ORTHOPTERA
FAM. BLATTI DAE
SUBFAM. BLATTINAE (=PERIPLANETINAE)
By R. SHELFORD
WITH 2 COLOURED PLATES
Gen. Insectorum Fas. 109

THE Blattinae (Periplanetinae) form the fourth subfamily of the Blattidae.

Characters. -- Antennae setaceous and usually much longer than the body, very rarely plumose or incrassated. Head with the vertex usually exposed. Eyes reniform. Ocelliform spots rarely absent. Tegmina and wings completely developed, reduced, rudimentary or absent; when present usually semicoriaceous; the costal veins of the wings irregular and much branched, ulnar vein of the wings multiramose, the branches irregular and bifurcated. Sub-genital lamina of male typically quadrate and symmetrical with a pair of slender genital styles. Sub-genital lamina of female modified to form a pair of apposed valves. Cerci variable, but generally flattened and acuminate. Femora generally strongly spined beneath. Tarsi variable. Ootheca chitinous, carried with the suture uppermost. None of the species viviparous.

This is a very well-defined subfamily on account of the valvular structure of the female sub-genital lamina, whilst the males can also be readily distinguished by the symmetry of the sub-genital lamina and by the slender but well-marked styles. I have met with no forms that can be regarded as intermediate between this and other subfamilies of Blattidae. I cannot follow Bolivar in maintaining the subfamily Nocticolinae for the cavernicolous genera Nocticola and Spelaeoblatta; to my mind the undoubted Blattine features of the female sub-genital lamina in these genera over-ride in importance characters that have been called into existence by the cave-haunting habit. Sexual dimorphism is a very marked feature of the Blattinae and some confusion has' resulted from its non-recognition by some authors; there is no doubt that the number of known species of Deropeltis and Pseudoderopeltis will be reduced when we gain more exact knowledge of the two sexes of both genera; several species of Pseudoderopeltis, described from females alone, have been placed in Stylopyga by older authors, so that the synonymy is somewhat tangled. I have separated Stylopyga from the genus Blatta for what I consider a valid reason, viz. the similarity of the two sexes in the former genus, their dissimilarity in the latter. But I am far from satisfied that the species now included in Blatta form a natural group and I am only restrained from further depleting the genus by lack of knowledge concerning the structure of the two sexes in certain species; when this knowledge comes to hand -- as eventually will surely be the case -- the genus can be re-arranged satisfactorily.

KEY TO THE GENERA
 
 
1. Eyes well-developed. Tarsal arolia present.
2. Posterior margin of fifth abdominal tergite not sinuate.
3. Tibiae with spines on outer aspect triseriately arranged.
    4. Posterior metatarsus shorter or not longer than the remaining joints which are unarmed beneath.
5. Distance apart of eyes on vertex of head less than or equal 
to the distance apart of the autennal sockets. Old-World forms.
6. Ocelli usually absent. Tegminal rudiments absent. Abdominal tergites with well-marked stigmatic dots. Supra-anal lamina (f.) more or less bilobate. Cerci blunt and flattened, gene-rally not extending beyond the supra-anal lamina ......  2. Genus EUZOSTERIA, Shelford.
6'. Ocelli present. Tegmina present, rudimentary or absent. Abdominal tergites rarely with stigmatic dots. Supra-anal lamina (f. ) not bilobate. Cerci longer, apex usually acuminate.
7. Wings absent or rudimentary. Tegmina rudimentary or absent.
8. Tegmina absent or represented by squamiform lobes.
9. Posterior angles of the fifth and sixth abdominal tergites backwardly produced.
10. Posterior metatarsus short, not spined beneath or with only a few spines; its pulvillus usually large, and occupying at least half of the joint.
11 . Lateral martins of pronotum not incrassated. Thoracic tergites more or less smooth and nitid.
12. Supra-anal lamina (m.) not produced to form an acute spine ... 3. Genus PLATYZOSTERIA, Brunner von Waltenwyl.
12'. Supra-anal lamina (m.) produced to form an acute spine ... 4. Genus LEPTOZOSTERIA, Tepper.
11'. Lateral margins of pronotum incrassated. Thoracic tergites punctate or tuberculate ...... 6. Genus ZONIOPLOCA, Stal.
10'. Posterior metatarsus longer, spined beneath, its pulvil lus not occupying one-half of the joint ...... 5. Genus CUTILIA, Stal.
9'. Posterior angles of the fifth and sixth abdominal tergites not backwardly produced, or if produced the abdominal tergites are scabrous. Tegmina entirely absent.
10. Posterior angles of seventh abdominal tergite backwardly produced; abdomen above scabrous ... 7. Genus Cosmozosteria, Stal.
10'. Posterior angles of seventh abdominal tergite not backwardly produced; abdomen above smooth, nitid.
11. Lateral margins of pronotum not incrassated ...... 8. Genus ANAMESIA, Tepper.
11'. Lateral margins of pronotum incrassated ...... 9. Genus DESMOZOSTERIA, Shelford.
8'. Tegmina quadrate, as long as the pronotum.
9. Wings absent ...... 10. Genus TEMNELYTRA, Tepper.
9'. Wings rudimentary ......  11. Genus SCABINA, Shelford.
7'. Tegmina and wings well-developed.
8. Antennae not plumose nor incrassated.
9. Pronotum anteriorly parabolic, sides deflexed ...... 12. Genus METHANA, Stal.
9" Pronotum discoidal, sides not deflexed ...... 13. Genus PARAMETHANA, Shelford.
8'. Antennae plumose and incrassated .... 14. Genus THYRSOCERA, Burmeister.
5'. Distance apart of eyes on vertex of head greater than distance aparl of antennal sockets. American forms.
6. Tegmina squamiform or much reduced, quadrate and not extending beyond the metanotum. Wings absent or squami-form ... 15. Genus EURYCOTIS, Still.
6'. Tegmina and wings completely developed or ovate and extending to lhe middle of the abdomen ...... 16. Genus PELMATOSILPHA, Dohrn.
4'. Posterior metatarsus longer than the remaining joints, the secondand generally the third of which are armed beneath.
5. Pronotum trapezoidal or discoidal.
6. Both sexes apterous or with squamiform tegmina ...... 18. Genus STYLOPYGA, Fischer von Waldheim.
6'. Male sex only or both sexes with well-developed tegmina.
7. Second joint of posterior tarsi long, together with the third and fourth joints biseriately spilled beneath. Pulvilli minute.
8. Tegmina of m. variable, but always shorter than the abdomen, of f. squamiform or truncate or lanceolate ...... 19. Genus BLATTA, Linnaeus.
8'. Tegmina of m. well-developed, exceeding apex of abdomen.
9. Tegmina of f. sub-truncate or squamiform.
10. Tegmina of f. sub-truncate. Meso- and metanotum of m. without membranous processes ...... 20. Genus CARTOBLATTA, Shelford.
10'. Tegmina of f. squamiform. Meso- and metanotum of m. with membranous processes ...... 21. Genus PSEUDODEROPELTIS, Krauss.
9'. Tegmina of f. fully developed, exceeding the apex of the abdomen.
10. Pronotum broadest behind middle, its sides deflexed ...... 22. Genus PERIPLANETA, Burmeister.
10'. Pronotum broadest before middle, discoidal ...... 23. Genus HOMALOSILPHA, Stal.
7'. Second joint of posterior tarsi short, fourth joint unarmed beneath. Pulvilli moderately large ...... 17. Genus DORYLAEA, Stal.
5'. Pronotum oblong  ...... 24. Genus EROBLATTA, Shelford.
3'.  Tibiae with spines on outer aspect biseriately arranged
4. Tibial spines well- or moderately well-developed.
5. Tarsi very short. Entirely apterous ...... 1. Genus POLYZOSTERIA, Burmeister.
5'. Tarsi long. Winged ...... 26. Genus MIROBLATTA, Shelford.
4'. Tibial spines weak and sparse.
5. Pronotum very rugose, discoidal (m.) or trapezoidal (f.) ...... 27. Genus CATARA, Walker.
5'. Pronotum not very rugose, oblong.
6. Posterior metatarsus longer than the remaining joints ......  28. Genus PROTAGONISTA, Shelford.
6'. Posterior metatarsus shorter than the remaining joints ...... 29. Genus ARCHIBLATTA, Vollenhoven.
2'. Posterior margin of fifth abdominal tergite sinuate ...... 25. Genus DEROPELTIS, Burmeister.
1'. Eyes rudimentary or absent. Tarsal arolia absent.
2. Eyes rudimentary. Head cordiform ...... 30. Genus NOCTICOLA, Bolivar.
2'. Eyes absent. Head oblong ...... 31. Genus SPELAEOBLATTA, Bolivar.
 
1. GENUS POLYZOSTERIA, BURMEISTER

Polyzosteria. Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Vol. 2, p. 482 (1838).

Chalcolampra, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 17, p. 132 (1863).

Characters. -- Ocelli absent. Antennae shorter than the body. Pronotum anteriorly somewhat cucullate, margins not reflected, posteriorly truncate. Tegmina and wings entirely absent. Posterior angles of the seventh abdominal tergite strongly produced backwards, angles of the preceding tergites not or scarcely produced, angles of the ninth tergite sometimes lobiform. Stigmatic dots on abdominal tergites well-marked. Supra-anal lamina: (m.) quadrate, angles acute, (f.) sub-bilobate cucullate. Sub-genital-lamina (m.) sub-quadrate, styles short, obtuse. Cerci short, flattened, blunt at apex. Tibiae robust, almost quadrangular in section, spines on outer aspect in two rows. Posterior metatarsus very short. unarmed beneath, its pulvillus occupying the greater part of the joint.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Australia and Tasmania. 1. P. limbata, Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Vol. 2, p. 483 (1838). Australia, Tasmania.
        P. aenea, Burmeister, ibidem, p. 483 (1838).
        P. purpurascens, Fischer, Orth. Eur. p. 93 (1853).
        P. pulchella. Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2) Vol. 16, p. 308 (1864).
        P. nitens. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit Mus. p. 155 (1868).
        ? P. frenchii, Tepper. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. Vol. 18, p. 178 (1894).
2. P. iridicolor, Tepper, ibidem, Vol. 17, p. 73 (1893). South Australia.
3. P. bagoti, Tepper, ibidem, p. 79 (1893). South Australia.
4. P. cuprea, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 17, South and West Australia. p. 133, pl. 1, f. 2. -- Plate I, Fig. I.
        P. maculata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 206 (1865).
5. P. impressa, Tepper, in Horn. Exped. Centr. Austral., Vol 2, p. 361 Central Australia. (1896).
6. P. obscuroviridis, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17. p. 73 South Australia. (1893).
7. P. pubescens, Tepper ibidem, p. 75 (1893). -- Pl. I, Fig. la. West Australia.
8. P. oculata, Tepper, ibidem, p. 75 (1893). South Australia, Victoria.
9. P. invisa, Walker, Cat Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 162 (1868). Australia.
10. P. viridissima, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 262 (1909). New South Wales.
 
 
2. GENUS EUZOSTERIA, SHELFORD

Euzosteria. Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 262 (1909).

Characters. -- Similar to Polyzosteria, but the spines on outer aspect of tibiae triseriately arranged. Margins of pronotum more or less reflected. Ocelli occasionally present. Supra-anal lamina: (m.) with less acute angles, (f.) more rounded, less bilobate.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Australia. 1. E. subverrucosa, White, in Grey, Journ. Exped. Austral., Vol. 2, p. 467 Australia. (1841).
        Polyzosteria reflexa, Brunner von Waltenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 208 (1865).
        Polyxosteria femoralis, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 156 (1868).
        Polyzosteria figurata. Walker, ibidem, p. 157 (1868).
2. E. subreflexa, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 19. p. 158 (1895). South Australia.
3. E. nvbilis. Brunner yon Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 209 (1865). South and West Australia.
        Polyxosteria subnobilis, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral.,Vol. 17, p. 81 (1893).
4. E. patula, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. I57 (1868). -- Pl. I, South and West Australia. Fig. 2a.
5. E. mitchtllii, Angus, S. Austral. Illustr., pl. 48, f. i (1857). -- Pl. I, Victoria, South and West Australia. Fig. 2.
        E. mitchellii, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 23, p. 106 (1873).
 
3. GENUS PLATYZOSTERIA, BRUNNER. VON WATTENWYL

Platyzosteria. Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 2o4 (1868).

Melanozosteria. Stal, Bih. Svensk. Akad., Vol. 2, no 13, p. 13 (1874).

Syntomaptera. Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 106 (1893).

Drymaplaneta. Tepper, ibidem, p. 109 (1893).

Characters. -- Ocelli absent. Antennae shorter than the body. Body depressed. Vertex of head not covered by pronotum. Pronotum not cucullate, its margins not reflected. Rudiments of tegmina present as squamiform lobes or absent. Wings absent. Posterior angles of all the abdominal tergites produced, those of the distal tergites strongly produced and spiniform. Supra-anal lamina variable in shape, but never sub-bilobate in f.. Genital styles long, slender, acuminate. Cerci frequently exceeding the supra-anal lamina, apex acuminate. Tibiae moderately spined, spines on outer aspect triseriately arranged. Posterior metatarsus very short, not spined beneath or with only a few spines, its pulvillus covering the greater part of the joint beneath.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Formosa, Malay Archipelago to Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Bombay.

1. P. grandis, Saussure. Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 23, Victoria. p. 110 (1873). South Australia.
2. P. melanaria, Erichson, Arch. f. Naturg., Vol. 8, p. 247 (1842). -- Tasmania.  Pl. l, Fig. 3c.
3. P. analis. Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 306 (1864). New South Wales, West Australia, Bombay.
        Polyzosteria melanaria. Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 210 (1865).
        Periplaneta invisa. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 137 (1868) (m. only).
        Periplaneta ruficornis, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5, Suppl. Blatt. p. 38 (1871).
4. P. pseudatrata, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Sec. S. Austral., Vol. 17. p.86 (1893). Central Australia.
5. P. aterrima, Erichson, Arch. f. Naturg., Vol. 8, p. 248 (1842). Tasmania, Australia.
        Perip1aneta glabra. Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. Vol. 17, p. 107 (1893).
        Syntomaptera tepperi, Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7). Vol. z2, p. 374 (1903).
6. P. ferox, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 273, pl. 7, f 7 (1909). Central Australia. -- Pl. I, Fig. 3a.
7. P. armata, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 84 (1893). West Australia.
8. P. rufofusca, Tepper, ibidem, p. 84 (1893). South Australia.
9. P. bifida, Saussure. Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve. Vol. 23. p. 110. pl. 10, f. 37 (1873). Queensland.
10. P. atrata, Erichson, Arch. f. Naturg, Vol. 8, p. 248 (1842). Tasmania, New S. Wales, Victoria, West Australia.
11. P. invisa, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 137 (1868). New S. Wales, West Australia
12. P. consobrina, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. ]6, p. 306 (1864). Australia.
13. P. ruficeps, Shelford, Blattidae, in Fauna Sudwest Austral. Vol. 2, Lief. 9, p. 134, pl. 13, f. 3 (1909). West Austrialia.
14. P. punctata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 211 (1865). New S. Wales.
15. P. variolosa, Bolivar, Ann. See. Ent. Fr. (6), Vol. 2, p. 460 (1882). New Caledonia.
16. P. scabra, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 213 (1865). New S. Wales.
        Polyzosteria scabra, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 162 (1868).
17. P. coxalis, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5, Suppl. Blatt.  p. 35 (1871). Bombay, Wales.
18. P. scabrella, Tepper, Trans. Roy. See. S. Austral.,Vol. 17, p. 88 (1893). South Australia, New S. ???
19. P. biglumis, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 305 (1864). New S. Wales, Victoria, S. Australia.
        P. subaptera, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 212 (1865).
20. P. perplexa, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 277 (1909), Tasmania.
21. P. rufipes, Shelford, ibidem, p. 278 (1809). West Australia.
22. P. biloba, Saussure. Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 20, p. 258 pl. 3, f. 20 (1869). Amboina.
23. P. curiosa. Shelford, Blattidae, in Fauna Sudwest Austral. Vol. 2, Lief. 9, p. 135, pl. 13, ff 11, 12 (1909). West Australia.
24. P. bicolor, Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 12, p. 373 (1903). -- Torres Straits. PI, I, Fig. 3.
25. P. novae-seelandiae, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 218 (1865). New Zealand.
        Periplaneta fortipes, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 137 (1868).
26. P. castanea, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p.214 (1865). New S. Wales, Victoria.
        P. avocaensis, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 88 (1893).
        P. exaspera, Tepper, ibidem, Vol. 18, p. 182 (1894).
27. P. obscura, Tepper, ibidem. Vol. 17, p. io7 (1893). South and West Australia.
28, P. scabriuscula, Tepper, ibidem, p. l08 (1893). South and West Australia.
29. P. rufoterminata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 219 (1865). Australia.
30. P. pseudocastanea, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral , Vol. 17, p. 89 (1893). South Australia.
31. P. ceratodi, Krauss, Denkschr. Med.-nat. Ges. Jena, Vol. 8, p. 751 (1903) Queensland.
32. P. glabra, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 139 (1868). Australia.
33. P. conjuncta, Shelford, Blattidae, in Fauna Sudwest Austral. Vol. 2, Lief. 9. P. 136 (1909). West Australia.
34. P. morosa, Shelford, ibidem, p. 136 (1909). South and West Australia.
35. P. prvisionalis, Tepper. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. Vol 17, p. 108 (1893). South Australia.
36. P. inclusa, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 140 (1868). West Australia.
37. P. albomarginata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt.  p. 212 (1865). New S. Wales, West Australia, Australia.
38. P. brunnea, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral.,Vol. 17, p. 86 (1893). South Australia, Central???
39. P. obscuripes, Tepper, ibidem, p. 112 (1893). South and West Australia.
40. P. variegata, Shelford, Blattidae, in Fauna Sudwest Austral., Vol. 2,  Lief. 9, P. 137, pl. 13, f. 14 (1909). West Australia.
41. P. spenceri, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 284 (1909). Central Australia.
42. P. soror, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 219 (1865). Formosa, Borneo, Austro-Malayan, Melanesian and Polynesian Islands.
        P. semicincta, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 140 (1868).
43. P. communis, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral.,Vol. 17, P. 110 (1893). Australia.
        Methana antipodum, Brancsik, Jahresh. Ver. Trencsin. Comit., Vol. 19-20, p. 58, pl. 1, f. 4 (1897).
44. P. semivitta, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 143 (1868). -- Pl. I , South and West Australia. Fig. 3d.
        P. semivitta, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 285, pl. 8, f. 26a-26f (1909).
45. P. subbifasciata,Tepper,Trans. Roy. Soc. S.Austral.,Vol. 17, p. 112 (1893). South Australia.
46. P. liturata, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 23, p. 108, New Georgia. pl. 10, f. 36 (1873).
47. P. circumducta, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit Mus. p. 143 (1868). South Australia.
        Drymaplaneta submarginata, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 111 (1893).
48. P. sex-guttata, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 141 (1868). Australia.
49. P. balteata, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 91 (1893). South Australia.
50. P. latizona, Tepper, ibidem, p. 92 (1893). South Australia.
51. P. coolgardiensis, Tepper, ibidem, Vol. 19, p. 159 (1895). -- PI, I, West Australia. Fig. 3b.
52. P. aposematica, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p.288. pl. 9, f. 29 (1909). Central Australia.
53. P. hartmeyeri, Shelford, Blattidae, in Fauna Sudwest Austral., Vol. 2, West Australia. Lief. 9, P 138 (1909).

Doubtful species: 54. P. zebra. Tepper, in Horn, Exped Centr. Austral.,Vol. 2, p. 362 (1896). Central Australia.
55. P. jungii, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 19, p. 162 (1895). Yorketown.
56. P. parva, Tepper, ibidem, p. 162 (1895). New S. Wales.
 
4. GENUS LEPTOZOSTERIA, TEPPER

Leptozosteria. Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 96 (1893).

Characters. -- Body very flat and thin. elongate. Integument soft. Supra-anal lamina of male triangular, terminating in an acute apical spine. Colour pale with dark bands.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Central Australia. 1. L. prima, Tepper. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 96 (1893)
 
5. GENUS CUTILIA, STAL

Cutilia. Stal, Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh., Vol. 34, no 10, p. 36 (1877).

Characters. -- Closely allied to Platyzosteria Brunner von Wattenwyl, but the posterior meta-tarsus long and biseriately spined beneath, its pulvillus apical; remaining tarsal joints unarmed beneath, their pulvilli occupying the entire joints. Tegminal rudiments present. In all but one species the posterior angles of the distal abdominal tergites strongly produced backwards. Supra-anal lamina (m.) quadrate.

Geographical distribution of species..-- Formosa, Malay Archipelago, Torres Straits, Australia, New Zealand.

1. C. nitida, Brunner yon Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 214 (1865).  Formosa, Malay Archipelago, New S. Wales.
        Periplaneta polita. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 139 (1868).
        Cutilia tartarea, Stal. Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. Vol. 34, no 10, p. 36 (1877).
        ?Blatta aterrima, Eschscholtz, Entomographien, p 89 (1822).
2. C. melanesiae, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 291 (1909). Torres Straits.
3. C. triangulata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Queensland, Thursday Isl. Vol. 13, p. 33 (1893), footnote.
        C. triangulata, Krauss, Denkschr. Med.-nat. Ges. Jena, Vol. 8, p. 750, pl. 67, f. 1 (1903).
        Leptozosteria secunda, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Sec. S. Austral., Vol. 18, p. 183 (1894).
4. C. heydeniana, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. I6, p. 317 (1864). West Australia.
        Periplaneta marginifera. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 144 (1868).
5. C. sedilloti, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6), Vol. 2, p. 459 (1882). -- New Zealand. Pl. I, Fig. 6.
6. C. brunni, Alfken, Abhandl. Ver. Bremen, Vol. 17, p. 142 (1901). Chatham Isl.
 

6. GENUS ZONIOPLOCA, STAL

Zonioploca. Stal, Bih. Svensk. Akad., Vol. 2, no 13, p. x3 (1874).

Knephasia. Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 99 (1893).

Characters. -- Ocelli absent. Lateral margins of pronotum incrassated. Dorsal surface granulate, or with shallow punctures. Tegminal rudiments absent. Posterior angles of abdominal tergites 5-7 strongly produced. Supra-anal lamina: (m.) quadrate, angles obtuse, lateral margins entire, (m.) triangular, apex emarginate. Sub-genital lamina (m.) trapezoidal, styles lateral. Posterior metatarsus unarmed beneath, equal to the remaining joints in length, its pulvillus apical.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Australia.
1. Z. medilinea, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 100 Victoria, South and West (1893). -- Pl. I , Fig. 4. Australia.
2. Z. alutacea, Stal, Bih. Svensk. Akad., Vol. 2, n° 13, p. 13 (1874).  South Australia, Queensland.
        Platyzosteria ardrossanensis, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 92 (1893).
3. Z. pallida, Shelford. Blattidae, in Fauna Sudwest Austral.,Vol. 2. Lief. 9, p. 138, pl. 13, f. 7 (1909).  West Australia.
4. Z. eastii, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 92 (1893). Central Australia.
5. Z. robusta, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 194 (1909). Central Australia.
 

7. GENUS COSMOZOSTERIA, STAL

Cosmozosteria. Stal, Bih. Svensk. Akad., Vol. 2, no 13, p. 13 (1874).

Cheracters. -- Ocelli present. Tegminal rudiments absent. Abdomen broader than thorax. Posterior angles of abdominal tergites 5-6 not or scarcely produced, of tergite 7 produced. Angles of ninth abdominal tergite lobiform. Dorsal surface of abdomen scabrous. Supra-anal and sub-genital laminae (m.) quadrate. Cerci short. Posterior metatarsus very short, unarmed beneath, its pulvillus occupying the greater part of the joint.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Australia.
1. C. froggatti, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 295 (1909). Queensland.
2. C. zonata, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 159 (1868). -- Pl. I, Fig. 6. Queensland. South Australia
        Polyzosteria quadrifascia. Walker, ibidem. p. 160 (1868).
        Polyzosteria pectoralis, Walker, ibidem, p. 160 (1868).
        Platyzosteria trifasciata, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17. p. 91 (1893).
3. C. maculimarginata, Tepper, ibidem. Vol. 19, p. 160 (1895). Queensland.
4. C. bicolor, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 307 (1864)     Queensland, Victoria, New Wales.
        Polyzosteria ligata. Brunner yon Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 220 8. (1865).
        Platyzosteria subzonata, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 18, p. 181 (1894).
5. C. gloriosa, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 296 (1909). Queensland.
6. C. lateralis, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 154 (1868). Australia.
        Polyzosteria ferruginea, Walker, ibidern, p. 158 (1868).
7. C. picta, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S Austral., Vol. 18, p. 182 (1894). Queensland.
 
8. GENUS ANAMESIA, TEPPER

Anamesia. Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 69 (1893).

Pseudolamlpra. Tepper, ibidem, p. 96 (1893).

Characters. -- Ocelli present or absent. Pronotum with margins not reflexed nor incrassated. Tegminal rudiments absent. Dorsal surface of abdomen not scabrous, with shallow punctures. Posterior angles of none of the abdominal tergites produced, angles of ninth abdominal tergite often lobiform. Cerci short, flattened. Supra-anal lamina: (m.) quadrate, (f.) trigonal, sub-cucullate. Tibiae with spines on outer aspect triseriately arranged. Posterior metarsus shorter than remaining joints, not spined beneath, its pulvillus occupying the greater part of the joint.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Australia.
1. A. polyzona, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 159 (1868). -- Pl. I, Fig. 7a. West Australia.
A. polyzona, Shelford, Blattidae, in Fauna Sudwest Austral., Vol. 2, Lief. 9, p . 139. pl. 13, f. 10 (1909)
2. A. lambii, Tepper. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, P. 70 (1893). Central Australia.
3. A. frenchii. Tepper, ibidem. p. 72 (1893). -- Pl. I, Fig. 7. Queensland, West Australia.

4. A. lindsayi, Tepper. ibidem, p. 71 (1893). West Australia.
5. A. punctata, Tepper, ibidem, p. 97 (1893). West Australia.
6. A. rothei, Tepper, ibidem, p. 98 (1893). South Australia.
7. A. walkeri, Shelford, Trans. Ent.. Soc. Lond. p. 301 (1909). New S. Wales.
8. A. circumcincta, Walker. Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., Vol 5, Suppl. Blatt. p 36 (1871). Australia.

Doubtful species: 9. A. fulvornata, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral.,Vol. 18, p. 177 (1894). Victoria.
10. A. ornata, Tepper, ibidem, Vol. 17, p. 98 (1893). South Australia.
 
 
9. GENUS DESMOZOSTERIA, SHELFORD

Desmozosteria. Shelford, Blattidae, in Fauna Sudwest Austral., Vol. 2, Lief. 9, P. 139 (1909).

Characters. -- Allied to Zonioploca, but the angles of none of the abdominal tergites backwardly produced. Lateral margins of the pronotum incrassated. Tegminal rudiments absent. Dorsal surface punctate or smooth. Supra-anal lamina: (m.) quadrate, margins entire, (f.) trigonal, cucullate. Cerci short, flattened. Posterior metatarsus very short, not spined beneath.

Geographical distribution of species. --Australia.

I. D. grosse-punctata, Shelford,. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 303 (1909). Australia.
2. D. michaelseni. Shelford, Blattidae, in Fauna Sudwest Austral., Vol. 2, Lief. 9. P. 139, pl. 13, f. 9 (1909). West Australia.
3. D. rufescens, Shelford, ibidem, p. 140 (1909). West Australia.
4. D. cincta, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 303 (1909). Central Australia.
 

10. GENUS TEMNELYTRA, TEPPER

Temnelytra. Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 38 (1893).

Characters. -- Body flattened and depressed. Antennae longer than the body. Pronotum anteriorly parabolic, posteriorly truncate, exposing the large scutellum. Tegmina quadrate or sub-quadrate, extending to the first abdominal tergite. Wings entirely absent. First abdominal tergite (m.) with scent-gland opening. Posterior angles of distal abdominal tergites produced (T. undulivitta Walker, m., is an exception). Supra-anal lamina: (m.) quadrate, margins entire, (f.) triangular, apex emarginate. Cerci longer than the lamina in both sexes. Posterior metatarsus very short, spined beneath.
 

Geographical distribution of species. -- Australia, New Zealand.

1. T. undulivitta, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 144 (1868). New Zealand.
2. T. truncata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 217 (1865). -- Pl. I, Figs. 8a, 8b. New S. Wales, South Australia.
T. harpuri, Tepper. Trans. Roy. Sec. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 39 (1893).
3. T. subtruncata, Tepper, ibidem, Vol. 19, p. 164 (1895). Victoria.

11. GENUS SCABINA, SHELFORD

Scabina. Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 305 (1909).

Characters. --Eyes and antennal sockets equally far apart. Ocelli present. Antennae robust. Pronotum parabolic, posteriorly truncate. exposing the scutellum. Tegmina quadrate, corneous, not extending beyond the first abdominal tergite. Wings rudimentary, squamiform. Posterior angles of abdominal tergites strongly produced backwards. Supra-anal lamina (m.) quadrate, entire. Cerci exceeding the lamina. Styles long. slender. Posterior metatarsus shorter than succeeding joints, not spined beneath, its pulvillus apical.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Queensland. 1. S. antipoda, Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 12, p. 376 (1903). Pl. 2, Fig. 9. -- Queensland.
 
12. GENUS METHANA, STAL

Methane. Stal, Oefv. Vet. Akad. Forh., Vol. 34, no 10, p. 36 (1877).

Wodongia. Tapper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 79, p. 155 (1895).

Characters. -- Antennae longer than body. Pronotum anteriorly parabolic, almost covering vertex of head, posteriorly very obtusely angled. Scutellum not exposed. Tegmina and wings fully developed, at least as long as the abdomen, generally longer. Supra-anal lamina: (m.) quadrate, margins not serrate, (f.) triangular, apex emarginate. Cerci long, acuminate. Femora heavily spined. Posterior metatarsus about equal in length to remaining joints, biseriately spined beneath, its pulvillus apical; remaining joints of tarsus with large pulvilli, not spined beneath.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Borneo, New Guinea, Australia.

1. M. magna, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 307 (1909). Borneo.
2. M. hosei, Shelford, ibidem, p. 309 (1909). Borneo.
3. M. papua, Shelford, Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg., Vol. 15, p. 234 (1908). New Guinea.
4. M. convexa, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Suppl. Blatt. p. 152 (1869). Queensland, New S. Wales.
        M. rufescens, Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 12, p. 374 (1903).
5. M. curvigera, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 134 (1868). Queensland.
6. M. marginalis, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 319 (1864) -- Pl. 2, Fig. 10. Queensland, NewS.Wales.
        Periplaneta ligata. Brunner yon Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 234 (1865).
7. M. soror, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 319 (1864). Australia.
        Periplaneta biquadrata, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 134 (1868).
        Periplaneta oculata, Walker, Cat. Dare. Salt. Brit. Mus. Suppl. Blatt. p. 152 (1869).
        Wodongia lunata, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. Vol. 19, p. 155 (1895).

Doubtful species:

8. M. pallipalpis, Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins. Orth. p. 71 (1839). Java, Sumatra, Australia.

13. GENUS PARAMETHANA, SHELFORD Paremethana. Shelford, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped. Blatt. p. 31 (1907).

Characters. -- Differs from Methana in the short tegmina and wings of the female, which do not extend beyond the fifth abdominal tergite and in the discoidal pronotum. Third antennal joint nearly three times longer than the second

Geographical distribution of species. -- East Africa. 1. P. robusta, Shelford, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped. Blatt. p. 31, pl. 2, f. 7 (1907). German E. Africa.
2. P. buyssoni, Shelford, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. p. 618 (1909). -- Pl. 2, Fig. 11. German E. Africa.   14. GENUS THYRSOCERA, BURMEISTER Thyrsocera. Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Vol. 2, p. 498 (1838).

Characters. -- Sexes similar, completely winged. Antennae incrassated in basal half and plumose. Pronotum trapezoidal, sides deflexed. Tegmina and wings exceeding the apex of the abdomen.  Cerci moderately long, flattened, spatulate. Femora sparsely armed. Tibial spines on outer aspect tri-seriately arranged. Posterior metatarsus equalling the length of the remaining joints, spined beneath, its pulvillus small, apical; pulvilli of second and third joints larger, occupying the greater extent of the joint.

Geographical distribution of species. -- India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. 1. T. spectabilis, Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Vol. 2, p. 498 (1838). India, Ceylon.
2. T. speciosum, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 214 (1868). Malay Peninsula.
        T. speciosum, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 250, pl. 14, f. 5 (1906).
 
15. GENUS EURYCOTIS, STAL

Eurycotis. Stal, Bih. Svensk. Akad , Vol. 2, no 13, p. 13 (1874).

Characters. -- Eyes on vertex of head further apart than the antennal sockets. Pronotum trapezoidal, not covering vertex of head. Tegmina squamiform or quadrate and not extending beyond the metanotum. Wings absent or squamiform. Tibial spines on outer aspect tri-seriately arranged. Tarsi as in Polyzosteria, Platyzosteria, etc.

Geographioal distribution of species, -- Florida, Central and South America, West Indies. 1. E. floridana, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 135 (1868). -- Pl. 2, Fig. I 2. Florida.
        Platyzosteria sabalianus, Scudder, Proc. Boston Soc, Nat. Hist. Vol. 19, p. 93 (1877).
2. E. ingens, Scudder, ibidem, p. 92 (1877). Florida.
3. E. semipicta, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 141 (1868). Florida.
4. E. mexicana, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 14, p. 163 (1862). Mexico.
        Polyzosteria azteca, Saussure, ibidem, p. 163 (1862).
5. E. mysteca, Saussure, ibidem, p. 170 (1862). Mexico.
        Polyzosteria rufovittata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt p.215 (1865).
6. E. vittifrons, Saussure & Zehntner, Biol. Centr. Amer. Orth., Vol. 1, p. 71 (1893). Guatemala.
7. E. quadrisquamata, Saussure & Zehntner, ibidem, p. 71, pl. 4, f. 40 (1893). Guatemala.
8. E. subalata. Saussure & Zehntner, ibidem, p. 72 (1893). Colombia]
9. E. cothurnata, Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Torino, Vol. 13. no 311, p. 11 (1898). Ecuador.
10. E. occidentalis, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol 16, p. 318 (1864). West Indies.
11. E. opaca, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst des Blatt. p. 216 (1865). Cuba.
12. E. dimidiata, Bolivar, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr., Vol. 1, p. 125 (1888). Cuba.
13. E. caraibea, Bolivar, ibidem, p. 126 (1888). Cuba.
14. E. flavipennis, Saussure & Zehntner, Biol. Centr. Amer. Orth. Vol. 1, p. 71 (1893). Cuba.
15. E. finschiana, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 23, p. 111 (1873). Cuba.
        Polyzosteria cabrerae, Bolivar, An. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. p. 355, pl. 8, f. 3 (1881).
16. E. bahamensis, Rehn, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.,Vol. 22, p. 110 (1906). Bahamas.

Doubtful species ·

17. E. australis, Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Vol. 2, p. 483 (1838). Brazil.
 

16. GENUS PELMATOSILPHA, DOHRN

Pelmatosilpha. Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit., Vol. 48, p. 410 (1887).

Characters. -- Eyes on vertex of head further apart than the antennal sockets. Pronotum trapezoidal, not covering vertex of head. Tegmina and wings completely developed but not exceeding the apex of the abdomen, or tegmina reduced, not surpassing the fifth abdominal tergite, and wings reduced or rudimentary. Tibial spines on outer aspect triseriately arranged. Tarsi as in Polyzosteria, Platyzosteria, etc.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Texas, Central and South America, Ceylon.

1. P. rotundate, Scudder, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. So., Vol. 8, p. 93, pl. 2, f. 5 (1900). Texas, Panama.
2. P. villana, Saussure & Zehntner, Biol. Centr Amer. Orth., Vol. 1, p. 72, pl. 4, ff. 41, 42 (1893). Panama.
3. P. alaris, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 319 (1864). Brazil.
4. P. convexa, nov. sp. (1). Brazil.
5. P. praestans, Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit., Vol. 48, p. 411 (1887). Peru.
        P. aterrima, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Suppl. Blatt. p. 151 (1869).
6. P. marginalis, Brunner yon Wattenwyl, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 603, pl. 52, f. 2 (1893). Grenada.
7. P. purpurascens, Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 12, p. 375 (1903). -- Pl. 2, Fig. 15. Dominica.
8. P. decipiens, Kirby, ibidem, p. 376 (1903). Trinidad.
9. P. coriacea, Rehn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., Vol. 29, P. 278 (1903). Porto Rico.
10. P. sinhalensis, Shelford,Jahrb. Ver. Naturk. Wiesbaden, Vol. 61, p. 33 (1908). Ceylon.

Doubtful specie.:

11. P. occidentalis, Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Vol. 2, p. 483 (1838). Colombia.

(1) P. convexa, nov. sp. -- Female. -- Convex, nitid. Head, pronotum, anal field of left tegmen, a triangular marking at base of right tegmen, abdomen and legs, cutaneous. Pronotum parabolic. posteriorly truncate. Tegmina ovate, extending to base Of supra-anal lamina, corneous, ochreous except for the castaneous areas and for some castaneous points between the obsolete veins, anal vein absent. Wings equal in length to tegmina, semi-corneous, anterior part densely flavo-reticulate. Supra-anal lamina produced, cucullate, posteriorly faintly emarginate. Abdomen piceous at base beneath. Posterior metetarsus much shorter than the succeeding joints. --Total length 21 mm.; length of tegmina 12.5 mm.; pronotum 6 mm. X 9 min. --Espirito Santo.
 

17. GENUS DORYLAEA, STAL

Dorylaea. Stal, Oefv. Vet -Akad. Forh., Vol. 34, no 10, p. 36 (1877).

Characters. -- Sexes similar. Pronotum anteriorly arcuate, posteriorly truncate. Tegmina semi-corneous, venation obsolete not extending beyond the fourth or fifth abdominal tergite. Wings reduced or fully developed. Tibial spines triseriately arranged on the outer aspect of the tibias. Posterior metatarsi exceeding the following joints in length. armed beneath; second joint short armed beneath, third joint unarmed; pulvilli moderately enlarged.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Malay Archipelago, Madagascar.

1. D. flavicincta. de Haan, in Temminck, Verhand. Nat. Ges. Orth. p. 50 Borneo, Java, (1842). Sumatra, Madagascar.
        Methana zehntneri, Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 12, p. 374 (1903).
2. D. brunneri, Stal, Oefv. Vet -Akad. Forh., Vol. 34, no 10, p. 37 (1877). Philippines.
3. D. unicolor, nov. sp. (2). Talaut Isl.
 
(2) D.unicolor, nov. sp. -- Female. -- Unicolorous castaneous. Antennae except at base rufous; clypeus rufous. Tegmina and wings extending to base of supra-anal lamina. Penultimate abdominal tergite produced, emarginate in the middle. Supra-anal lamina triangalar, apex deeply cleft. Cerci moderate, exceeding the supra-anal lamina. Posterior metatarsus equal in length to succeeding joint, spined beneath, its pulvillus small apical; second tarsal joint spined beneath, its pulvillus occupying half the joint; remaining pulvilli large. -- Total length 24 mm.; length of tegmina 14.5 mm.; pronotum 8.5 mm X 10 mm. -- Talaut Isl. (Type in Oxford Museum.) 
 
 

18. GENUS STYLOPYGA, FISCHER VON WALDHEIM

Stylopyga. Fischer von Waldheim, Orth. Ross. p. 68 (1846); Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 222 (1865).

Characters.- Sexes similar. Tegmina reduced to squamiform lobes, wings absent. Sixth abdo-mina tergite not enlarged nor declivous. Tibial spines on outer aspect triseriately arranged. Posterior metatarsus longer than the succeeding joints, spined beneath, its pulvillus small, apical; second and sometimes the third joint spined beneath, all the pulvilii small, apical.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Cosmopolitan.
1. S. rhombifolia, Stoll, Spectres, Blatt. etc, p. 5, pl. 3d, f. 13 (1813). Cosmopolitan.
        Periplaneta histrio, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 318 (1864).
        Periplaneta decorata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 224 (1865).
        Polyzosteria heterospila, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5, Suppl. Blatt. p. 35 (1871).
2. S. ornata, Brunner yon Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 225 (1865). PI. 2, Fig. 13.  India.
3. S. sex-pustulata, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5, Suppl. Blatt. p. 36 (1871)  India.
        Blatta bioculata, Paiva, Journ. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. Vol. 2, p. 346 (1906).
4. S. parallela, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 299 (1897). South India.
5. S. picea, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 223 (1865). Nicobar Isl.
6. S. stmoni, Krauss, Denkschr. Med.-nat. Ges. Jena, Vol. 8, p. 751 (1903). Java.
7. S. quadrilobata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Abhandl. Senckenb. Ges. Frankf., Vol. 24, p. 209 (1898). Celebes.
8. S. coxalis, Walker. Cat. Blatt Brit. Mus. p. 138 (1868). Ceram, New Guinea.
9. S. salomonis, nov. sp. (3). Solomon Isl.
10. S. manca, Gerstacker, Mitt. Ver. Neuvorpomm. u. Rugen, Vol. 14, p. 48 (1883). Kamerun.
11. S. antthracina. Gerstacker, ibidem. p. 49 (1883). Kamerun.
12. S. furcifera, Shelford, Jahrb. Ver Naturk. Wiesbaden, Vol. 61, p. 31, pl. 1. f. 1 (1908). Kamerun.
13. S. assimilis, Shelford, ibidem, p. 31, pl. 1, f. 2 (1908). Kamerun.
14. S. nigerrima, Shelford, ibidem. p 31, pl. 1. f. 3 (1908). Kamerun.
15. S. spinulifera, Krauss, Zool. Jahrb. Abt. f. Syst., Vol. 5, p. 65o, pl. 45, f. 1 (1891). San Thome.
16. S. hottentota, Saussure, Abhandl. Senckenb. Ges. Frankf.,Vol. 2 I, p. 578 (1899). South Africa.
17. S. tetra, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 138 (1868). South Africa.
18. S. senecta, Rehn, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 27, p. 554 (1904). South Africa.
19. S. bimaculata, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 139 (1868). Natal.
20. S. voeltzkowi, Saussure, Abhandl Senckenb. Ges. Frankf.,Vol. 21, p. 579 (1899). Madagascar.
21. S. nossibei, Saussure, ibidem, p. 580 (1899). Madagascar.
22. S. zamorensis, Giglio-Tos, Mus. Boll. Zool. Anat. Torino, Vol. 13, no 311, p. 10 (1898). Ecuador.
23. S. antillarum, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 204, pl. 15, f. 5 (1892). St. Vincent.
24. S. meridionalis, Bruner, Journ. New York Ent. Soc., Vol. 14, p. 141 (1906). Trinidad.

Doubtful species:

25. S. signata, Eschscholtz, Entomographien, p. 88 (1822) Philippines.
 
 

(3) S. salomonis, nov. sp. -- Male -- Allied to S. quadrilobata Brunner von Wattenwyl, but with the pronotum and tegminal rudiments outwardly margined with ochreous. Tegminal rudiment, punctate. Wings-rudiments impunctate. Supra anal lamina trapezoidal, sub-cucullate, posteriorly faintly emarginate. Sub-genital lamina sub-quadrate, some fine spiniform setae situated on the posterior margin at the base of the styles which are stout. Front coxae testaceous, mid- and hind-coxae outwardly margined with testaceous. -- Total length 20 mm.; length of tegmina 3.5 mm; pronotum 7.5 mm. x 10 mm. -- Solomon Isl. (Type in coll. W. W. Froggatt.)
 
 

19. GENUS BLATTA, LINNAEUS

Blatta. Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10), Vol. 1, p. 424 (1758).

Kakerlac. Latreille, Fam. Nat. Regne Anim. p. 411 (1825).

Steleopyga. Fischer von Waldheim, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, Vol. 6, pp. 356, 366 (1833).

Characters. -- Sexes dissimilar. Antennae long, setaceous. Pronotum trapezoidal, not covering vertex of head. Tegmina and wings of m. variable, not attaining the apex of the abdomen. Wings of absent, tegmina squamiform or quadrate. Femora strongly armed; tibial spines on outer aspect triseri-ately arranged. Tarsi elongate, metatarsi longer than the succeeding joints, spined beneath, second joint long and spined beneath, third and fourth joints shorter, spined beneath; all the pulvilli minute, apical.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Cosmopolitan.
1. B. orientalis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10), Vol. 1, p. 424 (1758). Palaearctic region.
        Blatta culinaris. De Geer, Mem. Ins. Vol. 3, p. 530, p1. 25, ff. 1-7 (1773).
        Blatta ferrugineofusca, Gronovius, Zoophylacium, Vol. 2, p. 174 (1774).
        Blatta ferruginea. Thunberg, Vet.-Akad. nya Handl.,Vol. 31, p. 187 (1810).
        Kakerlak castanea, Blanchard, in Gay. Hist. fis. Chile, Zool., Vol. 6, p. 18, Orth. pl. I, f. 2 (1852).
        Kakerlak platystetho, Philippi, Zeitschr. ges. Naturw., Vol. 21, p. 221 (1863).
        Blatta badia, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 17, p. 150, pl. 1, f. 15 (1863).
        Periplaneta lateralis, Walker. Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 136 (1868).
2. B. sinuata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 32. p. 35, pl. 1, f. 12 (1893). Burma.
3. B. speciosa, nov. sp. (4). India.
4. B. concinna, de Haan, in Temminck, Verhand. Nat. Ges. Orth. p. 50 (1842). Japan, Hong-Kong, Malay Archipelago, Australia,
        Periplaneta borrei, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 23, p. 113, pl. 10, f. 38 (1873).
        Blatta brunneri. Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 12, p. 375 (1903).
5. B. agaboides, Gerstacker, Mitt. Ver. Neuvorpomm. u. Rugen, Vol. 14, p. 47 (1883). Kamerun, Assinie.
        Periplaneta assiniensis, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 172, pl. 1, f. 1 (1893).
6. B. flavilatera, Saussure, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 35, p. 76 (1895). Gallaland.
7. B. ugandana, Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Torino, Vol. 22, no 556, p. 2 (1907). Uganda.
8. B. montana, Kirby, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., Vol. 19, p. 63 (1909). Ruwenzori.
9. B. propinqua. Shelford, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped., Blatt. p. 31 (1907). Kilimandjaro.
10. B. hova, Saussure, Soc. Ent. Zurich, Vol. 6, p. x7 (1891). Madagascar.
11. B. meridionalis, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 306 (1864). South Africa.
        Deropeltis bivittata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 247 (1865).
12. B. rufa, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. 101 (1903). Central Australia.
13. B. rotundata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 230 (1865). Fiji.
14. B. pallipes, Philippi, Zeitschr. f. Naturw., Vol. 21, p. 222 (1863). Chili.
15. B. brevipes. Philippi, ibidem, p. 223 (1863). Chili.

 (4) B. speciosa, nov. sp. -- Female. --Head. pronotum and tegmina rufo-castaneous. Pronotum laterally margined with paler colour, the hands expanding and extending inwards at the posterior angles. Tegmina quadrate, not extending beyond the thorax, overlapping at the sutural margins, posterior margins concave, anal vain impressed, its apex reaching the inner posterior angle of the tegmen. Abdomen above piceous, fourth to sixth tergites with an ochreous macula at each side, seventh tergite very large, eighth tergite produced in the middle. Supra-anal lamina tectiform, apex triangularly emarginate. Abdomen beneath castaneous. Anterior coxae testaceous; legs castaneous. -- Total length 34 mm.; length of tegmina 8.5 mm.; pronotum 11 mm. X 14 mm. --India, Sangli. (Type in Oxford University Museum.)

20. GENUS CARTOBLATTA, SHELFORD

Cartoblatta. Shelford, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped., Blatt., p. 33 (1907).

Characters. -- Allied to Blatta Linnaeus and Pseudoderopeltis Krauss. Pronotum (m.) transversely elliptical, its anterior border truncate, its posterior border slightly produced. Meso- and meta-notum (m.) without backwardly-directed membranous processes. Tegmina and wings (m.) considerably exceeding the apex of the abdomen. Tegmina (f.) short and quadrate, not covering the first abdominal tergite, their sutural margins touching; wing-rudiments present. No scent-gland opening on dorsum of abdomen (m.). Tarsi as in Blatta.

Geographical distribution of species. -- East Africa. 1. C. pulchra, Shelford, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped., Blatt. p. 33, pl. 2, f. 4 (1907). Kilimandjaro.
 
 
21. GENUS PSEUDODEROPELTIS, KRAUSS

Pseudoderopeltis. Krauss, Zool. Jahrb. Abt. f. Syst., Vol. 5, p. 652 (1891).

Characters. -- Resembles Periplaneta Burmeister, but male with the posterior angles of the meso- and metanotum produced as slender, membranous processes; a scent-gland opening on the first abdominal tergite. Female with lobiform tegmina, the sixth and seventh abdominal tergites declivous forming an angle with the preceding tergites and enlarged. Tarsi as in Blatta.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Africa.

1. P. adelungi, Werner, Sitzungsb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Vol. 116, Abt. 1, p. 11 (1907). Egyptian Sudan.
2. P. discrepans, Adelung, Ann. Mus. Zool. St-Petersb., Vol. 8, p. 312, pl. 20, f 14 (1903). Abyssinia.
3. P. gildessa, Adelung, ibidem, p. 314. pl. 20, f. 4 (1903). Abyssinia.
4. P. saussurei, Adelung, ibidem, p. 316, pl. 20. f. 5 (1903). Abyssinia.
5. P. conspersipennis, Adelung, ibidem, Vol. 9, p. 448 (1905). Abyssinia.
6. P. spectabilis, Adelung, ibidem, p. 451 (1905). Abyssinia.
7. P. brunneriana, Schulthess, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 39, p. 167. pl. 2, f. 1 (1898). Somaliland.
8. P. guttata, Saussure, ibidem, Vol. 35, p. 75 (1895). Gallaland, Rhodesia.
9. P. rothschildi, Shelford, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 19, p. 39 (1907). British E. Africa.
10. P. fulvornata, Shelford, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped., Blatt. p. 34, pl. 2, f. 9 (1907). Kilimandjaro.
11. P. petrophila, Shelford, ibidem, p 34, pl. 2, ff. 5, 6 (1907). Kilimandjaro.
12. P. granulifera, Krauss, Zool. Jahrb. Abt. f. Syst., Vol. 5, p. 653 (1891). Rhodesia.
13. P. bicolor, Thunberg, Vet.-Akad. nya Handl., Vol. 31, p. 187, pl. 5, f. A (1810). South Africa.
        Periplaneta orba. Stal, Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. Vol. 13, p. 167 (1856).
        Ischnoptera juncea, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16. p. 314 (1864).
        Nauphoeta foveolata, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 42 (1868)
14. P. similis, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 314 (1864). South Africa.
        ? Ischnoptera longipennis, Walker, Cat. Blatt Brit. Mus. p. 117 (1868).
15. P. antennata, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 23, p. 116, pl. 10, f. 39 (1873). South Africa.
16. P. longipennis, Saussure, ibidem, p. 117 (1873). South Africa.
        Deropeltis saussurei, Kirby, Ann Mag. Nat. Hist· (7), Vol. 12, p. 377 (1903).
17. P. anthracina, Brancsik, Jahresh. Ver. Trencsin. Comit. Vol. 17-18, p. 244, pl. 7, f. 2 (1897). Zambesi.
        Stylopyga brancsiki, Shelford, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped. Blatt. p. 32 (1907):
18. P. albilatera, Stal, Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh., Vol. 13, p. 167 (1856). South Africa.
        Polyzosteria capensis, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 307 (1864).
        Deropeltis flavomarginata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 247 (1865).
        Periplaneta collaris, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 142 (1868).
        Periplaneta decorata, Walker, ibidem, p. 142 (1868).
19. P. diluta, Stal, Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. Vol. 13, p. 167 (1856). South Africa.
        Periplaneta (I) africana, Karny, Denkschr. Med.-nat. Ges. Jena, Vol. 13, p. 38o, p1. 21, ff. 25, 26 (1908).
20. P. flavescens, Krauss, Zool. Jahrb. Abt. f. Syst., Vol. 5, p. 654 (1891). PI. 2, Fig. 14. Cape.
21. P. prorsa, Shelford, Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg., Vol. 15, p. 234 (1908). Congo.
22. P. aethiopica. Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16. p. 317 (1864). Gaboon.

Doubtful species: 23. P. brevicollis, Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins Orth. p. 170 (1839). South Africa.
24. P. dimidiata, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 116 (1868). Natal. 22. GENUS PERIPLANETA, BURMEISTER Pepiplaneta. Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Vol. 2, p. 502 (1838).

Caceriaca. Saussure, Mem. Hist. Nat. Mexique. Blatt. p. 69 (1864).

Characters. -- Sexes similar. Antennae very long, slender. Pronotum trapezoidal, not covering vertex of head, sides deflexed, its greatest width behind the middle. Posterior angles of meso- and metanotum not produced as slender membranous processes. Tegmina and wings usually extending considerably beyond the apex of the abdomen, the former coriaceous. Cerci and genital styles long.

(1) Periplaneta adelungi Karny, is a species of Ischnoptera.

Legs long; femora and tibiae strongly spined, tibial spines triseriately arranged. Tarsi long and slender, posterior metatarsus longer than remaining joints; all the joints spined beneath, their pulvilli minute, apical.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Cosmopolitan.
1. P. americana, Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10), Vol. t, p. 424 (1758). Cosmopolitan.
        Blatta kakkerlac, De Geer, Mem. Ins., Vol. 3, p. 535, pl. 44, if. 1-3 (1773).
        Blatta aurelianensis, Fourcroy, Ent. Paris, Vol. 1, p. 177 (1785).
        Blatta siccifolia, Stoll, Spectres, Blatt. etc. p. 5, pl. 3d, ff. 10, 11 (1813).
        Blatta aurantiaca, Stoll, ibidem, p. 5, p1.3d, f. 14 (1813).
        Periplaneta stolida, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus p. 128 (1868).
2. P. australasiae, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 271 (1775). Cosmopolitan.
        Blatta domingensis, Beauvois, Insect. Aft. Amer. p. 182, Orth. pl. 1. f. 4 (18041.
        Periplaneta zonata. de Haan, in Temminck, Verhand. Nat. Ges. Orth. p. 49 (1842).
        Periplaneta repanda, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 125 (1868).
        Periplaneta subcincta. Walker, ibidem, p. 126 (1868).
        Periplaneta inclusa, Walker, ibidem, p. 126 (1868).
        Periplaneta emittens, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., Vol. 5, Suppl. Blatt. p 37 (1871).
        Polyzosteria subornata, Walker, ibidem, p. 35 (1871).
3. P. furcatta, Karny, Wiss. Ergebn. Exped. Filchner China u. Tibet, Bd. 10, Teil 1, p. 19 (1908). Asia Minor.
4. P. tartara, Saussure, in Fedtschenko, Reise Turkestan, Orth. p. 9 (1874). Turkestan.
5. P. filchnerae, Karny, Wiss. Ergebn. Exped. Filchner China u. Bd. 10, Teil, 1, pp. 18, 19, pl. 1, ff. 1-4 (1908). Tibet, China.
6. P. japonica, Karny, ibidem, p. 18 (1908). Japan.
7. P. emarginata, Karny, ibidem, p. 19 (1908). Japan.
8. P. picea, Shiraki, Annot. Zool. Japon., Vol. 6. p. 26, pl. 2, f. 3 (1906). Japan.
9. P. striata, Shiraki, ibidem, p. 27, pl. 2, f. 5 (1906). Japan.
10. P. lata, Herbst, Fuessly Archiv, Vol. 7-8, p. 185, pl. 49, f. 7 (1786). -- PI. 2, Fig. 16. Borneo.
11. P. monochroma, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., Vol. 5, Snppl. Blatt. p. 37 (1871). Bombay.
12. P. curta, Walker, ibidem, p. 38 (1871). Bombay.
13. P. indica, Karny, Wiss. Ergebn. Exped. Filchner China u. Tibet, Bd. 10, Teil 1, p. 18 (1908). India.
14. P. ceylonica, Karny, ibidem, p. 18 (1908). Ceylon.
15. P. affinis, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 20, p. 261 (1869). India (?).
16. P. valida, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 33, p. 36, pl. 1, f. 13 (1893). Burma.
17. P. gracilis, Brunner von Wattenwyl, ibidem, p. 36, pl. I. f. 14 (1893). Burma.
18. P. regina, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p 320 (1864). Malacca.
19. P. malaica, Karny, Wiss. Ergebn. Exped. Filchner China u. Bd. 10, Teil 1, p. 19 (1908). Tibet, Banguey.
20. P. crassa, Karny, ibidem, p. 19, pl. 1, f. 5 (1908). Borneo.
21. P. spinosostylata, Krauss, Denkschr. Med.-nat. Ges. Jena, Vol. 8, p. 752, pl. 67, f. 2 (1903). Java.
22. P. nitida, Bolivar, An. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Vol. 19, p. 302 (1890). Philippines.
23. P. methanoides, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Abhandl. Senckenb. Ges. Frankf., Vol. 24, p. 209, pl. 16, f. 14 (1898). Gilolo, Ambon.
24. P. basedowi, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 28, p. 162, pl. 32 (1904). South Australia.
25. P. savignyi, Krauss, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. 40, p. 242 (1890). Egypt.
26. P. lebedinskii, Adelung, Ann. Mus. Zool. St-Petersb., Vol. 8, p. 305 (1904). Abyssinia.
27. P. vosseleri, Shelford, Jahrb. Ver. Naturk. Wiesbaden, Vol. 61, p. 38 (1908). German E. Africa.
28. P. atricollis, Saussure, Abhandl. Senckenb. Ges. Frankf. Vol. 21, p. 580 (1899). South Africa.
29. P. caffra, Stal, Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh., Vol. 13, p. 166 (1856). Natal.
30. P. patens, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 127 (1868). Congo.
31. P. funebris, Shelford, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. p. 122 (1908). Kamerun.
32. P. bicolor, Shelford, ibidem, p. 122 (1908). Kamerun, Congo.
33. P. stygia, Shelford, ibidem, p. 619 (1909). Kamerun.
34. P. fuliginosa, Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins. Orth. p. 70 (1839). North America.
35. P. insignis, Serville, ibidem, p. 67 (1839). Cayenne.
36. P. brunnea, Burmeister, Handb. Ent. Vol. 2, p. 503 (1838). Demerara.
37. P. truncata, Krauss. Zool. Anzeig., Vol. 15, p. 165 (1892). Cosmopolitan.

Doubtful species:

38. P. heros, Eschscholtz, Entomographien, p. 83 (1822). Philppines.
39. P australis, MacLeay, in King, Survey Coasts Austral. Vol. 2, p. 454 (1827). N. Australia.
40. P. cylindrica, Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Sc. St-Peterb. Vol. 10, p.279 (1826). ?Hab.
 

23. GENUS HOMALOSILPHA, STAL

Homalosilpha. Sta1, Bih. Svensk. Akad., Vol. 2, no 13, p. 13 (1874).

Characters. -- Closely resembles Periplaneta Burmeister, but the pronotum discoidal, its sides not deflexed, its greatest width at the middle.

Geographical distribution of species. -- India to Sunda Islands, Philippines, Kamerun, Uganda.

1. H. ustulata, Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Vol. 2, p. 503 (1838). India to Great Sunda Isl.
        Kakerlac thoracica, Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins. Orth. p. 69, pl. 2, f. x (1839).
        Periplaneta configura a. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 145 (1868).
2. H. gaudens, nov. sp. (5). Tonkin.
3. H. contraria, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 131 (1868). Philippines.
4. H. decorata, Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins. Orth. p. 99 (1839). Borneo.
        H. decorata, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 270, pl. 14, f. 8 (1906).
5. H. vicina, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 236 (1865). PI. 2, Fig. 17. Kamerun.
6. H. cruralis, Shelford, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. p. 121, pl. 2, f. 8c (1908). Uganda.

(5) H. gaudens, nov. sp. -- Male. - Piceous. Pronotum broadly bordered anteriorly and laterally with ochreous, disc with obscure impressions. Tegmina unicolorous. Wings castaneous. Supra-anal lamina quadrate, the posterior angles acute, posteriorly concave, surpassing the sub-genital lamina which is quadrate, with the posterior angles acute. Genital styles slender. Cerci moderate. Coxae and femora piceous, tibiae and tarsi rufescent. -- Total length 30 mm.; length of body 23 mm.; length of tegmina 23 mm.; pronotum 7 mm. X 9 mm. -- Tonkin. (Type in Oxford Museum.)
 

24. GENUS EROBLATTA, NOV, GEN.

Characters. -- Antennae moniliform, shorter than the body. Pronotum almost rectangular, as long as broad, sides not deflexed. Tegmina and wings considerably exceeding the apex of the abdomen; the former narrow with the anal field long and pointed, the marginal field deflexed. Cerci long and pointed. Femora strongly armed beneath. Spines on outer aspect of tibiae triseriately arranged. Posterior metatarsi longer than the succeeding joints, its pulvillus apical. Arolia moderate.
 

 Geographical distribution of species. -- Borneo.
1. E. borneensis, Shelford, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), Vol. 1, p. 159, pl. 9, f. 2 (1908). Borneo.
25. GENUS DEROPELTIS, BURMEISTER

Deropeltis. Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Vol. 2, p. 486 (1838).

Euryzosteria. Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 316 (1864).

Characters. -- Males with well-developed tegmina and wings; females entirely apterous. Vertex of head not hidden by pronotum. Antennae incrassated. Pronotum: (m.) discoidal, (f.) posteriorly truncate, posterior angles often produced. Posterior margin of fifth abdominal tergite sinuate. Supra-anal lamina: (m.) quadrate, (f.) triangular, cucullate. Legs long and slender; femora very sparsely armed; tibiae with spines on outer aspect biseriately arranged; tarsi moderate. posterior metatarsi equal to the succeeding joints in length, armed beneath, pulvilli in the male small, in the female large.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Africa and Madagascar. 1. D. erythrocephala, Fabricius, Spec. Ins., Vol. 1, p. 342 (1781). S. Africa.
        Blatta capensis, Thunberg, Diss. Ent. Nov. Spec. Ins.. Vol. 4, p. 77 (1784).
        Euryzosteria delalandii, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 16, p. 316 (1864).
        ? Perisphaeria verticalis, Burmeister, Handb. Ent., Vol. 2, p. 486 (1838).
2. D. gracilis, Burmeister, ibidem, p. 500 (1838). S. Africa.
3. D. wahlbergi, Stal, Oefv. Vet.-Akad. Forh., Vol. 13, p. 167 (1856). S. Africa.
        Deropeltis atra, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 244 (1865).
4. D. intermedia, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 244 (1865). Natal.
5. D. burmeisteri, Saussure, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 35. p. 77 (1895). S. Africa.
6. D. peringueyi, Saussure, ibidem, p. 77 (1895). S. Africa.
7. D. morio, Karny, Denkschr. Med.-nat. Ges. Jena, Vol. 13, p. 378, pl. 21, ff. 21, 22 (1908). S.W. Africa.
8. D. paulinoi, Bolivar, Journ. Sc. Lisboa, Vol. 8, p. 108 (1881); (2), Vol. 1, p. 76 (1889). S.W. Africa and Angola.
9. D. carbonaria, Gerstacker, Mitt. Ver. Neuvorpomm. u. Rugen, Vol. 14, p. 51 (1883). West Africa.
10. D. robusta, Gerstacker, ibidem, p. 52 (1883). Kamerun.
11. D. bueana, Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr., Vol. 37, p. 65 (1892). Kamerun.
12. D. tullbergi. Borg, Bih. Svensk. Akad., Vol. 28, no 10, p. 16, pl. 2, f. 6 (1904). Kamerun.
13. D. sculpturata, Krauss, Zool. Jahrb. Abt. f. Syst., Vol. 5, p. 65I, pl. 45, f. 2 (1891). San Thome Isl.
14. D. triimpressa, Krauss, ibidem, p. 656, pl. 45, f. 3 (1891). San Thome Isl.
15. D. dichroa, Gerstacker, Mitt. Ver. Neuvorpomm. u. Rugen, Vol. 14, p. 50 (1883). Gold Coast.
16. D. gaboonica, Rehn, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. Vol. 27, p. 556 (1904). Gaboon.
17. D. autraniana, Saussure, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 35, p. 78 (1895).  West Africa, Gallaland, German E. Africa.
18. D. melanophila, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. Suppl. p. 146 (1869). E. Africa and Madagascar.
        Deropeltis madecassa, Saussure, Soc. Ent. Zurich, Vol. 6, p. 17 (1891);
        Saussure & Zehntner, in Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Orth. Vol. x, p. 77, p1. 3, if. 28, 29 (1895).
        Deropeltis speiseri, Brancsik, Jahresh. Vet. Trencsin. Com., Vol. 17-18, p. 245, pl. 7, f. 3 (1894).
19. D. integerrima, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 245 (1865).-- Pl. 2, Fig. 18.  E. Africa and Zanzibar.
20. D. nigrita, Saussure, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 35, p. 80 (1895). Somaliland.
21. D. barbeyana, Saussure, ibidem, p. 79 (1895). Somaliland.
22. D. schveinfurtki, Saussure, ibidem, p. 79 (1895). Somaliland.
23. D. draitriewi, Adelung, Ann. Mus. Zool. St-Petersb.,Vol. 9, P. 463 (1905). Somaliland.
24. D. kachovskii, Adelung, ibidem, Vol. 8, p. 319, pl. 20, f. 6 (1903). Abyssinia.
25. D pallidipennis, Adelung, ibidem. p. 327 (1903). Abyssinia.
26. D. negus, Adelung. ibidem, Vol. 9, P. 458 (1905). Abyssinia.
27. D. erythropexa, Adelung, ibidem, p. 460 (1905). Abyssinia.
28. D. adelungi, Shelford, Sj6stedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped., Blatt. p. 37 (1907). Abyssinia.
        Daropeltis gracilis, Adelung. Ann. Mus. Zool. St-Petersb.Vol. 9. P. 455 (1905).
29 D. brevipenis, Shelforal, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. p. 619 (1909). Erythraea.
 
26. GENUS MIROBLATTA, SHELFORD

Miroblatta. Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 271 (1906).

Characters. -- Pronotum sub-cucullate, anteriorly parabolic, covering vertex of head, posteriorly truncate, exposing the scutellum, disc with elevated ridges. Tegmina and wings not extending beyond the apex of the abdomen. Tegmina very broad, corneous, venation obscured, anal vein absent; mediastinal field on under surface elevated, keeled, the space between mediastinal and radial veins broad, inflexed, forming together with the mediastinal field an epipleuron. Wings broadly ovate, coria-ceous, anterior part nearly twice as broad as posterior part, outer margin deeply indented at apex Of dividing vein, posterior part not folding in fan-like manner. Genital styles minute. Cerci long, sharply pointed. Legs long, slender; femora unarmed beneath; spines on outer aspect of posterior tibiae biseriately arranged. Posterior metatarsi longer than remaining joints, unarmed beneath; the pulvilli large, the second occupying the whole length of the joint.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Borneo.
 1. M. petrophila, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 272, pl. 14, f. 4, 4a (1906). Borneo.
 
27. GENUS CATARA, WALKER

Catara. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 52 (1868).

Characters. -- Male with tegmina and wings fully developed; female entirely apterous. Antennae slightly incrassated. Pronotum rugose; sub-discoidal, anteriorly truncate in the male; sub-cucullate, posteriorly truncate and with the posterior angles produced in the female. Dorsal surface of female rugose, posterior angles of mesonotum produced. Supra-anal lamina of male sub-transverse; genital styles small. Cerci short, obtuse. Femora almost entirely unarmed. Tibial spines small and few in number, biseriately arranged on the outer aspect of the tibiae. Tarsi unarmed beneath; posterior metatarsus equal in length to the remaining joints, its pulvillus apical, the remaining pulvilli large Arolia small.

Geographical distribution of species. --Singapore, Java, Borneo.

1. C. rugosicollis, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 245 (1865). - PI. 2, Fig. 19. Singapore, Borneo.
        Catara rugicollis, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 53 (1868).
        Archiblatta valvularia, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 23, p. 118, pl. 10, f. 40 (1873).
2. C. minor, Krauss, Denkschr. Med.-nat. Ges. Jena, Vol. 8. p. 753 pl. 67, f. 3 (1903). Java.
 

28. GENUS PROTAGONISTA, SHELFORD

Protagonista, Shelford, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), Vol. I, p. 158 (1908).

Characters. -- Antennae slightly incrassated. Eyes further apart than antennal sockets. True ocelli present. Pronotum almost rectangular, as long as broad, sides not deflexed, not covering vertex of head. Pronotum and tegmina with a fine erect pubescence. Tegmina and wings fully developed in the male (female unknown), exceeding the apex of the abdomen. Genital styles present. Cerci moderate. Legs slender; front femora with a complete row of spines on anterior margin beneath, none on posterior margin; mid and hind femora with only one spine on each margin. Spines on posterior tibiae on outer aspect biseriately arranged. Posterior metatarsi very long, considerably exceeding the remaining joints in length; all the pulvilli apical; arolia minute.
 

Geographical distribution of species. -- Tonkin.
 
1. P. lugubris, Shelford, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), Vol. I, p. 158, pl. 9, f. 1 (1908). Tonkin.

 

29. GENUS ARCHIBLATTA, VOLLENHOVEN

Archiblatta. Vollenhoven, Tijdschr. v Ent., Vol. 5, p. 106 (1862); Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 248 (1865).

Planetica. Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 17, p. 164 (1864).

Characters. - Sexes dissimilar. Antennae elongate. Pronotum slightly longer than broad, trapezoidal, anteriorly emarginate, not covering vertex of head, disc rugose. Male with fully-developed tegmina and wings considerably exceeding apex of abdomen. Tegmina with long anal field; mediastinal area deflexed. Wings with posterior part not broader than anterior part, outer margin deeply indented at apex of dividing vein. Female entirely apterous. with the abdomen ample. Genital styles small. Cerci moderate. Femora unarmed beneath. Tibiae very sparsely armed, the spines arranged on the outer aspect in a single row. Posterior metatarsus shorter than the succeeding joint, unarmed beneath; all the pulvilli large.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Singapore, Penang, Great Sunda Islands. 1. A. hoevenii, Vollenhoven, Tijdschr. v. Ent., Vol. 5, p. 106, pl. 6, ff. 1, 2 (1862). Penang, Singapore and Great Sunda Isl.
        Planetica aranea, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 17, p. 166, pl. 1, f. 23 (1864).
2. A. phalangium, Saussure, Rev. Zool (2), Vol. 16, p. 344 (1864). { India orientalis }.
Doubtful species:
3. A. parva, Shelford, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), Vol. I. p. 160 (1908). West Australia.
 
30. GENUS NOCTICOLA, BOLIVAR

Nocticola. Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., Vol. 61, p. 29 (1892).

Characters. -- Size small. Eyes simple or absent. Antennae very long. Third joint of palpi with obtuse apex. Pronotum more or less truncate anteriorly and posteriorly. Tegmina (m.) ovate, not exceeding the fourth abdominal tergite, corneous, ciliate; wings rudimentary. Tegmina and wings (f.) absent. Tibiae scarcely longer than the femora, sparsely spined, the spines biseriately arranged. Tarsi very long, without pulvilli or arolia. Supra-anal lamina (m. and f.) triangular. Sub-genital lamina;  (m.) with the apex emarginate, styles absent (?), (f.) large, compressed at the apex, divided by a longitudinal groove.
 

Geographical distribution of species. -- Philippines.
1. N. simoni. Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., Vol. 61, p. 32, pl. 1 (1892). Philippines.
2. N. caeca, Bolivar, ibidem, p. 33 (1892). Philippines.
 
31. GENUS SPELAEOBLATTA, BOLIVAR

Spelaeoblatta. Bolivar, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 38, p. 32 (1897).

Characters. -- Size small. Head oblong, elongate. Eyes absent. Antennae very long. Last joint of maxillary palpi incrassate towards the apex, which is truncate. Pronotum anteriorly arcuate, posteriorly truncate. Tegmina (f.) squamiform, obliquely truncate; wings absent. Tibiae strongly spined, the spines biseriately arranged on the outer aspect. Tarsi very long, pulvilli and arolia absent. Supra-anal lamina (f.) triangular, apex rounded. Sub-genital lamina valvular. Cerci elongate. imperfectly articulate, pointed at the apex.

Geographical distribution of species. -- Burma. 1. S. gestroi, Bolivar, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 38, p. 32 (1897). Burma.