316 Mr. R. Slielford's Studies of the Blattidae. 



1. G. cajJiicina, Gerst. 



G/jna cap2ici7ia, Gerstaecker, Mitt. Ver. Neuvor- 

 pomm. 11. Rugcn, xiv, p. 72 (1883). 



Gi/)ia maculvpcnnis, Brunner vou Watteuwyl, Nouv. 

 Syst. Blatt., p. 268, PJ. VI, fig. 30 (1865). 



A commou and well-marked species that occurs in most 

 collections from West Africa. There is a variety with 

 the pronotum anteriorly margined with ochreons. 



Kamerun (Greifswald Mus., type ; Oxford Mus. ; Berlin 

 Mus. ; Vienna Mus.) ; Feiinando Po (Genoa Mus.) ; Fkench 

 Congo (Genoa Mus.). 



2. G. scutdligcra, Walk. 



Pancldora scutcUir/cra, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus., 

 p. 32 (1868). 



^. Head testaceous with frous castaueous ; antennae fuscous. 

 Eyes almost touching on vertex. Pronotum with the disc casta- 

 ueous, broadly margined all round with flavo-testaceous. Tegmina 

 castaneous, outwardly margined almost to apex with flavo-testaceous. 

 Wings suffused with rufo-castaneous, ulnar vein with 10 rami, 7 

 being incomplete. Abdomen rufo-testaceous, supra-anal lamina 

 sub-quadrate, apex not emarginate, exceeded by the sub -genital 

 lamina which is small and furnished with 2 styles. Cerci moderate. 

 Legs rufo-testaceous. 



Total length 19*5 mm.; length of body 15 mm.; length of 

 tegmina 17 mm.; pronotum 6-3 mm. x 7'5 mm. 



Gambia (British Mus., type); Portuguese Guinea, 

 Bolama (X. Fca), (Genoa Mus.). 



3. G. costalis, Walk. 



Pancldora costalis, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus., 

 p. 35 (1868). 



^ . Eyes nearly touching on vertex of head. Head rufo-testaceous ; 

 antennae testaceous at base, remainder fuscous. Pronotum margined 

 broadly all round with testaceous, disc castaueous at base, apex 

 hyaline, outer margin testaceo-hyaline. Wings hyaline, costal 

 margin faintly suffused with ochreons, ulnar vein with 10 rami, 7 of 

 which are incomplete. Abdomen and legs flavo-testaceous. Supra- 

 anal lamina sub -quadrate, not surpassing the sub-genital lamina, 

 which is small and slightly asymmetrical. 



Total length 15 mm. ; length of body 13 mm. ; length of tegmina 

 12 mm.; pronotum 4 mm. x 6 ram. 



