MORGAN HEBARD 263 



Ischnoptera rufa occiden talis Saussure.^i 



1862. I[schnoptera\ occidcntalis Saussure, Rev. et Mag. Zool., 2e ser., xiv, p. 170- 



[ 9 ; [Xew [Orleans, Louisiana].] 



The specimen listed below and the type of this common reddish 

 insect, furnish the only records of the species from north of \'era 

 Cruz, ]\Iexico. Extensive study and field work along the Gulf 

 Coast in the United States, leads us to be strongly of the opinion 

 that these two northern records are based on advcntive, rather than 

 indigenous, material. 



Gulf coast of Texas, (Aaron), i ?, [M. C. Z.]. 



Parcoblatta lata (Brunner) 



1865. I[schuopteni] lata Brunner, Xouv. Syst. Blatt., p. 135. (Exclusive of syn- 

 onymy.) [cf. North America?] 



This species, widely distributed throughout the southeastern 

 United States, is fully discussed on page 126. 



W'ellesley, Massachusetts, VII, 3, 1916, (A. P. Morse; in house), I 9, [Morse 

 Cln.]. 



Xestoblatta festae (Griffini) 



1896. E[pihimpra] festae Griffini, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Univ. Torino, xi, 

 no. 236, p. 2. [[9]; Punta de Sabana, Darien.] 



This relatively robust, shining reddish-brown insect, belonging 

 to a genus of the group Ischnopterites, has recently been fully 

 discussed.^^' 



S. S. Tenadores, en route Xew York to Jamaica, X, 19, 1913. (Hel)ard: dead in 

 hold), I 9, [Hebard Cln.]. 



Nyctiborinae 

 Nyctibora noctivaga Rehn 

 1902. Nyctibora noctivaga Rehn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxix, \). 3. [ 9 ; Machuca- 



Xicaragua.] 



This great l)rown roach, one of the largest species of the genus, 

 is found to be native in Central America and Jamaica."" I he 



^"i See Hebard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xlii, p. 352, pi. xvi, fig. 7, (1916). 



^°- See Hebard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xlii, p. 377, pi. xix, figs. 8 to 1 1, (1916). 



■"'■■' The only other species of like size, is the apparently very closely related Brazilian 

 N. brunnea of Thunbcrg, of which N. holosericea Burmeister is a synonym, according to 

 Shelford. Serville's N. tometitosa, of which N. latipennis of Burmeister is probably a 

 synonym, as has been admitted by its author (Zeitschr. Ent., Germar, ii, p. 24, (1840)), 

 is even larger, with antennae showing a pale annulus. 



MEM. AM. ENT. SOC, 2. 



