Ml'. R. Shelford's Studies of the Blattidae. 305 



on tergites 2-5, tergites 6 and 7 castaneous. Supra-anal lamina tri- 

 angular, apex emarginate, castaneous at base, rest testaceous. Posterior 

 angles of abdominal tergites backwardly produced. Cerci longer and 

 more acuminate. 



Length ((^) 15 mm., (?) 14 mm. ; tegmina, {^) 4 mm., (9)3-5 

 mm. ; pronotum 5 mm. x 6 mm. 



New Zealand (British Mns., type ; Vienna Mus.). 



2. T. truncata, Br. (PI. IX, figs. 37« and 37&.) 



Polyzosteria truncata, Branner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. 



Syst. Blatt., p. 217 (1865). 

 Tcmnclytra harpuri, Tepper, Tr. R. Soc. S. Australia, 



xvii, p. 39 (1893). 



I have seen specimens in the Melbourne Museum identi- 

 fied by Mr. Tepper, and there can be no doubt of the 

 specific identity of truncata and harpuri. 



New South Wales (Vienna Mus., type of truncata), 

 Goulburn Range (Melbourne Mus.) ; Victoria, Gippsland 

 (Melbourne Mus.; Oxford Mus.); South Australia, 

 Kangaroo Is. (Adelaide Mus., type of harpuri). 



3. T. suhtruncata, Tepp. 



Temnelytra suhtruncata, Tepper, op. cit., xix, p. 164 

 (1895). 



Distinguished by the darker colour and by the form of 

 the tegmina, which are shorter in the ^ than in the ^ , 

 scarcely extending beyond the middle of the metanotum. 



Victoria, Fernshaw (Melbourne Mus., types ; Oxford 



Mas.). 



Genus 11. SCABINA, nov. 



Chameters. Eyes and antennal sockets equally far apart. 

 Ocelli present. Antennae robust. Pronotum parabolic, posteriorly 

 truncate, exposing the scutelhim. Tegmina quadrate, corneous, not 

 extending beyond the 1st abdominal tergite. Wings rudimentary, 

 squamiform. Posterior angles of abdominal tergites strongly pro- 

 duced backwards. Supra-anal lamina ((^) quadrate, entire. Cerci 

 exceeding the lamina. Styles long, slender. Posterior metatarsus 

 shorter than succeeding] oint, not spined beneath, itspulvillus apical. 



Type of the genus — >S'. antipoda, Kirby. 



The genus is very close to Eurycotis and Pelmatosilplia of 



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