MORGAN HEBARD 207 



Coloration and color pattern very similar to aptera aptera, the males with 

 lateral marginal bands of pronotal disk usually light orange, rarely whitish, 

 the females with these bands likewise present but narrower, varying from 

 light yellow buff through light yellow orange (usual) to rich orange (rare). 

 Caudal tibiae glaucous with dorsal surface purplish, this latter usually more 

 strongly indicated in females and occasionally rich pink, caudal tarsi rich 

 pink. Cephalic and median limbs of the general green coloration except in 

 males of some series in which all or the majority have these members rich 

 orange brown. Pinkish coloration of apex of male abdomen, so often 

 shown in aptera, obsolete or weakly indicated. 



That this is a distinct species and not a race of aptera is 

 clearly shown by the penis, convergence and intergradation be- 

 tween the two types now being impossible. In hubbelli the 

 form of the penis further shows no variation worthy of note in 

 the large series at hand. Though aptera and sphenarioides are 

 quite generally present over a great area of coincident distribu- 

 tion, hubbelli (apparently wholly) supplants the former over a 

 region where its distribution is similarly coincident with that of 

 sphenarioides. The other species of the genus are less exten- 

 sively distributed and where found are local, limited to xeric 

 sand scrub-oak areas. 



Specimens Examined. — 107; 62 males, 33 females and 12 immature 

 individuals. 



Florida: Ocala, IX, 19 to 20, 1917, (Rehn and Hebard; with aptera 

 borealis and aptera aptera in areas of oak shoots in sandy pine flatwoods), 

 11 £, 2$. Yankeetown, VII, 17, 1934, (R. H. and J. D. Beamer; Griffith; 

 McKinstry), 11 #, 6$, 1 medium juv. 9, [Univ. of Kansas and Hebard 

 Cln.]. Trilby, IX, 16, 1917, (Rehn and Hebard; lowland pine woods, 

 undergrowth of Saw Palmetto, Gallberry and Kalmia) , 1 $ , 6 $ . Lake 

 Jovita, VII, 20, 1934, (R. H. Beamer, Jr.), 3$, 1$, [Univ. of Kansas and 

 Hebard Cln.]. Anona, IX, 17, 1917, (Rehn and Hebard; occasional in 

 sandy scrub of low oaks), 3$ , 1 medium small juv. $ , 1 medium small and 

 1 small juv. $. Arcadia, IX, 12, 1917, (Rehn and Hebard; in Long Leaf 

 Pine woods undergrowth, a few in Myrica cerifera) , 5 $ , 2 $ . Fort Myers, 

 IX, 13 to 15, 1917, (Rehn and Hebard; throughout undergrowth of pine 

 woods, particularly in Saw Palmetto clumps), 28<$, 11$, type, allotype, 

 paratypes, 4 large to medium juv. 9 . Iona, IX, 13, 1917, (Rehn and 

 Hebard; same), 2$, 1 large juv. $, 1 medium juv. 9. Pineland on Pine 

 Island in Charlotte Harbor, V, 18 and 20, 1915, (M. Hebard; only two 

 adults seen, immatures numerous in undergrowth of Saw Palmetto and wire 

 grass of Pinus caribaea flatwoods), 2$ . Marco, IV, 19, 1912, (W. T. Davis), 

 1$, [Hebard Cln.]. Estero, VII, 21, 1934, (R. H. and J. D. Beamer; 

 Griffith), 19,2 medium juv. 9, [Univ. of Kansas and Hebard Clns.]. 



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