FAM. BLATTID^ ig 



Geographical distribution of species. — Madagascar. 



1. A. lobata, Saussure, Soc. Ent. Zurich, Vol. 6, p. aS (1891) (Madagascar). 



A. lobata, Saussure cS: Zehntner, in Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag. Orth. Vol. i, p. 46, pi. i, f. 4 (i8g5|. 



2. A. uitdata, Saussure & Zehntner, ibidem, p. 47, pi. i, f. 5 (iSgi) (Madagascar). 



3. A. brachyptera, Saussure & Zehntner, ibidem, p. 49, pi. i, f. 6 (iSgj) (Madagascar). 



4. A. abbreviata. Saussure & Zehntner, ibidem, p. 5o (1895) (Madagascar). 



5. A.metlianoides, nov. sp.(i) (Madagascar). — Plate 2, Fig. 8. 



21. Genus CERATINOPTERA, Brunner von Wattenwyl 



Ceratlnoptera. Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 75 (iS65). 

 Balta. Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. Vol. 17, p. 40 (1893). 



Characters. — Tegmina very variable in size, sometimes reaching the apex of the abdomen, 

 sometimes much reduced, alwa^'s lanceolate in the male, sometimes quadrate in the female. Wings well- 

 developed, reduced or rudimentary, ulnar vein simple, occasionally bifurcate, never ramose. Supra-anal 

 lamina of male usually triangular. Femora strongly armed. 



Geographical distribution of species. — .\11 the regions of the world except the Palearctic. 



1. C. dimidiata, Gerstacker. Arch. f. Katurg. \'ol. 35, p. 2o5 (1869) (East Africa). 



2. C. abyssinica, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc: Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 23, p. 93 (1873) (Abyssinia). 



3. C. variegata, Schulthess-Schindler, Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sc. Nat. Vol. 35, p. igi, pi. 8, f. i (i8gg) 



(East Africa, Delagoa Bay, Transvaal). 



C. hottentota, Saussure, .i^bh. Senckenb. Ges. Frankf. Vol. 2i, p. SyS (1899). 

 AphUhia transvaalimsis. Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Lond. (71, Vol. 5, p. 278 (1900). 



4. C. portalensis, Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino, Vol. 22, n. 556, p. i (1907) (Uganda). 



5. C. biviaculaia, Shelford, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Zool. Exp. Kilimandjaro etc., pt. 17. Orthoptera 



Blattodea, p. 23 (igo7) (German E. Africa). 



6. C. usambarensis, nom. nov. (German E. Africa). 



C. castanea. Shelford, ibidem, p. 23 (1907). 



7. C. sjostedti, Shelford, ibidem, p. 23, pi. 3, f. 16-17 (1907) (German E. Africa). 



8. C. variabilis, Shelford. ibidem, p. 24 (igoy) (Kilimandjaro). 



9. C. perpulchra, Shelford. ibidem, p. 25, pi. 2, f. 2, pi. 3, f. i3 (1907) (Kilimandjaro). 



10. C. ovata, Shelford, ibidem, p. 25 (1907) (German E. Africa). 



11. C. boUvari, .Adelung. Ann. Mus. Zool. St. Petersb. Vol. 9, p. 431 (iQo5) (Gallaland). 



12. C. sclndtliessi, Kirby, Syn. Cat Orth. Vol. i, p. io3 (1904) (South, West and East Africa,? Ceylon). 



Temnopteryx ferruginea, Schulthess-Schindler, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 39, p. 16S (1898). 

 i3. C. imcripta, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 145 (1868) (Natal). — Plate 2, Fig. 6. 

 14. C. madfcassa, Saussure, i\Iem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 20, p. 238. pi. 3, t. 19 (i86g) (Mada- 

 gascar). 

 i5. C. abbreviata, Saussure, ibidem. Vol. 17, p. i4g, pi. i, f. i3 (1864) (Reunion Island). 



16. C. martini, Bolivar. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 2g2, pi. 10, f. 6(1897) (Trichinopoly, India). 



17. C.fidva, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 85 (i865) (Java). 



18. C. sundaica, Fritze, Rev. Suisse Zool. Vol. 7, p. 338 (igoo) (Java). 



ig. C. couloniana, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, Vol. 17, p. i5o, pi. i, i. 14 (1864) 

 (.Australia). 



Parali-mnopteryx blaltoides. Tepper (Q), Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. Vol. 19, p. 149 (iSgS). 



(I) A. metJianoides, nov. sp. — (3. Allied to A, muiata, Saussure & Zehntner, but disc of pronotum unmarked. Lateral margins of pronotum 

 and mediastinal area of teg-mina testaceous. Median vein of wing a branch of the radial vein. Supra-anal lamina triangular, produced, apex not emarginate, 

 sub-genital lamina transverse, widely emarginate. — Total length 20 mm.: length of tegmina i5.5 mm.; pronotum 5.4 mm. X 8 mm. — Antongil Bay, 



N. E. Madagascar. 



