SUBFAMILY V. PAXCHLORIXJE. 103 



34. PERIPLAXETA FULIGINOSA (Serville), 1839, 70. Smoky Brown Roach. 



Male Size of australasicc, form stouter. Usually uniform shining 

 brownish-black, the tegmina, mouth parts and legs tinged with reddish- 

 brown; rarely dark reddish-brown, the head, pronotum and legs chestnut- 

 brown (Fig. 32, G.) Pronotum and cerci as in australasia-. Median seg- 

 ment of male abdomen modified as in brunnea. Supra-anal plate with 

 apical margin feebly notched and with two minute rounded projections be- 

 neath the apex of notch. Subgenital plate with apex broader than in 

 australasia; and distinctly notched as there. Female Similar to $, the 

 supra-anal plate as in 9 of australasia:. Length of body, $ , 24.5 29, $ , 

 25.5 32.5; of pronotum, $, 6.97.8, 9, 7.28.5; of tegmina, $, 25.6 

 28.6, 9, 22.7 26.4 mm. Width of pronotum, $, 8.810, 9, 9.711.2; of 

 tegmina, $ , 8.29.4, 9 , 8.69.7 mm. 



Taken by R. & H. at Fernandina, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and 

 De Funiak Springs, Fla., Aug. Sept. ; at Jacksonville abundant 

 on the wharves at night. A native species, occurring in the south- 

 ern States from central coastal Texas, eastward to Brunswick, 

 Ga., and will probably be found only in the northern third of 

 Florida. Usually occurs out of doors, beneath signs and other 

 cover in the vicinity of towns. Recorded many times as P. ~brun- 

 nea Burm. A number of specimens in the Urbaua, Illinois col- 

 lection were taken in a greenhouse in Chicago. 



Subfamily V. PANCHLORIN-E. 



Hind margin of pronotum with an obtuse angle at middle; 

 tegmina and wings fully developed; ulnar vein of wings with 

 numerous incomplete branches; femora unarmed beneath, except 

 sometimes with a single apical spine; lower front margin of fore 

 femora usually heavily fringed with hairs; tarsal joints very 

 elongate, slender ; pulvilli and arolia present. 



Two genera, each represented by a single species, occur in our 

 territory. 



KEY TO EASTERN GENERA OF PATfCHLORIXvE. 



0. Basal segment of hind tarsi naked beneath; general color brown; ba- 



sal half of tegmina with numerous rows of punctures. 



I. PYCNOSCELUS. 



aa. Basal segment of hind tarsi hairy beneath; general color pale green; 

 tegmina without rows of punctures. II- PANOHLORA. 



1. PYCNOSCELUS Scudder, 18G2, 421. (Gr., "thick" -f "tarsi.") 



Medium sized species with pronotum convex, its sides decli- 

 vent; apex broadly rounded; hind margin broadly obtuse-angu- 

 late; tegmina of male extending much beyond apex of abdomen, 



