22 SJOSTEDTS KILIMANDJARO-MERU EXPEDITION. 17: 2. 



1. Castaneous species. 



2. Tegmina not banded nor variegated with 

 paler colour. 



3. Pronotum not pale-bordered anteriorly. 

 4. Tegmina much shorter than the 

 body. 



5. Sub-genital lamina of </ poste- 

 riorly truncate, angles acute . abbreviata Sauss. (Reunion). 

 5'. Sub-genital lamina of J" poste- 

 riorly rounded castanea sp. n. (E. Africa). 



4'. Tegmina not or scarcely shorter 

 than the body. 



5. Larger, legs testaceous . . . mndecassa Sauss. (Madagascar). 

 5'. Smaller legs castaneous . . . ovata sp. n. (E. Africa). 

 3'. Pronotum pale-bordered anteriorly , abijssinica Sauss. (Abyssinia). 

 2\ Tegmina banded or variegated with paler 

 colour. 

 3. Pronotum with disc rufous. 



4. Minute species perpidchra sp. n. (E. Africa). 



4'. Larger dimidiata Gerst. (E. Africa). 



3'. Pronotum with disc not rufous. 



4. Disc of pronotum with testaceous 



maculae varieyata Schulth (E. Africa) 



= hottentota Sauss. (Delagoa Bay) 

 = transvaaliensis Kirby (Transvaal). 

 4'. Disc of pronotum concolorous . . holivari Adel. (Gallaland). 

 r. Testaceous of ferruginous species. 



2. Pronotimi with fuscous markings on disc. 

 3. Markings on disc of pronotum nume- 

 rous inscri'pta Wlk. (Natal). 



3'. Markings on disc reduced to two ob- 

 solescent vittae himaculata sp. n. (E. Africa). 



2'. Pronotum without markings on disc. 



3. Supra-anal lamina of 6 transverse . /emt5rmeaScHULTH(S.,W.& E.Africa). 

 3'. Supra-anal lamina of 6 produced. 

 4. Opening of scent-glands at base of 



supra-anal lamina variabilis sp. n. (E. Africa). 



4'. Opening of scent-glands on 7*'' ab- 

 dominal tergite sjostedti sp. n. (E. Africa). 



Blatta misella Stal from Natal is a species of Hololampra. 



