496 Mr. R. Shelford’s Studies of the Blattide. 
Sub-fam. HPILAMPRINA 
35. Pinaconota obliqua, Wik. (Plate XXX, fig. 5.) 
Ischnoptera (?) obliqua, Walker, 1. c. 148 (1869). 
¢. BRAZIL. 
Pale testaceous. Head castaneous, a fuscous band between the eyes, 
clypeus and mouth-parts testaceous, sparsely but deeply punctate ; 
antenne about half the body-length, testaceous. Pronotum trans- 
versely elliptical, anterior margin truncate, not nearly covering 
vertex of head ; posterior margin nearly straight, sides deflexed, with 
large scattered punctures ; two angulate black vittz extend from the 
anterior to the posterior margins, Tegmina with basal fourth punc- 
tate, a short humeral stripe castaneous, radial vein bifurcated, 
extremities ramose, ten costal veins, discoidal field reticulate. 
Scutellum exposed, marked with castaneous, punctate. Supra-anal 
lamina large, fimbriated ; sub-genital lamina large with two styles 
asymmetrically placed ; cerci short ; legs short, the front and mid 
tibize shorter than the corresponding femora. Front femora armed on 
the anterior margin beneath with a close-set row of short spines, two 
spines on the posterior margin ; mid-femora with twelve spines on 
anterior, four on posterior margin ; hind-femora with five spines on 
anterior, four on posterior margin beneath ; the spines on the anterior 
margin about half the length of those on the posterior margin ; 
formula of apical spines #, }, +; minute genicular spines on mid- 
and hind-femora. Tarsi short, both tibise and tarsi fimbriated, pos- 
terior metatarsus shorter than remaining joints ; pulvillilarge. Total 
length 21 mm. ; length of body 18 mm. ; length of tegmina 17 mm. ; 
pronotum 5 mm. x 7 mm. 
This somewhat remarkable species appears to be un- 
doubtedly referable to the genus Pinaconota, Sauss., it 
can be distinguished from the only other species in the 
genus, P. bifasciata, Sauss., by its much larger size. 
36. Molytria dotata, Wik. 
Epilampra dotata, Walker, |. c. p. 180 (1869). 
2. SINGAPORE (Wallace). 
The same as Molytria badia, Br. 
37. Molytria polyspila, Wk. 
Lpilampra polyspila, Walker, |. c. p. 197 (1868); 1. ¢. 
p. 138 (1869). 
