FAM. BLATTID^ 



23 



Characters. — Allied to Loboptera. Brunner von Wattenwyl, but tegmina entirely absent in 

 both sexes. Aiolia present. 



Geographical distribution of species. — East Africa, Abyssinia. 



1. A. peiphxa, Shelford, W'Iss. Ergebn. Schwed. Zool. Exp. Kilimandjaro etc., pt. 17. Orthoptera, 



Blattodea, p. 2S, pi. 2, f. 3, i3 (1907) (Kilimandjaro). 



2. A. adehingi, Shelford, ibidem, p. 29 (1907) (Abyssinia). 



28. Genus ATTAPHILA, Wheeler 



Attaphila. Wheeler, The Amer. Natur. Vol. 34, p. 856-862 (igoo). 



Characters. — Body oval. Head strongly transverse, towards the middle as broad as long. 

 Antennae with the first joint large, dilated gradually towards the apex and slightl}' curved, the second 

 small, sub-quadrate, the third and fourth short and transverse, the following increasing distally in length. 

 Eyes very narrow and reduced. Pronotum barely covering vertex of head, posteriorly truncate. Tegmina 

 in male sub-quadrate, with internal posterior angle rounded, reaching to end of the metanotum ; absent 

 in the female. Wings absent. .Abdomen depressed, broad; penultimate tergite narrow transverse; supra- 

 anal lamina triangular produced in the male, in the female trapezoidal with the posterior border 

 emarginate; sub-genital lamina of male with one style. Cerci short, rounded, not segmented. Legs 

 short, robust, femora armed beneath, tibiae strongly, spined, tarsal claws with arolia. .'\11 the species 

 inhabit ants' nests. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Southern United States, South America. 



1. A. fimgicola, Wheeler, The Amer. Natur. Vol. 34, p. 856-862, f. i-S (1900) (Texas). 



2. A. bergi, Bolivar, Comun. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, Vol, i, p. 334 (1901) (Argentine, Uruguay) — 



Plate 2, Fig. I I. 



3. A. sexdeidis, Bolivar, Mitt. Schweiz. Ent, Ges. Vol. 11, p. i37 (iQoS) (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). 



4. A. schuppi, Bolivar, ibidem, p, i38 (igoS) (Porto Alegre, Brazil). 



5. A. apiera, Bolivar, ibidem, p, i37 (igo5) (Colombia). 



Paj;es . 

 abbreviata, Sauss. & Zehnt. (g. Aiml- 



lacta) 1 9 



abbreviata, Sauss (g. Ceratinoplera) ig 



abbreviata, Tepp. (g. Temnoptiryx) 21 



Abrodiaeta (genus), Brunn. v. W. 18 

 abyssinita. Sauss. (g Ceratinop- 



iera] 19 

 abyssinica, Sauss. & Zehnt. {g. Tem- 



nopteiyx) 21 



acolhua, Sauss. {g. PlnUodromia) i5 



adelungi. Shelf, [g. Aptirohlatta) 23 



adimonialis. Walk. (g. Lupparia) 16 



INDEX 



Pages. 



adspersicoUis, Stal [g. Phyllodromia) 14 



adusta, Caud. {g Ischnoplera) 8 

 adversa, Sauss. & Zehnt. (g. Phyllo- 



di'omia) 14 



aegrota, Gerst. (g. Ischnoplera) 6 



aequalis, Walk. ig. Loboplira) 22 

 aequatorialis. Wern. (g. Pliyllo- 



dromia) 12 



affinis, Burm (4^. Pseudatiwps} 4 



affinis, Walk. {g. Pseudomops) 4 



affinis, Sauss. (g. Phyllodromia) 14 



affinis. Shelf, (g. Temnoptery.x) 21 



Pages, 

 alaris, Sauss. & Zehnt. [g. Phyllvdro- 



viia) 1 5 



albida, Sauss. 1^. Phyllodromia) 14 



albostriata. Shelf, ig. Pseudomops) 4 



albovarie,L;ata. Shelf. \g. Phyllodro- 

 mia ) 1 1 

 albovittatum, Sauss. ig. EUipsidion) 6 

 alca, Bol. (g. Temnopteryx) 21 

 aliena, Brunn. v. W. (g. Phyllodro- 

 mia' 1 3 

 Allacta I genus I, Sauss. & Zehnt. 18 

 alluaiidi, Shelf. (g.Piroblatta) 9 



