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22 ORTHOPTERA 



25. Genus LOBOPTERA, Brunner von Wattenwyl 



Loboptera. Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 79 (i865). 



Characters. — Ocelli absent. Vertex of head not covered by the pronotum. Tegmina lobiform 

 and wings absent in both sexes. Abdomen broad. Supra-anal lamina produced, obtuse ui the male, 

 emarginate in the female. Sub-genital lamina in the male triangular, obtuse, without styles, in the female 

 ample, emarginate. Femora strongly armed, rather compressed; an arolium present between the 

 tarsal claws. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Cosmopolitan. 



1. L. decipims, Germar, Reise in Dalmatien, p. 249 (1817) (Southern Europe, Madeira, Asia Minor). 



2. L. fortunata, Krauss, Zool. Anz. Vol. i5, p. i65 (1892) (Canary Islands). 



3. L. maroccana, Bolivar, Act. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. Vol. 23, p. 84 (1894) (.VIorocco). 

 \ 4. L. minor, Bolivar, ibidem, p. 85 (1894) (Morocco). 



5. L. tartara, Saussure, in Fedschenko, Reise in Turkestan, Orth. p. 8, pi. i , f . 5 (1874) (Turkestan). 



6. L. iiidica. Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 82 (i865) (India). 



7. L. peculiaris. Burr, Bull. Liverpool Mus. \'oL 2, p. 42 (igoo); Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 415, pi. 25, f. 8 

 (1903) (Sokotra). — Plate 2, Fig. 9. 



8. L. nitida, Shelford, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Zool. Exp. Kilimandjaro etc. pt. 17, Orthoptera, Blat- 

 todae, p. 28 (1907) (German E. Africa). 



9. L. duplovittata, Saussure, Soc. Ent. Zurich, Vol. 6, p. 25 (1891) (Madagascar). 



10. L. tiivittata, Erichson, Arch. f. Naturg. Vol. 8. p. 248 (1842) (Tasmania). 



11. L. halmaturina , Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. Vol. 17, p. 36 (i8g3) (Kangaroo Isl., Australia). 



12. L. diwdecimsi^nata, Tepper, ibidem, p. 36 (i8g3) (Adelaide, Australia). 

 i3. L. circumcinda, Tepper, ibidem, p. 37 (iSgS) (Kangaroo Isl., Australia). 



14. L. tricolor, Tepper, in Horn, Exped. Centr. Austral. Vol. 2, p. 357 (1896) (Central Australia). 

 i5. L. extranea, Perkins, Fauna Hawaii. Orth. p. 6 (1899) (Hawaiian Islands). 



16. L. americann, Scudder, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Davenport, Vol. S, p. 93, pi. 2, f. 4 (1899) (Arizona). 



17. L. schaejferi, Rehn, Psyche, Vol. 11, p. 72 (1904) (South Texas). 



18. L. atmulicornis, Saussure & Zehntner, Biol. Centr. Amer. Orth. Vol. i, p., 54 (i8g3) (Mexico). 



19. L. aeqnalis, W'alker. Cat. Derm. Salt. Vol. 5, Suppl. Blatt. p. 21 (1S71) (Brazil). 



20. L. laurcnziana, Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino, Vol. 12, n. 3o2, p. 2 (1897) (Argentine). 



21. L. borellii, Giglio-Tos, ibidem, p. 3 (1897) (Argentine. Bolivia). 



22. L. araucana, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 21, p. 109 (18691 (Chili). 



26. Genus PARALOBOPTERA, Saussure 



Paraloboptera. Saussure, JMission Sc. Mexique, Orth. p. 86 (1S70). 



Characters. — Differs only from Loboptera, Brunner von Wattenwyl, in the absence of arolia 

 between the tarsal claws. 



Geographical distribution of species. — South America and Abyssinia. 



1. P. unicolor, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), Vol. 20, p. 100 (1868) (Buenos Aires). 



2. P. ras, Adelung, Ann, Mus. Zool. St-Petersb. Vol. 9, p. 437 (igoS) (Abyssinia). 



27. Genus APTEROBLATTA, Shelford 



Apteroblatta. Shelford, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Zool. Exp. Kilimandjaro etc., pt. 17. Orthoptera, 

 Blattodea, p. 28(1907). 



