NEW BLATTID^ 



GOLLEGTED BY D» SHEFFIELD NEAVIC 

 IN THE KATANGA REGION OF CONGO (') 



BY 



R. SHELFORD, M. A., F. L. S. 



(Oxford University Muséum.) 



Fam. BLATTID/E. 



Sub-fam. ECTOÈIIN^. 



Ectobius Neavei sp. n. 



E. africano Sauss. simillùnus, sed ininor, tegtnina (c?) haud 

 fîisco-punctata, tegmina (g) valde abbreviata, qiiadrata. 



cf Testaceous; frons castaneous. Pronotum with latéral margins broadl}' 

 hj^aline. Tegmina lanceolate, estending beyond apex of abdomen, some 

 minute fuscous markings between the veins in tlie anal fîeld and basai third of 

 the discoidal field, radial vein emitting 4 rami towards the suturai margin. 

 Wings hyaline, veins testaceous, the venation conforming to the type 

 characteristic of the genus. Supra-anal lamina trigonal, surpassed by the 

 sub-genital lamina whicli is asymmetrical, produced and furnished at the 

 apex with one minute stjde. A large scent-gland opening on the ante- 

 penultimate abdominal tergite. Cerci and legs testaceous. 



9 Broader and shorter. Tegmina not extending beyond the 2nd abdominal 

 tergite, sub-quadrate . Scutellum exposed. Wings absent. Abdomen densely 

 fusco-punctate. Supra-anal lamina trigonal, sub-genital lamina semi-orbicular, 

 ample. 



Total length (cf) 11 mm., (9) 7,8 mm. ; length of body (cf) 8 mm. ; length 

 of tegmina (cf) 9 mm., (9j 2 mm.; pronotum 2 mm. X 3 mm. 



Loc. : Kasenga-Kalumba. 



(■) From the collections of the Musée du Congo belge, Tervueren. 



