76 FAMILY II. BLATTIDJE. THE COCKROACHES. 



cated, the veins and front border pale brown; tibia?, tarsi and sometimes 

 the entire legs pale reddish-brown. Pronotum of male flat, semi-orbicular 

 the sides strongly declivent, hind margin slightly rounded; of female 

 much broader, less declivent, hind margin truncate. Inner wings of fe- 

 male small pads, shorter than tegmina. Subgenital plate of male with 

 a broad impression at apex, styles as described in generic key; subgenital 

 of female very broadly rounded at apex. Length of body, $ , 11.7 17, 

 9, 11.4 17.8; of pronotum, $, 3.24.4, 9, 45.2; of tegmina, $, 14.1- 

 19. G, 9, 3.8 G.9 mm. Width of pronotum, $, 4.35.4, 9, 4.9 7.3; of teg- 

 mina, $, 46.6, 9, 46 mm. (Fig. 36.) 



This handsome native species, described by Bnmner in 1865 

 from "Amerique du Nord," was not again recognized from this 

 country until 1893, when specimens were taken by me on May 28 

 and June 18 beneath logs in a low sandy woods near Terre Haute, 

 Ind. These I soon afterwards described and re- 

 corded (1803a, 160) as Tciuuopterytr dcropelti- 

 fonnis Brunner. On July 12, 1894, a single fe- 

 male was captured while feeding upon a fleshy 

 fungus (.\fjaricus) in dense woods eight miles 

 west of Terre Haute, in Marshall Co., Til.; while 

 in June, 1902, a number were taken from be- 

 neath flat stones and rubbish on the tops of high 

 x 3<5 i. 3 . (Or- Iritts near Wyandotte Cave, Crawford Co., Ind. 

 These and the Vigo Co. specimens were described 

 and recorded by me (1903, 177). Since that date the species has 

 been found to be widely distributed over the Eastern United 

 States, its known range being from West Creek, X. J., and Enola, 

 Pa., west and south to Ottawa, Kansas, and Victoria, Texas. 



In Florida it has been taken by me at Orniond and Lake Okee- 

 chobee, March 1 April 15, and, mostly as Temnoptrryx flcropelti- 

 foniiis, IscJinoptera niyricollis or I. jolmsoni has been recorded 

 numerous times from Jacksonville and Cedar Keys south to Home- 

 stead and Key West. Hebard has shown (1917a, 63) that the 

 single male from Crawford Co., Ind., described by me (1903, 186) 

 as doubtfully that of Isclinoptcra intricata sp. nov., was a freshly 

 moulted male of /. (IcropcHiforinis ; as was also a small male from 

 St. Augustine, Fla., described by Relm (1903d, 234) as IsHntop- 

 tcnt jolinxoni; also that /. iiif/ricolUs Walker (1868, 118) is the 

 same as Brunner's species. 



This handsome roach is essentially a ground-frequenting, for- 

 est-loving insect, hiding beneath cover in or about the edges of 

 deep woodland, more frequently in damp places, and rarely taken 

 beneath bark, signs or at lights. When uncovered the males often 



