306 Mr. R. Shelford's Studies of the Blattidae. 



the New World, but all the species of those genera that I 

 have been able to examine have the posterior metatarsus 

 spined beneath. 



1. *S'. antijjoda, Kirby. 



Pelmatosilpha (?) antipoda, Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., ser. 7, xii, p. 376 (1903). 



To Kirby's description may be added : — 



Tegmina with outer margins incrassate and sinuate. Wings 

 squamiform, scarcely exceeding the metanotum. Supra-anal lamina 

 with non-serrate margins, apex non-emarginate. Styles not hxteral 

 in position. 



Length 25 ram. ; tegmina 7 "5 mm. ; pronotum 8'9 mm. x 12 mm. 



Queensland (British Mus.,type; Oxford Mus., co-type). 



Genus 12. Methana, Stal. 



Mcthana, Stal, Oefv. Vet. Akad. Forh. xxxiv (10), p. 36 

 (1877). 



Wodongia, Tepper, Tr. R. Soc. S. Australia, xix, p. 155 

 (1895). 



Characters. Antennae longer than body. Pronotum anteriorly 

 parabolic, almost covering vertex of head, posteriorly very obtusely 

 angled. Scutellum not exposed. Tegmina and wings fully de- 

 veloped, at least as long as the abdomen, generally longer. Supra- 

 anal lamina {$) quadrate, margins not serrate, ($) triangular, apex 

 emarginate. Cerci long, acuminate. Femora heavily spined. Pos- 

 terior metatarsus about equal in length to remaining joints, biseri- 

 ately spined beneath, its pulvillus apical ; remaining joints of tarsus 

 with large pulvilli, not spined beneath. 



Type of the genus : M. 'jimrginalis, Sauss. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 

 1. Uniform castaneous. 



2. Large species, exceeding 30 mm. in 



total length M. magna, sp. n. 



2'. Smaller species, less than 30 nuu. in 



total length M. conrexa, Walk. 



1'. Not uniform castaneous. 

 2. Pronotum testaceous with fuscous vittae. ]\[. cnrvigera, Wa\k. 

 2'. Pronotum castaneous with flavo-testa- 

 ceous margins. 



