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Nyctibora laevigata (Beauvois). 



1773- [Blatta] aegyptiaca Drury (not of Linnaeus), 111. Nat. Hist, 

 Exot. Ins., II, p. 67, pi. XXXVI, fig. 3 [Jamaica.] 



1805. Blatta laevigata Beauvois, Ins. Rec. Afr. et Amer., p. 228, 

 Orth. pi. He, fig. 4. [San Domingo.] 



1868. Nyctibora druryi Walker (not Blatta druryi Serville), Catal. 

 Spec. Blatt. Brit. Mus., p. 147. [Jamaica.] 



1902. Nyctibora sericea Rehn (not of Burmeister), Entom. News, 

 XIII, p. 309. [Accidental at Philadelphia.] 



Compared with N. limbata the present species can be sep- 

 arated immediately by the shorter, more ovate form, much 

 larger and nearly semicircular pronotum, which has the caudal 

 margin nearly straight, by the shorter tegmina and wings, 

 which but slightly or not at all surpass the apex of the abdo- 

 men, by the more robust limbs, the much less velutinous sur- 

 face and the uniformly colored coxae and femora. 



Measurements (in millimeters'). 



N. limbata A r . laevigata 



(Thunb.) (Beauv.) 



Male Male Male Female Female 



Misiones, Puerto Phila., Maria- Palm 



Arg. Bertoni, Pa. hawken, Beach, 



Paraguay. N. J. Jam. 



Length of body 32. 27. 27.2 27.8 26.5 



Length of pronotum 8. 7.9 9. 8.6 8.2 



Greatest width of pronotum 12. 12.4 13.2 13. 12.2 



Length of tegmen 31.2 32. 23.5 21.6 20.3 



Greatest width of tegmen 12.5 n.8 10.7 TO. 10. 



Notes on Inadequate Locality Labels (Dipt.). 

 By CHARLES W. JOHNSON, Boston, Mass. 



The more one collects and becomes familiar with the condi- 

 tions governing the fauna of a given area and their relation to 

 problems bearing on geographical distribution, the more one 

 realizes the importance and value of having the exact date and 

 the locality where a specimen was found. This is especially 

 true of the rarer species, as many of the localities where one 

 collected years ago are now entirely changed ; woods have been 

 cut and the clearings in many cases covered with buildings; 



