MORGAN HEBARD 



91 



Tegmina translucent in pale portions, ochraceous-tawny tinged with orange (in 

 the paratype this becoming gradually slightly weaker proximad in the costal field); 

 all but distal third of costal margin black (in type, .65, paratype, .9; in female of 

 phalerata at hand, .45 millimeter in width). Sinistral tegmen with sutural margin, 

 including apex, more broadly margined with blackish brown, this even wider on 

 dextral tegmen but not extending proximad of anal field. Sinistral tegmen with a 

 broad humeral band (in type and paratype, 2.1 millimeters in width) and a narrower 

 oblique band (in type, i, in paratype, 1.2 millimeters in width), the latter springing 

 from the proximo-internal angle of the anal field, these black in color and fusing 

 just before the apex of the tegmen (in the examples of phalerata at hand these 

 bands are subequal, 1.6 millimeters, in width). The humeral band is the same on 

 the dextral tegmen to the portion concealed when at rest, where these markings 

 are almost obliterated, the band which joins it distinct only along the decided 

 oblique sulcus. 



Wings transparent, ochraceous-tawny with an orange tinge; anterior field broadly 

 margined distad with blackish brown (width mesad in type, 1.8, in paratype, 1.6 

 millimeters; in specimen of phalerata, i.i millimeters); radiate field very broadly 

 bordered with blackish brown which narrows proximad, its internal margin con- 

 cave, not nearly straight as in phalerata (at fold of wing, 5, proximad, l ; in female of 

 phalerata at fold of wing, 8, proximad, 2.5 millimeters). Alesonotum and meta- 

 notum shining black. Dorsal surface of abdomen shining black, very broadly 

 margined laterad with ochraceous-buff tinged with orange, some of the distal seg- 

 ments with free margin very narrowly of this color and all but a very narrow proxi- 

 mal portion of the supra-anal plate of this color. Cerci ochraceous-buff, suffused 

 with brown dorso-distad. 



Measurements {in millimeters) 



Length of Length of Width of Length of Width of 

 body pronotum pronotum tegmen tegmem 



Para tropes pinoganae 



Pinogana, type 



Corozal, paratype. . . 



Paratropes phalerata 

 Arima, Trinidad .... 



15.8 

 16 



■.") 

 5-3 



.^.8 



9.: 

 9- 



9' 



18.8 

 19.4 



21.8 



8 

 8-3 



8..S 



Length of 

 caudal tibia 



5-8 

 6 



6.1 



In addition to the type, a female paratyi)e from Corozal, 

 Canal Zone, Panama, taken at li^ht on May 12, 1913, by Zetek, is 

 in the Hebard Collection. 



Megaloblatta blaberoides (Walker) 



1868. Epilampra blaberoides Walker, Cat. Dermapt. Saltat. Brit. .Mus., v, Suppl. 



Blatt., p. 12. [c^, 9 ; Chontales, Nicaragua.] 

 1887. Megaloblatta rufipes Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xlviii, p. 409. [cT, Panama.] 



MEM. AM. ENT. SOC, 4. 



