BLATTARl^, 63 



a silvery inarginal line on each side. Legs pale testaceous. Length of the 

 body 4 lines. 



a. Tapayos. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



4. Hyi'nouma ccjcujoides. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa, angusta, linearis, dfprexsa, f)ili>sa ; vertex argenteo 

 transverse linealus ; anlennce nigrce, robusta, apice nivece ; proihorax 

 quadralus, angulis posticis argenleis ; pectus et venter nigra, glabra ; 

 pedes Jlavescente albce, femoribus anticis nigris ; cerci nigri, 

 breves. 



Male. Ferruginous-red, narrow, linear, flat, dull, pilose. Head as 

 broad as the prothorax and extendiuy; a little beyond il ; a transverse 

 silvery line on the vertex. Eyes black, small, very far apart. Antennte 

 black, stout, setose, much shorter than the body, snowy while towards the 

 tips. Prothorax quadrate, a little broader than long ; hind angles silvery. 

 Pectus and ventral segments black, shining. Cerci black, stout. Legs 

 yellowish white, short, rather slender; spines of the tibiae few, short and 

 slender ; fore femora black, yellowish while towards the base. Fore wings 

 extending to the tip of the abdomen. Length of ihe body 4 lines. 



Much smaller than H. HummeU, which is black, and distinguished 

 from H. saperdoides and from H. saperdiformis by the silvery-bordered 

 prothorax of the latter. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by A. Fry, Esq. 



Tribe 3. SPINOSiE. 



Spinosae, Sauss, Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 47. 



Fam. 1. BLATTID^. 



Genus 1. PHORASPIS. 



Phoraspis, Serv. Rev. 17; Hist. Orth. 184. Brulle, Blanchard. Sauss. 

 Hist. Nat. .Mex. iii. 141. 



1. Phoraspis Mexicana. 



Phoraspis Mexicana, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xiv. 228 ; Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 

 143. 



Mexico. 



2. Phoraspis atomaria. 



Phoraspis atomaria, Blanch. A. S. E. F. vi. 287, pi. 10, f, 2. Serv. Hist. 

 Orth. 126. Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 144. 



Guadeloupe. 



3. Phoraspis pantherina. 



Phoraspis. panlherina, Blanch. A. S. E. F. vi. 292, pi. ii. f. 3. Serv. Hist. 

 Orth. 127. Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 146, 



St. Domingo. Guadeloupe. 



