174 GENUS CARIBLATTA (oRTHOPTERA) 



tegmina, are a condition found pronounced in no otlier species 

 of the genus.^^ 



Type. — 9 ; Barbados. [Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia, Type No. 5297.] 



Description of Type. — Size and form very similar to C. cuprea. Maxillary- 

 palpi with third joint extremely elongate, fourth joint slightly shorter, fifth 

 (distal) joint over two- thirds as long as fourth. Tegmina with cross-veinlets 

 between discoidal sectors numerous and but weakly defined, except in area of 

 dextral tegmen concealed when at rest, where they are well developed. Rather 

 widely scattered dots on tegmina situated on veins everywhere over exposed 

 surfaces when at rest, under binocular microscope each is found to constitute 

 the base for a minute but stout hair. Supra-anal plate very small, strongly 

 transverse, very weakly produced, with distal margin very broadly convex 

 and with a rather broad and shallow concave emargination mesad. Subgenital 

 plate large, scoop-shaped, distal margin distinctly convex proximo-laterad, 

 then distinctly but broadly concave at base of cercus, thence distinctly convex 

 to the produced apex which is pinched due to the contour of the plate. 



Measurements (in millimeters) 



"n S S S 



Za "o "oS '^2 "cs -ra 



XI S -S^- cc .eg •32 .sS 



a O M^ Mg ^t: MM .S!* 



9 I ^ ^ i ^ ^ 



Barbados, <ype 7.8 2.4 3 9.3 2.8 



Long Ditton, Dominica 



paratype 7.9 2.3 3 9.6 2.9 



Laudet, Dominica para- 

 types (3) 8.3-9.2 2.3-2.4 3 -3.1 8.7-9.S 2.9-3.1 



Color ation.^"^ — Head entirely honey yellow (recessive), with a 

 brownish suffusion between the eyes and traces of apparently 

 vertical lines ventrad on the face of the same color (intensive)' 

 Pronotum with lateral margins transparent with a very weak 

 brownish suffusion (recessive) ; suffusion buffy and more decided 

 than in any other species of the genus (intensive). Disk of 

 pronotum chamois, with a very few dots of prout's brown (reces- 

 sive) ; or dots numerous and a cinnamon brown suffusion i)resent 

 (intensive). Tegmina transparent tinged with brownish, with 

 all portions visible when at rest showing rather widely scattered 



^ Similar dots are present on the tegmina of Brunuer's Phyllodromia con- 

 spersa, an aberrant South American member of the genus Neoblattella, which, 

 however, shows no divergence toward the present complex. 



^* The type represents the extreme of recessive coloration found in the present 

 small series. 



