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A cosmopolitan species, carried everywhere by shipping 

 and commerce. 



Eurycotis cethiopica. 



Teriplaneta (ethiopica, Sauss, Rev. Zool. 1864, p. 317; Mdm. Soc. 



Geneve, xx. p. 2G0 (1869). 

 Periplaneta tetra, Walk. Cat. Blatt. p. 138. n. 42 (1868). 



11, Pretoria and Masil Nek [Distant). Gaboon (Saussure) , 

 Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, British East Africa (Nat. 

 Hist. Mus.). 



If the West-African form proves to be distinct, Walker's 

 name will be available for the southern and eastern form. I 

 have no West-African specimens to compare. 



Deropeltis erythrocephala. 



Blatt a erythrocephala, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. p. 342. n. 7 (1761). 

 De)-opeltis erythrocephala, Brunn. Syst. Blatt. p. 242 (1865). 



1, Cape Town {Becker). Port Elizabeth, Durban (Nat. 

 Hist. Mus.). 



An immature specimen from Zomba {Rendall) and another 

 from Blantyre {Elson) in Mr. Distant's collection appear to 

 belong to this species. 



Deropeltis atra. 



Deropeltis atra, Brunn. Syst. Blatt. p. 244 (1865) ; De Borm. Ann. 

 Mus. Genov. xvi. p. 207 (1881). 



2, Fort Johnston, Nyasaland [Rendall) ; Shoa (deBormans). 

 Zomba, Ruwenzori, Port Elizabeth (Nat. Hist. Mus.). 



A widely distributed species in East Africa. 

 The antennae are more or less tipped with reddish in both 

 sexes, which is not mentioned by Brunner in his description. 



Deropeltis melanophila. 



Ischnoptera melanophila, Walk. Cat. Blatt., Suppl, p. 146 (1869). 



1, Pemba Island [Distant). Zanzibar, Mombasa, British 

 East Africa (Nat. Hist. Mus.). 



Perhaps a large form of D. atra, Burm. 



Deropeltis hrevicollis. 



Kaherlac brevicollis, Serv. Ins. Orth. p. 70 (1839). 

 Deropeltis (?) brevicollis, Brunn. Syst. Blatt. p. 246 (1865). 

 Dei'opeltis juncea, var., Sauss. Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxiii. p. 117 (1874). 



4, Pretoria [Distant) ; 2, Barberton (Rendall). Cape 

 [ServiUe) ; Lagos, Zomba (Nat. Hist. Mus.). 



