FAM. BLATTID^ 17 



log. E. abdomm-iiigrum, De Geei. Mem. Ins. Vol. 3, p. 538, pi. 44, t.5(i773). Hrazil, Surinam, W.Indies. 

 E. livida. De Geer, ibidem, p. 538, pi. 44, f. 6 (1773). 

 E. brevii, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 2o3, pi. i5. 



f. 3(1892).- PI. 2, Fig. 7. 



no. E. caisana, Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. -Anat. Torino. Vol. 12, n" 3o2, Bolivia. 



p. 10(1897). 

 in. E. /wj^rt/z's, Brancsik.Verh.Ver.Trencsin. Com. Vol. 23-24, p. 187(1901). Paraguay. 

 112. E. latifrons. Saussure & Zehntner, Biol..Centr. Amer. Orth. Vol. i, « S. .\merica. » 



p. 66 (1893). 

 it3. E. hiiniieisteri, Guerin, in Ramon de la Sagra. Hist. Cuba, Ins. (."uba. 



p. 345 (i857). 



E. burmeisteri. Saussure. Mem. Mexique, Blatt. p. i3i, pi. 2. f. 25 (1864). 



114. E. insularis, Bolivar, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. Vol. i, p. 128 (18S8). Cuba. 



ri5. E. ciibeiisis, Bolivar, ibidem, p. 127 (1888). Cuba. 



116. E. caraibea, Saussure & Zehntner, Biol. Centr. .-\mer. Orth. Vol. i, Cuba. 



p. 65 (1893). 



117. E. sabulosa. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 70(1868). * Haiti. 



118. E. microspila. Walker, ibidem, p. 208 (1868). Haiti. 



Doubtful species : 



iig. E. elegans, Eschscholtz. Entomographien. p. 84 (1822). Philippines. 



120. E. acutipennis, Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins. Orth. j). (i83g). Habitat (?). 



23. Genus EUSTEGASTA, Gerstacker 



Eustegasta. Gerstacker, Mitt. Ver. Vorpomm. Vol. 14. p. 53 (i883). 

 Compsoblatta. Saussure, Soc. Ent. Zurich, Vol. 6, p. 9(1891). 



Characters. — Size small. Head with the verte.K freely exposed. Pronotum nitid, impunctate, 

 posteriorly produced triangularly, sides deflexed. Tegmina and wings fully developed in both sexes, the 

 former seriate-punctate at base; mediastinal vein of wings very long and giving off many rami to ante- 

 rior margin. Supra-anal lamina {(^) surpassed by the sub-genital lamina which is asymmetrical and with 

 two styles, in the 9 the supra-anal lamina is variable but usuall\' of the tj'pical Epilamprine shape. 

 Femora most sparsely armed with one or two spines only on the margins beneath. Tarsi very long, 

 metatarsi biseriately spined beneath, pulvilli apical, second and third tarsal joints with a few spines. 



Geographical distribution of species. — East and West .Africa, Madagascar. 



1. E. poecila, Sch&\xn\, Ber. .Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 777 (i853). Mozambique, Nyasaland. 



E. poecila, Schaum, Peters' Reise .VIossamb. Zool. Vol. 5, p. 109, pi. 7, 

 f. 2 (1862). 



2. E. obsoleta, Kirby, .Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7). Vol. 5, p. 287 (1900. Nyasaland. 



3. E. micans, Saussure & Zehntner, Rev. Suisse Zool. Vol. 3, p. 17 (i8g5). Zanzibar. 



4. E. 6«/>y«!!oirf<'s, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 76(1868). — PI. 2, Fig. 9. Fernando Po, Cameroons. 



5. E. carabidina. Walker, ibidem, p. 76 (1868). Sierra Leone. 



6. E. liuci, Dominique, Bull. Soc. Quest France, Vol. 10, p. 204, pi. 3, French Congo. 



f. 14-18 (1900). 



7. E. agrilidina, Shelford, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 19, p. 47 (1907). French Congo. 



8. E. variegaia, Shelford, ibidem, p. 47 (1907). French Congo. 



9. E. spUndens, Saussure, .Abh. Senckenb. Ges. Frankf. Vol. 21, p. 584 West Africa (?). 



(1899). 

 10. E. metaUica, Saussure, Soc. Ent. Zurich, Vol 6, p. 26(1891). Aladagascar. 



E. metallica. Saussure & Zehntner, in Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Mailay. Orth. 

 Vol. I, p. loS, pi. 3, f. 37 fiSgS). 



