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This moderately large insect apj^ears to be confined 

 entirely to the Fiji Islands. No specimens are at hand. 

 Hence it would seem either to be rare or else confined to 

 the jungles or some special haunts away from human habi- 

 tations. 



Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus). ^ 



Bhrtfa americana Linn., Svst. Xat. (ed. X) I, p. 424, 

 Xo. 4 (1758). 



For synonomy see Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth. I, p. 140, 

 and Shelford, Genera Ins. Fasc. 109, p. 18. 



A cosmopolitan cockroach that occurs both about build- 

 ings and in the forests. A single specimen taken at Xadi ii 

 during the month of July is classed here. It is contained 

 in the College of Hawaii collection. 



Periplaneta^ australasia (Fabricius). 



Blafia auMralasia Fabr., Syst. Ent. p. 271, Xo. 5 (1775). 

 For synonomy sec Kirby and Shelford, 1. c. 



A cosmopolitan species of the forests rather than of 

 the cities, but by no means absent from the latter locality. 

 Reported from the Fijis, but not present in the collections 

 examined. 



Diploptera dytiscoides (Serville). 



Bla.tta dytiscoides Serv., Hist. Ins. Orth. p. 102 (1839). 

 For synonomy see Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth.. I, p. 176 

 (1904). 



Habitat. — Quite general over the Oriental region. Muir 

 collected it at Kewa, Fiji, in 1900. 



Several other cosmopolitan roaches undoul)tedly are to 

 be met with in these islands, as for example Leucophoea 

 surinamensis (Linn.), Bhyparohia maderae (Fal)r. ) and 

 Nauphoeta cinerea (Oliv.), all of which are common in 

 adjoiuing islands. 



PHASMOIDEA. 



Pterobrimus depressus Kedtenbaeher. 



I'lerohrinius depressas Redt., Ins. Fani. Phasni. p. 43 

 (1906). 



