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to distinguish the young from those of Isdmoptera pennsylvanica, found in 

 the same localities. A single female with ootheca protruding was taken 

 on September 3, 1892. The ootheca is dark brown and smaller than that 

 of any other species known to me, measuring only 5x4 mm. 



Flavo-cincia is a species of northern range, having hitherto been re- 

 corded only from New England and the Lake Superior region. 

 V. Pjiyllodromia, Serville (1839). 

 Sub-anal stylets and last abdominal sternites, as in Eclobia. Supra-anal 

 plate truncate in the males, suddenly pointed and slightly notched in the 

 fetnales. Body narrow, the greatest breadth contained from two and one- 

 half to three times in the total length. The abdomen not broader than the 

 thorax in either sex, the sides almost parallel in the females ; in the 

 male tapering sensibly from the base. The tegmina as long as, or longer 

 than, the abdomen. 



7. Phyllodromia germakica, (L.) The Croton Bug. The Water Bug. 

 The German Cockroach. 

 BkUta germanica, Burmeister. Handbuch der Eut., II., 1838, 497. 

 Comstock, Int. Ent., I., iss.s, it:;, jig. 87. 

 Fernald, Orth. N. Eng., Ib88, 50, lig. 20. 

 Ectobia germanica, Scudder, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., VII., 1862, 418. 

 Glover, U. S. Agl. Rep., 1874, 132, fig. 3. 

 Riley, Stand. Nat. Hist., II., 171, fig. 247. 

 Id. Insect Life, I., 1888, 68, 191. 

 Blatta ( Phyllodromia) germanica, Serville, Hist. Nat. des Ortho., 1839, 107. 

 Phylhdromia germanica, Packard, Guide Stud. Ins., 1883, 576, rig. 569. 

 Riley, Insect Life, II., 1890, 266, fig. 57 (All 

 stages.) 

 Ischnoptera bivittata, Thomas, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci., I., 1876, 

 25ii, pi. NNNVI, figs. J, 2. 

 This is the smallest of the seven species of Blattida? which are known to 

 occur in the State. The general color is a light brownish yellow, the 

 females often darker ; all the limbs much lighter than the body ; the pro- 

 notum with two dark brown, longitudinal bands enclosing a yellowish 

 stripe. .The tegmina and wings of the male extend to the end of abdomen, 

 those of the female are a little longer. Antenna? dark brown, exceeding 

 slightly the tips of the closed tegmina. The body of the male is longer 

 and narrower than that of the female. 

 Measurements: Male— Length of body, 13 mm.; of tegmina, 10 mm.; 



