SUBFAMILY I. PSEUDOMOPINJE. 



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IV. CARIBLATTA Hebard, 1'Jlfib, 148. (Carib + Blatta.) 



Very small cockroaches of a slender form ; eves well separated, 

 inter-ocular area weakly flattened; tegmina delicate, not broad; 

 wings hyaline; dorsal surface of male abdomen not modified; 

 subgenital plate of male, in our species, broadly produced in the 

 form of a quadrangle between the styles; lower front margin of 

 fore femora armed as described in "or/'' of generic key and with 

 two unequal spines near apex. 



Fig. 34. Subgenital plates of Blattida: ventral views A, of male of Canblatta lutea 

 CS. & Z.); B, of male of Canblatta lutca minima Heb.; C, dorsal view of end of male ab- 

 domen of Latiblattella rehni Heb. showing specialized sixth segment; D, subgenital plate 

 of male of Symploce lita Heb.; E, of female of Eurycotis floridana (Walk.); F, of male 

 of same species. (After Hebard.) 



Ten species are known, mostly from the West Indies and 

 northeastern South America, and from the regions in which the 

 Carib Indians were native, whence the generic name. Of these 

 one species and a geographical race occur in our territory. 



16. CARIBLATTA LUTEA (Saussure & Zehntner), 1893, 48. Small Yellow 

 Cockroach. 



Pale brownish-yellow; head pale brown with a band between the eyes, 

 and usually some spots on face, dark brown; disc of pronotum usually 

 marked with numerous more or less distinct small brownish spots, 

 the sides transparent; abdomen above usually maculate with blackish- 

 brown: legs and under surface brownish-yellow, the abdomen often in 

 great part darker. Pronotum one-third wider than long, widest at basal 

 fourth, apex narrower than base, hind margin truncate, front one broad- 

 ly rounded. Tegmina not quite reaching apex of abdomen, male, distinct- 

 ly shorter, female, their tips rounded. Wings equal in length to tegmina. 

 Male with produced portion of subgenital plate between the styles nearly 

 three times as broad as long (Fig. 34, A.); styles in the form of small 

 rounded knobs, slightly longer than wide, armed above with minute spin- 

 ules directed forward. Subgenital plate of female large, boat-shaped, the 

 apex broadly rounded. Length of body, $, 5.8 8.1, 9, 7 9.5; of prono- 

 tum, $, l.S 2.1, 9, 2.22.6; of tegmina, $, 5.26.6, 9, 4-96 mm. 



