Collection of African Blattl(l:e. 283 



A cosmopolitan species, carried everywlierc by .sliip[)iiig 

 and commerce. 



Eurycotis ccthiopica. 



Vfiipluncta (tthioplca, Saiiss. Rev. Zool. 18t>4, p. 317; Miiin. Soc. 



(Jeiii've, XX. p. L'llO (lf<(;'.»). 

 IWijiltuuta tetra, Walk. Cat. Blatt. p. 188. n. 42 (1808). 



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

 Cape Town, Port P^lizabeth, British Ea.st Africa (Nat. 

 Hist. Mn.s.). 



It tiie West-African form proves to be distinct, Walker's 

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

 have no Wo.st-African .specimens to compare. 



Deropelt is eryth roceph a la . 



JUutta erythrocephala, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. p. 342. ii. 7 (1761). 

 Ikfopeltis eri/throi'cpJiatd, Bniiin. Syst. Blatt. p. 242 (ISC)."*). 



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

 Hist. Mu.s.). 



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) ; Do Borm. Aun. 

 Mu3. Genov. xvi. p. 207 (1881). 



2, Fort Johnston, Nyasaland {Rendall); Shoa. (dcnormans). 

 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. 



Isvhnoptern melanophila, Walk. Cat. Blatt., Suppl. p. 140 (1869), 



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

 East Africa (Nat. Hist. Mus.). 



Perhaps a large form of D. atra, Burm. 



Deropeltis brevicollis. 



Kiiherlac brcricoUis, Sorv. Ins. Ortli. p. 70 (1830). 

 IhrupeltisC'^) brevicollis, Brunn. Syst. Blatt. p. 246 (1865). 

 Deropeltis j'uncea, var., Sauss. M»5m. Soc. Geneve, xxiii. p. 117 (1874). 



4, Pretoria {Distant) ; 2, Bar])erton (Rendall). Cape 

 {Serville) ; Lagos, Zomba (Nat. Hist. Mus.}. 



