196 FLORIDA HEMIPTERA 



with the general characters given by Dr. Ball and as the species 

 is evidently distinct from vulgaris and is from one of the type 

 localities of obscura. I think there can be little risk of error 

 in placing it with that species. Dr. Ball confirms my deter- 

 mination in so far as that is possible with the poor condition of 

 my material. 



Subfamily Delphacina-. 



207. Stenocranus saccharivorus Westwood. 



One example taken at Tampa. So far as I know this is the 

 first recorded occurrence of this pretty little geen insect within 

 our territory. It is common in the West Indies. 



208. Stenocranus dorsalis Fitch. 



Not uncommon at Crescent City and Sanford. These spec- 

 imens are as dark and clearly marked as are any found in the 

 northern states. One male is smaller and paler but probably 

 not distinct. 



209. Stenocranus palaetus VanDuzee. 



Crescent City; eight examples. The long vertex, soiled 

 brown color and large tibial spurs will readily distinguish this 

 species. 



210. Megamelanus elongatus Ball. 



Crescent City; not uncommon on a tufted marsh grass 

 growing on the borders of Lake Stella and on a similar and 

 probably identical grass on the gulf coast at St. Petersburg and 

 Estero Island. Some of the females are almost uniformly 

 soiled straw-yellow with the outer carinse of the front margined 

 within with fuscous and the oviduct, two or three points on the 

 basal margins of the venter and a small spot at the apex of the 

 middle apical areole of the elytra, black. Sometimes however 

 the sides of the abdomen above and below are quite broadly 

 infuscated. In the males the general color is darker, the 

 abdomen is largely black and the elytra have a fuscous mark at 

 the inner apical angle covering the two inner two areoles and 

 the apex of the third. 



With these I took at Estero and St. Petersburg one male 

 and five females which differ in that the females are marked 



