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Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama, 1 ¢, [U. S. N. M.]. 
San Esteban, Venezuela, X to XI, 1910, (M. A. Carriker, 
i), 2 Onde tS, eal 
Cerro Aripo, Trinidad, VIII, 1909, (M. A. Carriker. Jr.), 
idling ah ier Ya aed 
Caparo, Trinidad, VI, 1913, (H. S. Parish), 1 ¢, [A. N.S. 
P.]; VIII, 1913, (H. S. Parish), 7 ¢, [Hebard Cin.]. 
St. Jean, French Guiana, (W. Schaus), 1 ¢, [U.S. N. M.]. 
Maroni River, French Guiana, (W. Schaus), 1 @, [U. S. 
IN: MT]. 
Blaberus discoidalis Serville. 
1839. Blabera discoidalis Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins., Orth., p. 76. ESE 
San Domingo.] 
1839. Blabera atropos Serville, (not Blatta atropos of Stoll, 1813), 
Hist. Nat. Ins., Orth., p. 77. [¢, 2, San Domingo.] 
1839. Blabera varians Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins., Orth. p. 78. (In 
part.) [¢, Cuba.] 
1864. B[labera] cubensis Saussure, Rev. Mag. Zool., 2e Ser., XVI, 
p. 347 [Cuba.] 
1865. Bl[{abera] atropos Brunner (not Blatta atropos of Stoll, 1813), 
Nouv. Syst. Blatt., p. 375, pl. XII, figs. 55, A to G. (In part.) [4, 9; 
(probably) Jamaica; Venezuela, and Colombia; (probably not) 
Brazil. ] 
1868. Blabera subspurcata Walker, Cat. Blatt. Br. Mus., p. 4. (In 
part.) [¢; San Domingo; (probably not) Brazil.] 
1894. Blabera rufescens Saussure and Zehntner, Biol. Cent.-Amer., 
Orth: 1, p., 210; pl. V; fie. 22: [2 , Cuba] 
In 1839, Serville discussed three supposed species of the 
genus from the West Indies, describing two of these as new, 
but stating that all might be varieties of discoidalis (in which 
remark B. dubia was included, that species now standing as 
genotype of Blaptica). It is evident that all of his West In- 
dian material, except the female of his varians, represents mere 
color variations of the same species. 
In 1864, Saussure described B. cubensis briefly, later in the 
same year discussing the insect more fully, comparing it with 
his mexicana (= B. colosseus, see page 291), but evidently 
overlooking Serville’s discoidalis and confusing that author’s 
atropos and varians with atropos of Stoll. His species is 
clearly a synonym of discoidalis and later, with Zehntner, he 
