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MANTIDES. 



39. Stagmatoptera binotata Scndd. Allied to 5. proedica- 

 toria Saiiss. One speciineii iroin the ]'eruvian Maranon. 



40. Oxyops sp. A single pnpa belonging to this genus was 

 brought from the Eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes. 



BLATTARI^. 



41. Pariplaneta americana Burm. One larva from the 

 Eastern slope of tlie Peruvian Andes. 



42. Blabera armigera Seudd. 



Speeimens were obtained on the Peruvian Maranon and atWanaos, 

 all of them females, and, as would be e.xpeeted, somewhat larger than 

 the males, tiie body and closed legmina together being nearly three 

 inches long. It should be noted that the lower posterior edge of the 

 basal half of the fore femora is furnished with three small and short, 

 but stout spines. 



43. Panehlora signifera nov. sp. 



Head castaneo-luteous, with two small transverse dark spots, one 

 between the distant eyes and one in the middle of the front ; eyes 

 black ; antennae dark eastaneous, luteous toward the tip. Pronotum 

 having something of the ajipearance of that of Blabera, smooth, the 

 front and lateral borders slightly emarginate, the centre with a very 

 large roundisii spot partially divided in the middle into two sub-reni- 

 form spots of dark brown, the surface with slight transverse phca- 

 tions and a medio-dorsal series of inequalities. Elytra luleo-fuliginous. 

 Whole under surflice dark brown, the abdomen almost black, shining, 

 the rather stout legs fuliginous brown^pr eastaneous, the middle and 

 hind femora with a pair of slight spines. Wings in repose, reaching 

 the extremity of the tegniina. 



Length of pronotum, 8 nun.; breadth of same, 10.3 mm.; length 

 of whole body, 24 mm. ; of antennae, 1 2 mm. ; of tegmina, 27 mm. ; of 

 hind tibisB, 7.75 mm. 1 ?, Eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes. 



FORFICULARIJD. 



44. Thermastris Dohrnii nov. sp. 



Head blackish eastaneous; antennas and palpi brownish easta- 

 neous. Disc of the pronotum of the same width as the head, 



