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the inner margins of the cerci, the sinistral very long, the dextral distinctly longer 

 and over half as long as the cercus. 



Characters of Female. — (Key West, p-lorida.) Agrees with male except in the fol- 

 lowing features. Size distinctly larger. Head with interociilar space nearly equal 

 in width to that of interocellar space. Tegmina and wings (normally) falling 

 slightly short of the ai)ex of the abdomen. Supra-anal plate rather delicate, pro- 

 duced but transverse, rather broadly convex but feebly emarginate mesad, thus 

 weakly showing bilobation. Subgenital plate very ample; distal margin in general 

 convex, but broadly flattened at point where cerci project and also mesad. 



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Measurements {in millimeters) 



Length of Length of Width of Length of Width of 



body pronotum pronotum tegmen tegnien 



Key West, Florida .. . (iS) 15. 2-17.;, 3-3-3-9 4 9-5-7 12. 4-13. 6 4.2-4.5 



9 

 Key West, norida. . . (26) iS.5-20 4.i-4-.i T). 1-6.4 14.8-15.2 4.7-5 



Coloration. — rronoluni maroon, Indixidtially suffused with black- 

 ish to varying degrees; bordered laterad and cephalad with warm 

 buff, two rotundato-angulate lateral invasions of this color extend- 

 ing into the disk on each side and one meso-cephalad. l>gmina 

 translucent dresden brown, i)r()ut's brown i)roxiniad at humeral 

 trunk, marginal field warm l)uff. Head marked between the eyes 

 dorsad with warm buff, sometimes there spreading into a band. 

 Abdomen dark, narrowly but conspicuously bordered, indi\idually 

 to varying degrees, with warm buff. 



Immature examples of the species are everywhere shagreenous 

 above, and uniform, suffused liver brow'n in coloration. As in 

 other species of the l>Iattidae, the insect after moulting, while still 

 very soft, is whitish buff. 



The species is known in the I'nited States only from the material 

 recorded below. This is a tropical tlomiciliary insect and was 

 found at Key West in a pile of old burlap bags, and in cracks under 

 the stands of a fruit store, in company with Supella supellectiliitm, 

 Blattella germanica, Periplaneta americana and Ilolocompsa nitidula. 



Specimens Examined: 53; iS males, 27 females and 8 immature individuals. 

 Key Largo, Florida. Ill, 1S98, (C. L. Pollard), i 9, [U. S. X. M.|. 

 Key West, Fla.. VIII. 3 to 7, iqi2, (Rehn and Hebard), 18 cf, 26 9, 3 juv. d'y 

 3 juv. 9. 2 small ju\-., [llL-l)ard Cln. and A. X. S. P.]. 



MEM. AM. ENT. SOC. 2. 



