N0.1363. EARWIGS AND (JOCKROACHES—REHN. 548 



Size ratlior .small; form ovate. Head strong-ly clopr(>s,sed, with the 

 anterior marj^in arcuate, projecting coiisideral)ly l)eyond the prono- 

 tum; interspace between the eyes slightly less than tlu* long diameter 

 of the eye; eyes elongate reniform, Pronotum transverse, depressed, 

 hemispherical; anterior margin shallowly and broadly emarginate; pos- 

 terioi' margin rotundato-tnincate; lateral margins obtusel}' rounded. 

 Tegmina lanceolate, apex subacute, costal margin more arcuate than 

 the sutural; hasal tield very broad, occupying almost half the basal 

 width of the tegmina, extending about two-thirds the length of the 

 tegmen, but the distal half narrowed by the mediastine vein, and not 

 more than half the ])asal width; discoidal vein straight, extending to 

 the apex of the tegmen; costal veins regularly disposed, arcuate, the 

 convexity toward the apex of the tegmen; anal sulcus indistinct arcu- 

 ate, joining the sutural margin at a point distant one-third the entire 

 length from the base. Wings about equal to the tegmina in length 

 when in repose. Supra-anal plate rather small, triangularly produced, 

 apex deeply and narrowl}^ tissate. Cerci elongate, narrow, moderately 

 depressed, apex bluntly acuminate. Subgenital plate produced, 

 broadly channeled, apex truncate. Posterior tibia^ slighth^ exceeding 

 the femora in length. 



General color pale ochraceous hyaline, suffused on the disk of the 

 pronotum; costal margin of the wings and body with reddish ochra- 

 ceous; eyes umber. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



mm. 



Length of l)ody 8.5 



Length of pronotum 2 



Greatest width of pronotum 3. 6 



Length of tegmina 7. 5 



Greatest width of tegmina 3 



Subfainily FSETIDOIMOFIN'.^:" (£/««/«« Auct.). 



Genus BLATTELLA Csi\xd.e\\ {Pin illodromia Xxxci.). 



1903. BlaUeUa Caudell, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., V, p. 234. 



Tyjje. — Blatta germanlca Linnteus. 



BLATTELLA GERMANICA (Linnaeus). 



1767. {£1(111(1] germanwa LiUNJEva, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., p. 688. [Denmark.] 



Four specimens; three females, one immature individual. 



Chemulpo, Korea (Dr. W. H. Jones) [A. N. S. Phila.]. Kioto, 

 Japan (Y. Hirase) [A. N. S. Phila.], no. 38. Japan (Koel)ele) 

 [U.S.N.M.]. Trong, Lower Siam (Dr. W. L. Abbott) [U.S.Js\M.]. 



« According to Rehn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XXIX, 1903, p. 260. 

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