SHELFÜRD, BLATTODEA. 2, 



not luarked. Wings iiümite. Abdomen variegated witii rufous and iuscuius, moro 

 heavily marked below; cerci testaceous spotted with fuscous; supra-anal lamina tri- 

 angulär, apex notched ; sub-genital lamina large, trigonal, a median carina, apex deeply 

 cleft, two symmetrically disposed styles, whicli are bent downwards at right angics 

 to tlie plane o£ tlie lamina. Legs testaceous ; front femora armed on the anterior 

 margin beneath with minute piliform spines; formula of apical spines, f, -f, {. 



?. Darker than male. Head similar but with a triangulär castaneous spot at 

 base of clypeus. Pronotum with an incomplete fuscous vitta on each side of the disc 

 and continued on the meso- and metanotum ; metanotum with a central fuscous vitta. 

 Tegmina as in the male. Abdomen almost entirely dark castaneous variegated with 

 testaceous; cerci fuscous, tipped with testaceous; supra-anal lamina triangulär, apex 

 emarginate; sub-genital lamina ample, semi-orbicular, posterior margin triangularly 

 notched. 



cT. Length of body 9 mm.; length of tegmina 2,i mm:; pronotum 2,9 mm. x 4,8 mm. 

 $. . . > 9 mm.; > 3 mm. x 4,6 mm. 



3 cTcT, 2 ?. Lower Meru (December). 



The nearest allies of the species are T. nana Sauss. from Senegal and T. 

 brachyptera BoL. from North Africa, from both it may be distinguished by the form 

 of the supra-anal and sub-genital plates. 



Temnopteryx affiuis sp. n. 



?. Allied to the preceding species, but smaller and entirely pale testaceous 

 witii only a few brown points on prothorax and tegmina. Tegmina quadrate, not 

 exteriding beyond metanotum, mediastinal vein nearly reaching outer posterior angle, 

 4 costals, anal vein not marked. Abdomen above with four obscure longitudinal 

 fuscous vittae, supra-anal lamina sliglitly produced, rounded, sub-genital lamina semi- 

 orbicular, ample. 



Length of body 7,^ mm.; length of tegmina 2 mm.; pronotum 2 mm. x l^J> mm. 



Meric rain-forest, 3,000—3,500 metres; 1 ?. 



Temnopteryx rufa sp. n. 



$. Rufous, nitid. Vertex of head not covered by pronotum : antennae fuscous, 

 except basal joints which are rufous. Pronotum with sides deflexed, posterior margin 

 very slightly angulated. Tegmina truncate, reaching 2"^ abdominal segment, medi- 

 astinal vein sending two branches to outer margin, 10 costals, marginal field very 

 broad, discoidal field narrow, anal vein nearly reaching apex of tegmina. Wings a 

 little shorter than tegmina. Abdomen rufo-castaneous, supra-anal lamina trigonal 

 produced, cerci castaneous, sub-genital lamina ample. Legs rufo-testaceous, front 

 femora with anterior margin beneath armed throughout with spines, the distal shorter 

 than the proximal ; all the femora with genicular spines, formula of apical spines i, i, {. 



Total length 13 mm.; length of tegmina 5 mm.; pronotum 4 mm. x 5,2 mm. 



Kilimandjaro: Kibonoto 1,300—1,900 metres (November); 1 ?. 



