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RECORDS OF BLATTIDAE (oRTHOPTERa) 
Nyctiborinae 
Nyetibora azteca Saussuro and Zchntner 
1.S9:F A'yctifxira azlcca Saussure and Zelintner, Riol. Cont.-Am., Orth., i- 
|). r)(), J)I. IV, fig. 34. let'; CaRetillo, Guatemala.] 
Tehuacan, Puebla, 19,2 juv., [Paris Museum]. 
Tiiere is also in the Philadelphia ColleQtions an adult female 
of this si)eeies labelled “ Mat. ” We know that this specimen came 
from some Mexican museum and l>elieve that the label signifies 
Matamoros, Puebla. The measurements of this specimen are; 
kuigtli of body, 2(5.7 ; length of pi'onotum, (5.7 ; width of jironotum, 
0.7; kmgth of tegnien, 21 ; width of tegmen, 8.3 mm. 
Paratropes mexicana Itnmner 
18(5."). Paratrnpd mexicdtid Brunner, Xouv. Sy.st. Blatt., p. 1.51, j)!. iv, figs- 
l.'iA to E. [ 9 ; Oaxaea, Mexico.] 
\Tra C'ruz, (Rev. T. Heyde), 1 9- 
This specimen, probal)ly taken in the southern portion of the 
State of Vera Cruz, measures as follows: length of body, 21.3; 
huigth of pronotum, (5.8; width of pronotum, 10.7; length of teg- 
iiK'n, 24.8; width of tegmen, 10 mm. 
Epilamprinae 
Epilampra maya brachyptera new .suh.sixicies (Plate XIII, figures 9 and 
10 .) 
'Fhe typical i’a(*e of this si)ecies is re])resented in the Philadel- 
])hia ('olh'clions by mat(U'ial fi'om Nicai'agua, Costa Rica, Pana- 
ma and the Island of Trinidad. 
Th(^ ])r('S(ud. race, from the southern ])ortion of the Alexican 
Stat(‘ of Vera ('ruz, is readily distinguished by the considei-able 
reduction in tlu' oi'gans of flight. This apjR'ai’s to be a constant 
h'afurc' in that la'gion. 
Type. — cf ; Miiiatiflan, W'ra Cruz, Mexico. fAdnuiary 1, 
1802. (L. Hruiu'r.) [Ilebard ('olkudion, Ty])e no. 7(51.] 
.\gre(is in all nispects with inak's of K/nldniprd nuu/d nidi/d B.elin, except in 
I lie re(luction ol ( lie organs of flight and wider intc'rocular space. Intc'rocular 
space; wid('r than ( hat l)e(w(;en the large ocelli, ( hri'c-ejuarters as wide as 
space; he-lwesai aniennal sockeds.-' 'I'e-gmina. e;xte'nding only to ape'X eef ab- 
domen; wings le'duced, pieebably ineaipable' of suslaiiuMl (light, bu(. when 
closcil re-aching as far cauelad as (he (e-gmina. 
■' In inah-s of (ypical nidyd (lie iiPerociilar speie-e i-. narrowei', se-are-e-ly twe;- 
I hirds as w ide- as ( hal licl we-cn I he- aiOe-nnal sockc(s. 
