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This moderately large insect appears to be confined 

 entirely to the Fiji Islands. jSTo specimens are at hand. 

 Hence it wonld seem either to be rare or else confined to 

 the jnngles or some special haunts awaj- from human habi- 

 tations. 

 Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus). 



Blaita americana Linn., Svst. Xat. (ed. X) I, p. 424, 

 Xo. 4 (1758). 



For synonomy see Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth. I, p. 140, 

 and Shelford, Genera Ins. Fasc. 109, p. 18. 



A cosmopolitan cockroach that occurs both about build- 

 ings and in the forests. A single specimen taken at ISTadi 

 during the month of July is classed here. It is contained 

 in the College of Hawaii collection. 



Periplaneta/ australasia (Fabricius). 



Blatta auMralasia Fabr., Syst. Ent. p. 271, No. 5 (1775). 

 For synonomy see Kirby and Shelford, 1. c. 



A cosmopolitan species of the forests rather than of 

 the cities, but by no means absent from the latter locality. 

 Keported from the Fijis, but not present in the collections 

 examined. 



Diploptera dytiscoides (Serville). 



Blatfa dytiscoides Scrv., Hist. Ins. Orth. p. 102 (1839). 

 For synonomy see Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth. I, p. 176 

 (1904). 



Habitat. — Quite general over the Oriental region. Muir 

 collected it at Kewa,"Fiji, in 190G. 



Several other cosmopolitan roaches undoubtedly are to 

 be met with in these islands, as for example Leucophoea 

 surinamensis (Linn.), Rhyparohia maderae (Fabr.) and 

 Nauphoeta cinerea (Oliv.), all of which are common in 

 adjoining islands. 



PHASMOIDEA. 



Pterobrimus depressus Redtenbaeher. 



Fterobrinuis depressus Redt., Ins. Fam. Phasm. p. 43 

 (190(3). 



