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ACRIDIDAE. 



Nomotettix cristatus floridensis Hancock. Pineland, Pine Id., 

 Fla., V, 18, 1915 (H.; juv. very scarce in undergrowth of pine 

 woods), 1 juv. $. 



Neotettix femoratus (Scudder). Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 18 

 and 20, 1915 (H.; occasional in undergrowth of pine woods), 

 7 5,5$. 



Neotettix bolteri Hancock. Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 18 and 

 20, 1915 (H.; undergrowth of pine woods), 1 $, 1 $. 



Radinotatum brevipenne peninsulare Rehn and Hebard. Pine- 

 land, Pine Id., Fla., V, 18 and 20, 1915 (H.; moderately numerous 

 in undergrowth of pine woods), 11 $,9 $. 



Mermiria intertexta Scudder. Useppa Id., Fla., V, 17, 1915 (H.; 

 grasses on shore), 1 juv. 9. 



Macneillia (2) obscura (Scudder). Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 

 18 and 20, 1915 (H.), 36 $,19 9- 



This insect, usually so rare and local, was found in small 

 numbers everywhere throughout the undergrowth of the pine 

 woods and the large series taken was easily secured. Though 

 individuals in this series are not as highly colored as is often 

 the case, the females particularly exhibit a great variety of 

 coloration. Of the entire series but two females are marked 

 with green, this color phase rarely developing in the present 

 species. 



Amblytropidia occidentalis (Saussure). Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., 

 V, 18, 1915 (H.; undergrowth of pine woods), 1 $. Captiva Id. at 

 Captiva Pass, Fla., V, 19, 1915 (H.; in hammock), 1 $. 



Orphulella pelidna (Burmeister). Pineland, Pine Id., Fla., V, 

 18 and 20, 1915 (H.), 2 $, 1 9. Captiva Id. at Captiva Pass, Fla., 

 V, 19, 1915 (H.; common in short grass areas), 3 $ , 1 9. 



2 Caudell, adhering strictly to a one letter rule, has recently at- 

 tempted (Proc. U. S. N. M., xlix, p. 28 (1915.)), to resurrect Mc- 

 Neill's Pedeticmn for this genus, preoccupied by Pcdeticiis of Laporte, 

 and for this reason renamed Macneillia by Scudder. Caudell's action 

 is unwarranted and if consistently followed would cause endless con- 

 fusion. The matter has long been settled by Mammalogists and Orni- 

 thologists, the one letter rule being suppressed unless indicating dif- 

 ferent word derivations. At a time when the first glimmering of hope 

 for nomenclatural stability, at least in certain groups, is beginning 

 to dawn, we strongly object to changes of well-known names where the 

 validity of such a change is either everywhere debatable or consid- 

 ered utterly incorrect by all but a very few. 



