i8 ORTHOPTERA 



Legs long; femora and tibiae strongly spined, tibial spines triseriately arranged. Tarsi long and slender, 

 posterior metatarsus longer than remaining jomts; all the jnints spined beneath, their pulvilli minute, 

 apical. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Cosmopohtan. 



1. P. amencana, Linnieus. Syst. Nat. (^ed. lo), Vol. i, p. 424 (lyStl). Cosmopolitan. 



Bliitta kahhei-lac, De Geer, Mem. Ins., Vul. 3, p, 5.^3, pi. ^4, ff. i-3 \i-]"'i\. 

 Blatta aurdianensis, Fourcroy, Ent. Paris, Vol. i, p. 177 (I7S5). 

 Blatta siccifolui, StoU, Spectres, Blatt. etc. p. 5, pi. 3d, ff. lu, 11 (i8i3i. 

 Blatta auianticua. StoU, ibidem, p. 5, pi. 3(/, f. 14 (i8i3). 

 Periplaitita stolida. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mas p. 128 (iS6Sj. 



2. P. australasiae, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 271 (1775). Cosmopolitan. 



Blatta domnigcnsis. Beauvois, Insect. Afr, .Aiiier. p. 1.S2, Orth. pi. i, 



f. 4 (1S04). 

 Periplaneta zonala. de Haan. 111 Temminck. Verhand. Nat. (.es. Orth. 



p. 49 (1842). 

 Periplaneta repaiida. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. I25 (iS6S|. 

 Periplaneta subiincta. Walker, ibidem, p. 126 (1868). 

 Periplautta inclusa. Walker, ibidem, p. 126 (i858). 

 Periplaneta emittcus,\Nii\\.ex.CdL\.. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus.. Vol. 5, buppl. 



Blalt. p 37 (1S71). 

 Pohzuitina iuhomala. Walker, ibidem, p. 35 (1.S71'. 



3. P. fiircaia, Karnv, Wiss. Ergebn. E.xped. Filchner China u. Tibet, Asia Minor. 



Bd. 10, Teii I, p. rg ( 190S). 



4. P. tartara, Saussure, in Fedtschenko, Reise Turkestan, Orth. p. 9 Turkestan. 



(i'^74>- 



5. P.filchuerae, Karny, Wiss. Ergebn. F^xped. F'ilchner China u. 1 ibet, China. 



Bd. 10, Tell, I, pp. 18, 19, pi. I, ff. 1-4(1908). 



6. P.japonica, Karny, ibidem, p. 18 (1908). Japan. 



7. P. emarginaia, Karny, ibidem, p. 19 (190S). Japan. 



8. P. picea, Shiraki, Annot. Zool. Japon., Vol. 6. p. 26, pi. 2, f. 3 (1906). japan. 



9. P. stiiata, Shiiaki. ibidem, p. 27, pi. 2, f. 3 {igob). Japan. 



10. P. lata. Herbst, F'uessly Archiv, Vol. 7-8, p. iS5, pi. 49, f. 7 (1786). Borneo. 



- PI. 2, Fig. 16. 



11. P. moHochrotna, W'aWidv. Cai. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., Vol. 5, Suppl. Bombay. 



Blatt. p. 37 (1871). 



12. P. curta, Walker, ibidem, p. 38 (1871). Bombay. 

 i3. P. indica. Karny, Wiss. Ergebn. Exped. F'ilchner China u. Tibet. India. 



J3d. 10, Teil i, p. 18 (1908). 

 14. P. ceylonica, Karny, ibidem, p. 18 (1908). C'eylon. 



i5. P. affinis, Saussin-e, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve, \'ol. 20, India (?). 



p. 261 (1869). 



16. P. valida, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Geno\a, Burma. 



Vol. 33, p. 36, pi. I, f. i3 (1893J. 



17. P. gracilis, Biunner von Wattenwyl, ibidem, p. 36, pi. i. f. 14 (1893). Burma. 



18. P. regina, Saussure, Rev. Zool. (2). Vol. 16, p 320 (1864). Malacca. 



19. P. malaica. Karny, Wiss. Ergebn. Exped. Filchner China u. Tibet, Banguey. 



Bd. 10, Teil I, p. 19 (1908) 



20. P. crassa, Karny, ibidem, p. 19, pi. 1, f. 5 (1908). Borneo. 



21. P. spiiiosostylata. Krauss, Denkschr. Med.-nat. Ges. Jena, Vol. 8, p. 762, Java. 



pi. 67, f. 2 (1903). 



22. P. nitida, Bolivar, .Vn. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Vol. 19. p. 3o2 (1890). Philippines. 



23. P. mefhatioides, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Abhandl. Senckenb. Ges. Gilolo, Ambon. 



Frankf., Vol. 24, p. 209, pi. 16, f. 14(1898). 



24. P. basedoivi, Tapper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 28, p. 162, South Australia, 



pi. 32 (1904)- 



