108 FAMILY II. BLATTID.E. THE COCKROACHES. 



tegmina hyaline. Pronoturn convex, the narrow sides strongly declivent, 

 front and hind margins transverse, front angles broadly rounded, hind 

 ones obtuse. Cerci 8-jointed, tapering to an acute apex. Subgenital plate 

 with the left margin rounded, right one feebly concave; styles minute, 

 elongate, the left one slightly the larger. Female Larger, broader, the 

 tegmina and wings less projecting beyond apex of abdomen; colored as in 

 male, the bluish-green tinge more evident; pronotum reddish-brown, often 

 darker near base; head slightly darker, legs and under surface brownish- 

 yellow. Subgenital plate as above described. Length of body, $, 4.8 5, 

 $, 5.36.2; of pronotum, $, 1.6 1.8, 9, 1.9 2.2; of tegmina, $ and 9. 

 4.45 mm. Width of pronotum, $, 2.12.2, 9, 2.G 2.9 mm. (Fig. 49, D. ) 



This small, easily distinguished roach is established in the 

 United States as far as known, only. at Key West, Fla., where 

 R. & H. (1914c, 381) found 26 specimens in company with four 

 other species, in the folds of some old burlap bags under the 

 counter of a fruit store, and with Blaltcrus craniifer between old 

 boards in a wood shed. It is a house-dwelling species, widely 

 distributed throughout tropical America. A single adventive 

 specimen has been taken at Washington, D. C. 



II. COMPSODES Hebard, 1917a, 208. (Gr., "neat looking.") 



Very small, slender species, having the interocular space sub- 

 equal to that between the antennal sockets, male, much wider, 

 female; pronotum of male transverse, elliptical, with a median 

 linear and broad oblique lateral sulci; pronotum of female with 

 front margin broadly rounded into hind one, the latter straight, 

 the hind angles rather sharply rounded; tegmina of male pilose, 

 the marginal and scapular fields very narrow ; cerci of male elong- 

 ate, tapering to an aciculate point, of female short, tapering to 

 acute apex. Other characters as given in key. 



38. COMPSODES CUCULLATTJS (Saussure & Zehntner), 1894, 111. Small 



Hooded Roach. 



Pale brownish-yellow; head and apex of abdomen beneath fuscous; 

 pronotum chestnut-brown, its front margin paler; tegmina of male sur- 

 passing the abdomen, brown, the medio-cliscoidal area in part hyaline; 

 wings dusky-hyaline. Eyes and entire head concealed by the hood-shaped 

 front margin of pronotum. Supra-anal plate of male broader than long, 

 truncate, its base bi-impressed; Subgenital plate rounded. Other charac- 

 ters as given above. Length of body, $, 3.5; of pronotum, l.S; of tegmina, 

 6.2 mm. Width of pronotum, 2.4 mm. 



Four males of this little roach were taken at light by Schwarz 

 and Barber on Paradise Key, twelve miles southwest of Home- 

 stead, Fla., Feb. 1!) 24, 1919. It was described from Guatemala. 

 No females are as vet known. 



