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Pelmatosilpha floridana Walk. Under this species, or at 
least in the same genus, should come the Platyzosteira sabali- 
ana of Scudder, which Kirby locates in the genus Eurycotis 
as a synonym of Walker's semipicta. Having the types of 
both floridana and semipicta he should be able to properly 
place them, but Mr. Kirby is surely wrong in generically sepa- 
rating their supposed synonyms ingens and sabaliana, which 
are certainly congeneric if not synonymous.* 
Tenodera sinensis Linn. This should have North America 
included in the habitat. It is the type of the newly established 
genus Paratenodera. 
Mantis religiosa Linn. Like the above this should have 
North America included in the habitat. 
Stagmomantis Carolina Linn. S. ferox Sauss., dimidiata 
Sauss., wheeleri Thorn., and tolteca Sauss. should be placed 
as synonyms of Carolina. 
Oligonyx scudderi Sauss. O. bollianus S- & Z., and Mantis 
miss our iensis Glover are synonyms of this species. Instead 
the former is listed as distinct and the latter is omitted from 
the catalogue. 
Thesprotia graminis Scudd. This is certainly not congeneric 
with Oligonyx scudderi, though here placed in the same genus 
with it. 
Pseudosermyle Caud. Though I especially mentioned P. 
banksi as the type when I established this genus Mr. Kirby 
gives arbuscula as the type. 
Timema Scudd. This remarkable genus is certainly worthy 
of subfamily distinction, but Mr. Kirby includes it in the 
Anisomorphinae, making no reference to Timeminae, the sub- 
family proposed for it. 
Aplopus Gray. Kirby uses the amended spelling Haplopus 
and gives jamaicensis as the type. But the genus is mono typi- 
cal, micropterus being the only species included under it at 
the time of its establishment. Therefore, micropterus and 
not jamaicensis is the type. 
Mr. Kirby retains certain species as valid that I should 
consider as invalidated through preoccupation. Such, as 
an example, is Phoraspis cossidea Daltn., 1823, described as 
Blatta cossidea and, in my opinion, is preoccupied by Monastria 
cossidea Esch.. 1822, also described in the genus Blatta. 
Appended I give a list of genera and species of Blattidae 
apparently not entered in the catalogue. All are described 
prior to 1896. Some of them may be entered under a misspell- 
* Since the above was written, I have proved these forms synonymous by 
breeding. 
