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Saussure had previously described a similar species (1864) as 
P. soror, unknown to Brunner, from Australian specimens, and 
claims priority for his name on account of the insufficiency of the 
first description. On the absence of specimens from either 
locality, the point cannot be decided, but they may, after all, be 
separate. 
Periplaneta Heydeniana, Sauss. = PLATYZOSTERIA HEYDENIANA. 
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PERIPLANETA GLABRA, Walker. 
A specimen of a female, collected, according to the label, in 
North Queensland, was among those presented by Mr. French, 
and identical with the Northern Territory specimens. 
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ARCHIBLATTA, Snellen. Tijdschr. Ent. Leyden, V., 106, pl. 6, 
fig. 12 ; Brunner, Syst. Blatt., 248. 
Planetica, Sauss. (Mel. Orth., I, 38). 
“ Pronotum narrow, trapezoidal, foremargin emarginate, disk 
rugose, legs long, femora very slender, terete, unarmed. Males 
winged. Elytra much longer than the body, veins forked, scapu- 
lary vein much raised, and vein impressed. Veins of the wings 
much branched. Abdomen dilated, segment 7 covering the 
succeeding ones. Supra-anal lamina quadrate, angles obtuse, 
doubly exceeded by the cerci. Subgenital lamina produced, 
rotundate, with short styles. 
Females apterous. Meso- and meta-notum much _ produced, 
hindmargins unequal. Abdomen thick. Supra-anal lamina tri- 
angular, produced, cerci shorter.” 
ARCHIBLATTA HoEVENI, Snelien. Br. Syst., 248, fig. 39. 
Planetica aranea, Sauss., Melb. Orth., I., 38, fig. 23. 
Brownish-black. Antenne annulate. Pronotum rugose, mar- 
gins all incrassated. Elytra of male with costal area deflexed at 
right-angles, anal area very long, axillary vein very forked. 
Meso- and metanotum of female rugose, produced behind. Legs 
very long, femora terete, tibize with a few small spinelets. Abdo- 
men orbicular.” 
Male. Female. 
Length of body _... 26), oem. 53 mm. 
Length of elytra... ciel | AD — 
Length of pronotum ss Oa aes 
Width of pronotum samy pl Diyags ihe Se 
Habitat.—Sumatra (Snellen) ; fndin (Brunner); N. Guinea 
(Saussure). 
The above is an abstract of Brunner’s description; that of 
