ORTHOPTERA 



9. Genus DESMOZOSTERIA, Shelford 



Desmozosteria. Shelfnid. Blattid;e, in Fauna Siidwest Austral., Vol. 2. Lief. 9, p. i3q (1909). 



Characters. — .Vllied to Zunioploca, but the angles of none of the abdominal tergites backvvardly 

 produced. La'eral margins of the pronotum incrassated. Tegminal rudiments absent. Dorsal surface 

 punctate or smooth. Supra-anal lamina : (cf) quadrate, margins entire, (9) trigonal, cucullate. Cerci 

 short, i^attened. Posterior metatarsus vcr}' short, not spined beneath. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Australia. 



1. D. grosse-pHHctata, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Sue. Lond. p. 3o3 (1909). .Australia. 



2. D. michaeheni. Shelford, Blattidse, in Fauna Siidwest Austral., Vol. 2, West Australia. 



Lief. g. )). i3q, pi. i3, f. 9 (1909). 



3. D. rufescens, Shelford, ibidem, p. 140 (1909). West Australia. 



4. D. cincta, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 3o3 (1909). Central Australia. 



10. Genus TEMNELYTRA, Tepper 



Temnelytra. Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., \'ol. 17, p. 3S(i8g3). 



Characters. — Body flattened and depressed. Antenna; longer than the body. Pronotum anter- 

 iorly parabolic, posteriorly truncate, exposing the large scutellum. Tegmina quadrate or sub-quadrate, 

 extending to the first abdominal tergite. Wings entirely absent. F'irst abdominal tergite (cf) with scent- 

 gland opening. Posterior angles of distal abdominal tergites produced {T . iindulivilta Walker, cf, is an 

 exception). Supra-anal lamina : (cf) quadrate, margins entire, (9) triangular, apex emarginate. Cerci 

 longer than the lamina in both sexes. Posterior metatarsus very short, spined beneath. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Australia, New Zealand. 



1. T. undulivitta, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 144 (1868). New Zealand. 



2. T. ti'uncata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 217 New S. Wales, South Aus- 



(i>s65). — PI, I , Figs. 8a, 8b. tralia. 



T. harpuri, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17, p. Sg (1X9,3). 



3. T. suhtriincaia, Tepper, ibidem. V^ol. 19, p. 164 (iSgS). Victoria. 



I I. Genus SCABINA, Shelford 



Scabina. Shelford, Trans. Ent Soc. Lond. p. 3o5 (1909). 



Characters. — Eyes and antennal sockets equally far apart. Ocelli present. Antennffi robust. 

 Pronotum parabolic, posteriorly truncate, exposing the. scutellum . Tegmina cpiadrate, corneous, not 

 extending beyond the first abdominal tergite. Wings rudimentary, squamiform. Posterior angles of 

 abdominal tergites stiongly produced backwards. Supra-anal lamina (cf ) quadrate, entire. Cerci exceed- 

 ing the lamina. Styles long, slender. Posterior metatarsu^ shorter than succeeding joints, not spined 

 beneath, its pulvillus apical. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Queensland. 

 I. .S. antipoda. Kirby, .-Vnn. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 12, p. 376 (1903). — (Queensland. 

 PI. 2, Fig. 9. 



