i6 ORTHOPrEKA 



5. B. agaboides. Gerstacker, Mitt. Ver. Neuvnrpomm. u. Riigen, Vol. 14, Kamerun, Assinie. 



p. 47(i883). 



Periplaneta assiniensis, Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 172. pi. i. f. i dSg.H). 



6. B. flavilaiera, Saussure, Ann. Mus. .Stor. Nat. Geneva, Vol. 35, p. 76 Ciallaland. 



(1895). 



7. B. ugandana, Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Torino, Vol. 22, n'' 556, ( ij^anda. 



p. 2 (1907). 



8. B. montana, Kirb}', Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., Vol. ig, p. 63 (1909). Ruvvenzori. 



9 B. propinqua. Shelford, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped.. IMatt. Kilimandjaro. 

 p. 3i (1907). 



10. B. hova, Saussure, Soc. Ent.. Zurich, \'ol. 6, p. 17 (i.Sgi). Madagascar. 



11. B. meridionalis, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2), V'ol. 16, p. 3o6 (1864). South .Africa. 



Dcropcltis bivittnta, Brunner von Watfenwyl, Noiiv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 247 



(I865I. 

 Deropeltis disl.vili. Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), Vol. 5, p. 284 (igoo). 



12. B. rufa, Teppcr, Trans. Ro}'. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 17. p. loi (igo3). Central .Australia. 

 i3. B. ro^j(«fl'a/(j, Brunner von VVattenwyl,Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 23o(i865). Fiji. 



14. B. pallif^es, Philippi, Zeitschr. f. Naturw., Vol. 21, p. 222 (i863). Chili. 



i5. B. bnvipes. Philippi, ibidem, p. 223 (i863). Chili. 



20. Genus CARTOBLATTA, Shelford 



Cartoblatta. Shelford, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped., Blatt.. p. 33 (1907). 



Characters. — Allied to Blatta Linnaeus and PseudoderopeUis Krauss. Pronotum (cT) trans- 

 verseh' elliptical, its anterior border truncate, its posterior border slightl\- produced. Meso- and meta- 

 nolum (Qf) without backw ardly-directed membranous processes. Tegmina and wings (x^) considerably 

 exceeding the apex of the abdomen. Tegmina ( 9 ) short and quadrate, not covering the first abdominal 

 tergite, their sutural margins touching; wing-rudiments present. No scent-gland opening on dorsum of 

 abdomen (cf ). Tarsi as in Blatta. 



Geographical distribution of species. — East .Africa. 

 I. C. pulchra, Shelford. Sjostedt's ixiliniandjaro-Meiu Exped., Bl;iit. p. 33, Kilimandjaro. 

 pi. 2, f. 4 (1907). 



21. Genus PSEUDODEROPELTIS, Krauss 



Pseudoderopeltis. Krauss, Zool. jahib. .\bt. f. S\-st., \'ol. 5, p. ()52 (1891). 



Characters. — Resembles Periplaneta tSurmeister. but male with the posterior angles of the 

 meso- and metanotum produced as slender, membranous processes; a scent-ghind opening on the first 

 abdominal tergite. b'emale with lobiform tegmina, the sixth and seventh abdominal teigites declivous 

 forming an angle with the preceding tergites and enlarged. Tarsi as in Blatta. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Africa. 



1. P. adeliing!, Werner, Sitzungsb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Vol. lib, Abt. i, Egyptian Sudan. 



p. II (1907). 



2. P. discrepans, Adelung, Ann. Mus. Zool. St-Petersl)., \'ol. 8, ]>. 3i2, .Abyssinia. 



pi. 20, f 14 (igo31. 



3. P. gildessa, Adelung, ibidem, p. 314. pi. 20, f. 4 (1903). Ab^■ssinia. 



4. P. satissuyei, Adelung, ibidem, p. 3i6, pi. 20. f. 5 (igo3). Abyssinia. 



5. P. conspersipentiis, Adelung. ibiiiem, \'ol. 9, p. 44S (igo5). Abyssinia. 



