A NEW BLATTOII) FRO.M PHE CRETACJEOUS FORMATION 

 OF NORTH AMERICA." 



By Anton Handlirsch, 



Adjunct Camtor of the JIoi/kI LiipcrUil Xataral Hifitori/ }fnxnnii, Vieinia, AuKtria. 



During the suinnicr of 19<»3, while luembers of the U. S. Geoloo-ical 

 Surve}' were investioating the-Iudith River beds of the Upper Ore- 

 taceous of Montana, the following very interesting l)lattoid was 

 diseovered: 



STANTONIA, nev\^ genus. 



STANTONIA CRETACEA, new species. 



I)esci'ij)tion. — Front wing 2!» nun. long, nearly elliptical, and three 

 and one-third times as long as wide. Costal area reduced, reacliing 

 two-fifths the length of the wing, and without distinct veins, lanc(»t 

 shaped. Radius extending in an almost straight course to the tip of 

 the wing and with its eight more or less compound branches, which 



STANTONIA CRETACEA. 



are directed oblicjuely forward, taking up nearly half the surface of 

 the wing. Parallel with the radius runs a second principal vein, from 

 Avhich three simple and two compound branches are sent otf liackward, 

 part striking the apical bordei- and part the iimer margin. I am not 

 in a position to determine whether these veins pertain to the media 



a Translated from the German byLucy Peck Bush, lihmriau and assistant, geo- 

 logical department, Yale rniversity ^Insenm. 



Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XXIX— No. 1439. 

 Proc. N. M. vol. xxix— Go 46 e55 



