56 CATALOQUE OF 



Fani.4. DIPLOPTERID^. 

 Diplopteriens, Snuss. //, N'. M. iv. 154. 



Genus 1. PROSOPLECTA. 

 Piosoplecta, Sams. Rev. Zool. xvi. 325 ; Hist. Nat. Mex. iv. 169. 



1. PllOSOPLECTA COCCJNELLA. 



Proso])lecta coccinella, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xvi. 325 ; Hist. Nat. Mex. \v. 



173. 

 a. Philijipine Isles. From Mr. Wood's coUeclion. 



2. Prosoplecta coccinelloides. 



Testacpo, brevi-elliptica, convexa, nitens ; antenncB fascia antemedia nigra 

 lata; prothorax plaga scutelliformi e gutis slrigniimfue nigris ; a/a. 

 anlicce pallida lineala, striga costali basali lanceolata maculisque 

 tribus pallide jiavis ; aim posiicm hyalince, pallide cinerecB. 



Testaceous, shoit-elliptical, cnnvex, smooth, sliining. Head extei)diiig 

 a little beyond the prothoiax. Eyes small, far apart. Antennae with a 

 broad black band near the base. Prothorax with a large scutcheon-shaped 

 figure formed by several black dots and small streaks of various size and 

 shape, and like two ramose much interrupted stripes. Fore wings longi- 

 tudinally and very finely striated, with slender paler lines and with a yellow 

 costal lanceolate streak extending from the base to a little more than one- 

 third of the length ; three smooth pale yellow spots; first spot very near 

 the base; second and third antemedial, larger than the first; second sub- 

 costal; third behind the second. Hind wings pale cinereous, hyaline; veins 

 black. Length of the body 2\ lines; of the wings 6 lines. 



The anlennse are stouter than those of P. coccinella, the fore wings are 

 more lanceolate and their spots are larger : however, the two species are 

 very closely allied to each other. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Genus 2. PLECTOPTERA. 

 Plectoplera, Sauss. Hint. Nat. Mex. iv. 173. 



1. Plectoptera porcelana. 



Anaplecta porcelana, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xiv. 164 — Plectoptera porcelana, 

 Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iv. 176, f. 175. 



Cuba. 



2. Pleotopteka Poeyi. 



Blatta Poevi, Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 94 — Plectoptera Poeyi, Sauss. 

 Hist. Nat. Mex. iv. 197. 



Cuba. 



