FAM. BLATTID.T. 



4. Genus MALLOTOBLATTA, Saussure & Zehntner 



Mallotoblatta. Saussure it Zehntner, in Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag. Orth. \'ol. i, p. 17, 41 (iSgo). 



Characters. — Small slender insects with the head, pronotum and legmina furnished with a 

 scattered erect pubescence. Tegmina and wings in the male longer than the abdomen, wings with an 

 intercalated apical triangle and simple or bifurcated ulnar vein; in the female the tegmina are not 

 longer than the abdomen, the wings are abbreviated. Femora strongly spined. Supra-anal lamina in the 

 male transverse or slightlv )iroduced. trigonal in the female. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Madagascar, Fast Africa, India. 



1. M. pubescens, Saussure & Zehntner, in Cirandidier. Hist. .Vat. Madag. Orth. p. 42. pi. _•, f. 10 (iSq5) 



(Madagascar). 



2. M. pilosdla. Saussure & Zehntner, in Grandidier, ibidem, p. 4^1, yil. 2. f. 20, 20rt (1896) f Madagascar). 



3. M. brachyptera, Adelung, Ann. Mus. Zool. St-Petersb. Vol. 8, p. 3o3. y<\. 20, f. i3 (1904) (.-Vbii-ssinia). 



4. M .-Kraitssi, Adelung, ibidem, Vol. g, f. 12 (igoS) (Abyssinia). 



5. M. nbscuia, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 234 11906I (India, Madras). 



5. Genus ESCALA, Shelford 



Escala. Shelford, Trans. Fnt. Soc. Lond. p. 238 (1906). 



Characters. — Allied to Thegaiiopteiyx, Br., but the sub-genital lamina (jf tiie male bearing an 

 asymmetrical lobe which ma}' be unarmed or armed with a series of hooks or replaced by a single stout 

 hook; the right style sometimes absent, the left style acuminate. Supra-anal lamina produced, trian- 

 gular, not projecting beyond the sub-genital lamina, ("erci elongate. Wings with median and ulnar 

 veins simple, triangular apical field somewhat inconspicuous. 



Geographical distribution of species. India, Australia. 



1. E. circumducta. Walker, (at. Blatt. Brit. Mus. Suppl. p. 142 (1869) (.\delaide, S. Australia). — 



Plate, Fig. 9. 



circioiniiicUi, Shelford, Trans, lint. Soc. Lond. p. 23g, pi. i5, f. 4. 



2. E. lougiKscula, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. Suppl. p. 143(1809) (Adelaide, S. .Vustralia). 



loiigiuscula, Shelford, Trans. Ent. .Soc. Lond. p. 239, pi. i5, f. 5. 



3. E. insignis, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 240, pi. i5, f. 6 (upO) (Australia). 



4. (?) E. siibcoloi-ata, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus.\^ol. 5. Suppl. Blatt. p. 32 (1871) (India, Bonibax). 



6. Genus ANAPLECTA, Burmeister 



Anaplecta. Burmeister, Handb. Fnt. \"ol. 2, p. 494 (i838). 

 Riatia. Walker. Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 66 (1868). 



Characters. — Antennae setaceous; pronotum transversely elliptical. Tegmina generally «ith 

 discoidal area traversed by longitudinal veins. Wings with ulnar vein simple or bifurcate, provided with 

 a large triangidar apical area which, in a state of repose, is folded longitudinally and then reflected over 

 the rest of the wing, it is without veins. Legs as in Ectobia, Westwood. Supra-anal lamina slightly pro- 

 duced, triangular or trigonal. Sub-genital lamina of males without styles. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Tropical Asia and Africa, Central and South 

 America, Australia. 

 I. A. siihrotuiidata .WaWier , Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5, Suppl. Blatt. p. 26 (1871) (Bomba\-, India). 



