FAM. BLATTID.'E n 



Supra-anal lamina very variable in both sexes, but tj'pically triangularly produced in the male. Scent- 

 gland openings usually conspicuous. Sub-genital lamina of the male with a pair of small styles. Femora 

 strongly armed beneath. Arolia present between the tarsal claws. Oothecee, where known, coriaceous, 

 carried bj' the female with the suture directed to one side. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Cosmopolitan. 



a. Cosmopolitan species : 



T. P. germanica. Lianasus, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12), Vol. i (2), p. 668 (1767) (Cosmopolitan). 

 Blatla obUquata. Daldorff, Skriv. Nat. Selsk. Vol. 2 (21, p. 164 (1793). 

 Ischiioptn-a bivittata, Thomas, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sc. Vol. i, p. 25o, pi, 36, f. i, 2 {1876), 



2. P. bivittata, Serville, Hist. Ins. Orth. p. 108 (iSSg) (Cosmopolitan). 



3. P. suptlledilium , Serville, ibidem, p. 1 14 (iSSg) (Cosmopolitan). — Plate 2, Fig. 2. 



Blaita cubensis, Saussure, Rev, Zool, (2). Vol. 14, p. i65 1 1S62). 



Blatta capensis, Saussure, ibidem, Vol. 16, p. 210 (1864). 



Blatta incisa. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 109 (1868). 



Blaita cxtenuata. Walker, ibidem, p. 221 (1868), 



Iscluwplera (jtuiiiriplagii. Walker, ibidem, p. 121 (186S). 



Blaita phalerata. Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 17, p, i3i. pi. i, f. 16 (1864). 



Blatta subfasciata. Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5. Suppl. Blatt, p. 26 (1S71). 



Blatta transversalis. Walker, ibidem, p. 25 (1871). 



Blatta figurata, Walker, ibidem, p. 24 (1871). 



Pliyllodromia ildta, Kirby, .\nn. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 5. \>. 280 11900). 



4. P. rufesceiis, Beauvois. Ins. .Afr. .Amer. p. i83, Orth. pi. 1 b, i. y (i8o5) (Cosmopolitan). 



Blatta capitata. Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 14, p. 167 (1862). 



Epilampra blattoides, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vo 17, p. 143 (i863). 



Ischnoptera terminalis. Walker, Cat. Blat. Brit. Mus. p. 122 (1868). 



Ischnoptcra deprivata. Walker, ibidem, p. 2i5 (_i868). 



b. Ethiopian species : 



5. P. parenthesis, Gerstacker, Mitth, Ver, Vorpomm, Vol. 14. p. 57 (i883) (Ogowe, West Africa). 



6. P. hemerobina, Gerstacker, ibidem, p, 57 (iS83) (Ogowe, West Afrika). 



7. P. centralis. Gerstacker, ibidem, p. 58 (i883) (Cameroons). 

 •8. P. pustulflsa, Gerstacker, ibidem, p. Sg (i883) (Cameroons). 



9. P. pairicia. Gerstacker, ibidem, p. 60 (i883) (Cameroons). 

 ID. P amplicollis, Gerstacker. ibidem, p. 66 (i883) (Gaboon). 



11. P. obsoleta, Gerstacker. ibidem, p. 66 (i883) (Gold Coast). 



12. P. mirabilis, Shelford, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. p. 116, pi. 2, f. 3 (igo8) (Cameroons). 

 i3. P. conradti, Shelford, ibidem, p. 117, pi 2, f. 4 (1908) (Cameroons). 



14. P. neutra, Shelford, ibidem, p. 118, pi. 2, f. 6 (igo8) (Cameroons). 



i5. P. alhiaitdi. Bolivar. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 171 (1893) (West Africa). 



16. P. reduda. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 220 (1868) (West Africa). 



I J. P. beaiwoisii. Walker, ibidem, p. loi (1868) (Sierra Leone). 



18. P. cassiphila, Rochebrune. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, (7), Vol. 7, p. 175 (i883) (Senegambia). 



ig. P. munzigeri, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 23, p. 94 (1873) (Bogos, West Africa). 



20. P. albovariegaia. Shelford. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7). Vol. 19, p. 3i (1907) (Fernando Po). 



21. P. trigonalis, Saussure, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. Frankfurt, Vol. 21. p. 574 (1899) (East Africa). 



22. P. nigromarginaia, Shelford, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Zool. Exp. Kilimandjaro etc., pt. 17, Orthop- 



tera Blattodea, p. ig, pi. 3, f. 12 (1907) (German E. Africa, Kilimanjaro). 



23. P. sjostedti, Shelford, ibidem, p. 20 (1907) (German E. Africa). 



24. P. iiisignis, Shelford, ibidem, p. 20, pi. 3, f. 8 (1907) (Kilimanjaro). 



25. P. testacea. Shelford, ibidem, p. 21, pi. 2, f, 14 (1907! (German E. Africa). 



26. P. viificeps. Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 5, p. 280 (igoo) (Nyasaland.N.E. Rhodesia). 



27. P. lobiventris, Saussure, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol, 35, p. 73 (i8g5) (Shoa, Gallaland). 



28. P. conslrida, Saussure, ibidem, p. 74 (1895) (Erythrtea, Somaliland). 



