ORTHOPTERA 



493 



BLATTIDiE. 



Subfamily BLATTIN^. 



TEMNOPTERYX SNODGRASSII sp. nov. 



Description. — Dark chestnut, somewhat lighter on the pronotum 

 and tegmina. Labrum, coxae and femora testaceous; tibiae and feet 

 chestnut. Pronotum parabolic, the posterior edge barely arcuate, 



horny, polished and remotely and shal- 

 lowly punctate, with the anterior and 

 lateral margins a little lighter than the 

 disk. Tegmina short, not quite cover- 

 ing the first segment of the abdomen, 

 horny, with the veins exceedingly ob- 

 scure and the anal sulcus entirely obso- 

 lete ; sutural and costal margins straight 

 and parallel ; posterior margin straight 

 and slightly oblique, with the exterior 

 angle moderately rounded. Anterior 

 femora with three spines near the mid- 

 dle of the anterior lower carina, fol- 

 lowed by a series of minute spinules on 

 the apical half, no spines on the pos- 

 terior lower carina ; terminal spines f . 

 Middle and posterior femora with three 

 spines on the anterior lower carina and 

 four on the posterior lower carina ; ter- 

 minal spines \. Supra-anal plate triangular and slightly keeled (male), 

 or transverse and deeply incised (female). Cerci twice as long as the 

 supra-anal, plate in the median line, somewhat depressed, dark chest- 

 nut; stylets of the male very small. 



Fig. 35. Tctnnofteryx snod- 

 grassii, female, head, pronotum 

 and anterior part of abdomen 

 dorsal view. (X^O 



Fig. 36. Tetnnop- 

 teryx snodgrassii, fe- 

 male, dorsal view of ^ig. 37. Tetnnop. 

 end of the abdomen. teryx snodg-rassn,ma.\e, 

 (^8 \ dorsal view of end of 



abdomen. (XS-) 

 Measurements. — Length of body, 9 8 mm., $ 7 mm.; tegmina, 9 

 S 3; pronotum, 93, ^ 3. 



