304 Mr. R. Shelford's Sktdies of the Blattidae. 



Genus 10. Temnelytra, Tepp. 



Temnelytra, Tepper, Tr, R. Soc. S. Australia, xvii, p. 38 

 (1893). 



Chni-<(dcrs. Body flattened ami dej^ressed. Antennae longer 

 than the body. Pronotuni anteriorly paraljolic, postericjrly truncate, 

 exposing tlie large scntelluni. Tegmina quadrate or sul)-qi;adrate, 

 extending to the 1st abdominal tergite. Wings entirely aljsent. 1st 

 abdominal tergite ( ^ ) with scent-gland opening. Posterior angles of 

 distal abdominal tergites produced {T. muhdiriWi, Walk., $ is an 

 exce2)tion). Supra-anal lamina, ((;J ) quadrate, margins entire, (§) 

 triangular, apex emai-ginate. Cerci longer than the lamina in both 

 sexes. Posterior metatarsus very short, spiued beneath. 



Type of the genus^T'. iruncaia, Br. 



This is a well-defined genus. The obtuse angles of the 

 distal abdominal tergites in T. 'undulivitta, Walk. [^), is 

 paralleled in the genus (Jidilia by C. sedil/oti, Bol. Q), also 

 a New Zealand species. The species cdjhrcvmta included 

 by Mr. Tepper in this genus is a true species of Tcmno- 

 2^tcryx (sub. fam. Ph//Ilodrom.iinac) ; I have seen the type, 

 which is in the Melbourne Museum. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 

 1. Pronotum with fuscous vittic . . . T. vnchilirilht, Walk, 

 r. Pronotum without fuscous vitt;o. 



2. Tegmina quadrate T. trnncafti, Br. 



2'. Tegmina with outer angles helietate T. snhfninaitd, Tep]). 



1. T. inuhdiciUa, Walk. (PL IX, fig. 36.) 



Periplaneta undulivitta, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. 

 Mus., p. 144 (1868). 



^ . Eufo-testaceous. A l)and l)etween the eyes and two stripes 

 down the face, castaneous. Antennae rufo-testaceous. Pronotum 

 with the disc rather darker than the margins, an undulate castaneous 

 vitta on each side, extending on to the tegmina, which are quadrate, 

 their venation obsolete. Abdomen fusco-castaneous, margins and 

 two R])ots on eacli side rufo-testaceous. Posterior angles of alidominal 

 tergite not backwardly })rodueed. Sui)ra-anal lamina quadrate, 

 posterior angles acute, posteriorly widely emarginale. Cerci very 

 short and blunt. Sub-genitul lamina (piadrate, styles as long as 

 cerci, lateral. Legs testaceous. 



^ . Similar, abdomen above testaceous with lateral castaneous spots 



