374 Mr. W. F. Kirby—Wotes on Blattide. 
Genus SYNTOMAPTERA, Tepp. 
Syntomaptera Tepperi, n. n. 
|| Periplaneta glabra, Tepp. Trans, Roy. Soc. 8. Australia, xvii. p. 107 
(1893). 
Hab. Northern Territory of South Australia. 
Judging from the description, this insect appears to be a 
species of Syntomaptera, Tepp. Lertplaneta glabra, Walk. 
Jat. Blatt. B. M. p. 139. n. 45 (1868), belongs to Melano- 
zosterta, Stal. 
The name of the province known as “ South Australia” 
is most misleading, and ought to be changed. It is really a 
perpendicular slice running from north to south of the whole 
continent. 
Genus Meruana, Stal. 
Methana Zehntnert, n. n. 
||Methana flavicincta, Sauss. & Zehntn., Grandidier, Hist. Madagascar, 
Orth. i. p. 71, pl. ii. fig. 27 (1895), 
Hab. Madagascar. 
This species appears to be distinct from IM. flavicincta, 
De Haan, from Java, of which Saussure and Zehntner con- 
sider ita variety. The true WZ. flavicincta from Java is smaller, 
and the yellowish markings on the middle of the pronotum 
are smaller and less conspicuous than in the insect figured 
from Madagascar. 
Methana rufescens, n. n. 
Le pallipalpis, Brunn. Syst. Blatt. p. 238. n. 18 (1865), nec 
erve 
Long. corp. 17-18 millim.; exp. tegm. 38-41 millim. 
Rufo-castaneous ; head red, varied with blackish in front, 
but generally with a more or less distinct brighter red mark 
in the middle of the face below the limits of the antenne, 
which are red towards the base and browner beyond; ocellar 
spots, palpi, and lower mouth-parts yellow. Pronotum ellip- 
tical, broader than long, with indistinct spots and streaks in 
the middle, obliterated in one specimen, in which the pro- 
notum, except at the edges, is blackish. Meso- and meta- 
notum yellowish ; abdomen pale red towards the base and 
mostly blackish towards the extremity; terminal segment 
long, slightly incised in the middle in both sexes; cerci long 
and thick, blackish, tipped with red; sete of the female 
