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widely distributed through the West Indies. An adventive spec- 

 imen has been recorded from St. Johns, New Brunswick. 



New York, New York, (on bananas). I cf, [Bklyn. Inst.]. 



Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus) 



1767. [Blatta] surinamensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XIL p. 687. [Surinam.] 



This species is discussed on page 193; the adventive material 

 before us is listed below. 



Cromwell, Connecticut. IH, i, 191 1, (B. H. Walden; from greenhouse), 2 9, 

 [Hebard Cln.]. 



New York, New York, XL 1913. (^^'• Beutenmuller; reptile house of N. Y. Zool. 

 Soc), 6 9,1 juv. 9. [A. N. S. P.]. 



Rutherford, New Jersey, XL 19, 1915, (H. B. Weiss). 49,2 juy. 9 , [A. N. S. P.]. 



Washington. District of Columbia. II, 1888, I 9 , 4 juv. 9 , [Hebard Cln.]. 



The species readily establishes itself in earth or debris and dust 

 indoors, far north of its normal range, ^^'^ provided the temperature 

 is kept high during the cold months. 



The specimens from New York and Rutherford are all very 

 dark, the pale cephalic marking on the pronotum being obsolete 

 mesad and only very narrowly indicated laterad at the cephalic 

 angles. 



Panchlora cubensis Saussure 



1862. P\anchIora] cithensis Saussure, Rev. et Mag. Zool., 2e ser., xiv, p. 230. 



[ 9 , Cuba.] 



This insect is discussed on page 198; though it has never become 

 established outside the tropics, living examples are constantly 

 being shipped into the United States, far north of the species' nor- 

 mal distribution, the great majority of these coming in tropical 

 fruits. The adventive material before us is listed below. 



S. S. Tenadores, en route New York to Jamaica, X, 19, 1913. (Hebard; dead in 

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



Orono, Maine, 1892, (in troi)ical fruit), i 9, [Maine Agr. Exp. Sta. Cln.]. 



Augusta, Me., 1906, i 9, [U. S. N. M.]. 



Boston, Massachusetts, XII, 26, 1878, (S. Kneeland; flying in store), I 9, [M. 

 C. Z.]. 



Stoneham, Mass., XI, 15. 1915- (C, \'. Blackburn), i 9, [Morse Cln.]. 



^'^ An immature specimen, taken from a bunch of bananas, has been recorded from 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



MEM. .\M. ENT. SOC, 2. 



