Mr. R. Shelford’s Studies of the Blatiide. 469 
Blatta tenella is a synonym of Huthyrrhapha pacifica, Coq. 
Thyrsocera (= Pseudothyrsocera) circumclusa, Stal, is 2 of 
P. circumeincta Stal, and P. semicincta is % of P. 
rufiventris, Stal. 
Epilampra tagalica, E. trivialis and £. caliginosa are 
conspecific, 
Cutilia tartarea is a synomym of Platyzosteria nitida, 
Brunner. 
Periplaneta wahlbergi to genus Deropeltis; D. atra, Brunner, 
is a synonym. 
Periplaneta albilatera to genus Pseudoderopeltis. 
Pollusca and Homalodemas are synonyms of Derocalymma, 
Burm. 
Blabera monstrosa is a synonym of Monastria biguttata, 
Thunb. 
Blabera luctuosa is not synonymous with L. atropos, Stoll. 
The following corrections should be made in the list of 
Blattidz from the Transvaal given in Mr. Distant’s “Insecta 
Transvaaliensia.” 
Phyllodromia delta, Kirby, is synonymous with P. swpel- 
lectilium, Serv. 
Apotrogia, Kirby, is founded on a larvaof the genus Gyna, 
and A. angolensis, Kirby, is probably the same as 
Gyna caffrorum Stal. 
Deropeltis distanti, Kirby, is synonymous with Slatta 
meridionalis, Sauss. 
Naupheta aspersata, Kirby, is a species of Oxyhaloa 
possibly conspecific with 0. ferreti, Reiche. 
Elliptoblatta uniforms, Kirby, is a species of Hypospheria.* 
Pilema saussuret, Kirby, described as a female, is in reality 
an immature male and probably the same as P. 
clypeata, Sauss. 
Derocalymma intermedia, Kirby, is a synonym of D. 
versicolor, Burm. 
Derocalymma clavigera, Kirby, is a species of Hostilia. 
Dr. G. W. Miiller of the Greifswald Museum having 
kindly lent me some of Gerstacker’s types, I am able to 
make the following corrections in nomenclature :— 
* 1 do not think that Melanosilpha, Stal, is distinct from 
Hypospheria, Lucas. 
