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4. PERIPLANETA AMERICANA Unnseus. 



Bluttn ameriniiKi Linn.eus, Byst. Xat., 10th r<l., ], ]758, p. 424. 



I This insect is very coininon in southern Texas, indeed ainountino- to 

 ja veritable pest. It comes into the houses through the open \vin(U)\vs 

 .and ))ut for the ever-present canopy of netting- over the heds in that 

 [part of the country would very probably establish itself as an unwel- 

 come and very uncomfortable spiny bedfellow. Happily the netting 

 ; prevents this, ))ut uidiappily the Acuntha hehdarla is not so easily 

 1 excluded. 



I A razor case left for a couple of weeks in a drawer in one of 

 [ Victoria's leading- hotels, had the covering- nearly all eaten off by this 

 1 large roach. The ordinar}^ house species, PhyUodroinla germ.anica and 

 ^Bhitta (>i'i<)if(il!s. do not appear to be common in localities where this 

 I species thrives. 



\ 5. PERIPLANETA TRUNCATA Krauss. 



Periplaneta tranada Krauss, Zool. Anzeiger, XY, 1892, p. 165. — Saussuke and 

 Zehntneu, Biol. Cent. Ainer. Orth., I, 1893, p. 74. 



Two female specimens of this species were collected in the laboratory 



\ of the boll weevil investigation at Victoria, Texas, in the early part of 



July, 1902. This is a new insect to the United States, but there can 



be but little doubt of the correctness of the identification. It is the 



variety ''a"" of Saussure and Zehntner. 



6. HOMCEOGAMIA APACHA Saussure. 



HoDin'of/amiii itjjdchd Saussure, Rev. Suisse de Zool., I, 1893, p. 89(5. 



The collection of the U. S. National Museum contains specimens of 

 this species from Texas, Colorado, A]-izona, and ("alifornia. This is 

 the tirst record of this species from the United States, though it seimis 

 to be not at all rare. HovKEogamia suhdiaphmia Scudder seems some- 

 what allied to this species, but Mr. Rehn. who has taken xiilxl'mphnna 

 in New Mexico, says they are distinct. 



Family MANTIDiE. 



7. YERSINIA SOLITARIA Scudder. 



Jprxinid KoJitnriK Scudder, Can. Knt., XXVIII, 189(5, ]). 209. 



Two innnature specimens of this species were taken, one at Fort 

 Collins and one at Golden, the former on August 9 and tli<> lattei- on 

 Julv IT. 



