284 JAMES A. G. REHN. 



Genus I'YCBfOSCELl'S Scudder. 



1863, Pycnoscelus Scudder, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist., vii, p. 421. Type. — Pyc- 



noscelus obscurus Scudder = Blalta surinamensis Linnaeus. 



Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus). 



1758, [Blatta] surinamensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., x ed., p. 424. [Surinam.] 



Eleven specimens; three females, eight larvae: 



Cuba. (Palmer and Riley.) [U. S. N. M.] 



Guanajay, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. April 25. (Palmer and Riley.) 



[U. S. N. M.] 

 Habana, Cuba. Aug. 5, 1900. i Palmer and Riley.) [U. S. N. M.] 

 El Guarna, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. April 25. (Palmer and Riley.) 



[U. S. N. M.] 

 Cave near Pueblo Viejo, San Juan, Porto Rico. Feb. 17, 1900. 



(C. W. Richmond and L. Stejneger.) [U. S. N. M.] 



Geuus FANCHLORA Burmeister. 



1838, Panchlora Burmeister, Handb. d. Eutom., ii. p, 506. Type. — By elimi- 

 nation and selection, P. pulchella Burmeister.* 



Panchlora acolhtia Saussure and Zehntner. 



1893, Panchlora acolhua Saussure and Zehntner, Biol. Ceut.-Amer., Orth., i, 

 p. 95. [Guerrero, Mexico; Capetillo, Guatemala; Bugaba, Panama.] 



Three females; Piedras Negras, Costa Rica. (Schild and Burg 

 dorf.) [U. S. N. M.] 



These specimens belong to the form called minor by Saussure and 

 Zehntner. 



Panchlora peruana Saussure 



1864, P[anchlora] peruana Saussure, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2e ser., 

 xvi, p. 342. [Peru.] 



Nine specimens; six males, three females; Piedras Negras, Costa 

 Rica. (Schild and Burgdorf.) Cabanas, Habana Prov., Cuba. 

 May 18, 20 and 21. (Palmer and Riley.) [U. S. N. M.J 



* The originally included species are as follows: 



viridis. 



escoleta. 



prasina. 



pulchella. 



surinamensis, . . . Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1863. 



indica, .... Pycnoscelus Scudder, 1863. 



maderse, .... Leucophxa Brunner, 1865. 

 Of these pulchella can be selected as the type, as Brunner's figure of the genus 

 was based on it. 



