1 $ . 

 This specimen is macropterous and represents the pennsyl- 

 vanicus variant of the species. 



1^ This more tropical form may, however, be more decidedly af- 

 fected by cold weather such as wa? experienced at the time these 

 specimens were taken. 



