From the ANNALS AND MAGAZINE oF NatuRAL History, 
Ser. 8. Vol. i., February 1908. 
Some new Genera and Species of Blattide, with Notes on 
the Form of the Pronotum in the Subfamily Perispheeriine. 
By R. SHevrorp, M.A., F.L.S. 
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[Plates LX. & X.] 
Subfam. Herosrr2”. 
Genus ANAPLECTA, Burm. 
Anaplecta erythronota, sp.n. (Pl. IX. fig. 9.) 
?. Head and disk of pronotum rufous. Lateral margins 
of pronotum hyaline. Tegmina castaneous, with. the 
marginal area hyaline ; 10 costals, 3 longitudinal discoidal 
sectors. Wings infuscated, marginal area not dilated, radial 
vein with a humeral and discoidal branch; 6 to 7 costals, 
median vein obsolete at base; medio-discal field twice as 
broad as medio-ulnar and crossed by 7 transverse venule ; 
medio-ulnar field distally crossed by 2 to 3 transverse venule, 
first axillary triramose; apical area parabolic, two fifths of 
total wing-length, base slightly obtusely angled, crossed 
below the middle by an oblique vein. Abdomen beneath, 
cerci, and legs testaceous ; abdomen above castaneous, supra- 
anal lamina transverse, narrow. 
Total length 8 mm.; length of tegmina 5-4 mm. 
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Z. HE. Green). Type in the British 
Museum. 
Close to A. maculata, mihi, but differs in the wing-venation 
as well as in the colour of the pronotum. 
Subfam. PayrropromMiw x. 
Genus ISCHNOPTERA, Burm. 
Ischnoptera longstaffi, sp.n. (Pl. IX. fig. 8.) 
dé. Testaceous. Head with a castaneous macula on the 
frons. Pronotum with two castaneous spots on the disk. 
‘Tegmina with radial vein bifurcated ; 14 to 15 costals, 9 longi- 
tudinal discoidal sectors, the anterior ulnar vein being tri- 
ramose. Wings hyaline, mediastinal vein triramose, radial 
vein bifurcated 5 7 costals, the last two multiramose; ulnar 
vein with 3 complete branches and 3 or 4 incomplete branches 
going to the dividing vein, the more proximal minute. Sixth 
abdominal tergite with posterior border notched, a circular 
depression at base of seventh tergite marking the opening of 
