10 THE BLATTIDAE OF PANAMA 



We believe that the southward distribution of Latihlattella vitrea 

 (Brunner) will be found to fall far short of Panama. 



1896. B[latta\ acolhiia Griffini, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Univ. Torino, xi, 

 no. 236, p. I. [One specimen; Punta di Sabana, Darien.] 



We believe that this specimen is referable to Neohlattella Jratenia 

 (Saussure and Zehntner). The opaque lateral portions of the 

 pronotum noted, may be due to the specimen having been pre- 

 served in alcohol. 



1889. Nyctibora? holosericea? Bruner, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xii, p. 188. [Juv., 



Panama.] 

 1914. Nyctibora hrnnnea Caudell, Insec. Inscit. Menst., ii, p. 77- [Juv- ? ; Porto 



Bello, Panama.] 



This material is almost certainly incorrectly identified. It may 

 represent Nyctibora noctivaga Rehn or a smaller species of the 

 genus, which we know to occur in Panama, but of which at the 

 present time insufficient material is at hand for proper determina- 

 tion. 



SYSTEIVIATIC TREATMENT 

 Subfamily ECTOBIINAE 

 LISSOBLATTA* new genus 



The present genus is erected for two species which have been 

 placed in Anaplecta. The oblique discoidal sectors of the tegmina 

 and asymmetrical tarsal claws distinguish the species of the present 

 genus, which differ further from those of Anaplecta in having a 

 different type of subgenital plate in the female, and in having more 

 ample pulvilli in both sexes. In the genotype the form is heavier 

 and the tegmina and wings are broader than in the majority of the 

 species of Anaplecta, though in the Elliptica Group a similar facies 

 is found. The general appearance is decidedly Plcctopterine. 



Genotype: Lissoblatta fulgida {A [naplecta] Jiilgida) (Saussure). 



Generic Description. Size moderately large for the group; form 

 stout, elliptical; smooth, shining. Head longer than broad (not 



* From Xi(7(r6x = smooth. The smooth roach. 



