52 THE BLATTIDAE OF PANAMA 



Supella supellectilium (Serville) 



1839. Blatta supellectilium Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins., Orth., p. 114. [Mauritius.] 



Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama, VII, 17 to VIII, 22, 1916, (Harrower), 5cf , 29, 



2 juv. 9 , 2 small juv. 



Ancon, C. Z., Pan., Ill, 191 1 and VIII, 31, 1910, (Jennings), lod", 79,2 juv. 



In a few males of the present series the tegmina are entirely 

 unicolorous, due to recessive coloration. Two of the fifteen males 

 and nine of the ten females are of intensive coloration. 



Cariblatta imitans Hebard 



1916. Cariblatta imitans Hebard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xlii, p. 180, pi. xi, fig. 20, 



pi. xii, fig. 21. [c?, 9 ; Corozal, Panama.] 



Alhajuela, Panama, IV, 18, 1911, (Busck), id". 



Rio Trinidad, Pan., Ill, 17 to V, 7, 191 1 and 1912, (Busck), 46^, i 9. 



Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Pan., VI, 10, 1907, (Busck), id'. 



Paraiso, C. Z., Pan., I, 16, 1911, (Busck), icf. 



Cabima, Pan., V, 17 and 19, 191 1, (Busck), i d^, 2 9. 



Corozal, C. Z., Pan., XI, 14, 1913, (Hebard; dead leaves in jungle), 2 c?", 2 9 , type, 

 allotype, paratypes. 



Ancon, C. Z., Pan., (Jennings; in bush), i cf. 



Panama City, Pan., VI, 1915, (Harrower), i d. 



Tabogilla Island, Pan., II, 16, 1912, (Busck), i cf, 2 9, i with ootheca. 



Taboga Island, Pan., VI, 12, 191 1, (Busck), i cf. 



This species is distinguished from the Panamanian species of 

 Neohlattella by its smaller size, only N. fratercula Hebard showing 

 close approach in this respect. IMales of that species are easily 

 separated by the very distinct subgenital plate, females by the 

 average slightly larger size and more ample pronotum. 



That the present insect is in some ways annectant between the 

 genus Cariblatta and the species we have assigned to what we term 

 the second section of the Impar Group of the genus Neohlattella, 

 is shown by the close agreement in general structure and in the 

 similar male subgenital plate. *^'-' 



In the present series the discoidal sectors (median vein and its 

 branches and ulnar vein) of the tegmina number four to seven', the 

 variation due to differences in the branching of the median vein. 

 In the anal chamber of the males, below the unspecialized paired 



" In reference to the genera Cariblatta and Neoblattella, see Hebard, Trans. Am. Ent. 

 Soc, xlii, p. 148, footnote 3. 



