TAM. ]5LATril).K 21 



18. D. melanohhila. Walker. Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. Suppl. p. 146 (i(S6g). E. .Africa and Madagascar. 



Deropeltis madecassti. Saussure. Soc. Ent. Ziirifh, Vol. 6, p. 17 (iSgi:: 

 Saussure & Zehntner, in Grandidier. Hist. Xat. Madagascar, Orth. 

 Vol. 1, p. 77, pi. 3, ff. 2S, 29 (iSgS). 

 Deropeltis speiseri. Brancsik, Jahresh. Ver. Trencsin. Com.. Vol. 17-1S, 

 p. 245, pi. 7. f 3 (1894). 

 iq. D. iiitegirrima, Brunner von Wattenwyl, Nouv. Syst. des Blatt. p. 243 E. .Africa and Zanzibar. 

 (iS65). - PI. 2, Fig. I 8. 



20. D. nigiifa, Saussure, Ann Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, V'ol. 35, p. So (i8g5). Somaliland. 



21. D. barbevana, Saussure, ibidem, p. 79 (tSgS). Somaliland. 



22. D. schwcinfurthi, Saussure, ibidem, p. 79 (i8g5). Somaliland. 



23. D. (i'««^/ea';',.Adelung, .Ann. Mus. Zool. St-Petersb.,V(il. g, p.463(igo5). Somaliland. 



24. D. kiH-huvskii, Adelung, ibidem. Vol. S, p. 3ig, jil. 20, f. 6 ( igoS). .Abyssinia. 

 2'5. D pallidihennis, Adelung, ibidem, p. 327 (igoS). Abyssinia. 



26. D. negus, Adelung. ibidem. \"ol. g. p. 468 (igoS). Abyssinia. 



27. D. erythropeza, Adelung, ibidem, p. 460 (igo5). .Abyssinia. 



28. D. adelungi, Shelford, Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped., Blatt. .Abyssinia. 



p. 37 (1907). 



Deropeltis gracilis, .\dehiny. Ann. lUus.Zool.St-Petersb.Vol. g. p. 453 (igoSi. 

 29 D. bi-evipeunis, Shelford, Deutsclio \int. Zeitschr. p. 6ig (igog). Eiythra>a. 



26. Genus MIROBLATTA, Shelford 



Miroblatta. Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. i^ond. p. 271 (igo6i. 



Characters. — Pronotum sub-cucullate, anteriorly parabolic, covering verte.\ of head, posteri- 

 orly truncate, exposing the scutellum, disc with elevated ridges. Tegmina and wings not extending 

 beyond the apex of the abdomen, Tegmina verv broad, corneous, venation obscured, anal vein absent; 

 mediastinal freld on under suiface elevated, keeled, the space between mediastinal and radial veins 

 broad, indexed, forming together with the mediastinal field an epipleuron. Wings broadly ovate, coria- 

 ceous, anterior part nearly twice as broad as posterior part, outer margin deeply indented at apex of 

 dividing vein, posterior part not folding in fan-like manner. Genual styles minute. Cerci long, sharjily 

 pointed. Legs long, slender; femora unarmed beneath; spines on outer aspect of posterior tibia; 

 biseriately arranged. Posterior inctaiarsi longer than remaining joints, unarmed beneath; the pulvilli 

 large, the second occupying the whole length of the joint. 



Geograpical distribution of species. — Borneo. 

 I. M. petiophila, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 272, pi. 14, f. 4, 4a(igo6). Borneo. 



27. Genus OATARA, Walker 



Catara. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 22 (1S68). 



Characters. — Male with tegmina and wings full}' developed; female entirel_\- apterous. 

 .Antennae slightly incrassated. Pronotum rugose; sub-discoidal, anteriorly truncate in the male; sub- 

 cucullate, posteriorly truncate and with the piosterior angles produced in the female. Dorsal surface of 

 female rugose, posterior angles of mesonotum produced. Supra-anal lamina of male sub-transverse; 

 genital styles small. Cerci short, obtuse. Femora almost entirely unarmed. Tibial spines small and few 

 in number, biseriately arranged on the outer aspect of the tibiae. Tarsi unarmed beneath ; posterior 



