1918.] 



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the striae are fiirnishecl by the genera Oonocnemis, Stemmoderus, and 

 Catohleijs. 



Catohleps hlattoides, sp. n. 



Dark reddish piceoiis, nitid, dorsal surface without hairs or punctures. 

 Front of the head fiat, glabrous, and nitid, almost semicircular above the 

 clypeal suture, which is not at all impressed ; clypeus transversely cordate ; 

 eyes moderately approximate above. Thorax about as long as wide, feebly 

 arcuate at the sides, the base broadly but feebly emarginate ; the latero-anterior 

 carina completely marginal, the tiiickened edge beneath it most developed in 



Catohleps hlattoides, oblique ventral and lateral views, enlarged. 



front and gradually diminishing towards the posterior angles. Elytra about 

 1| times as long us broad, feebly tapering towards the bluntly rounded npex, 

 convex, nitid, without punctures or striae, except for a faint raised line visible 

 for a short distance near the suture about the top of the declivity; under a 

 moderately high magnification the whole surface is seen to be covered with 

 minute tr.ins verse, anastomosing scratches or rugulosities ; the humeri 

 broadly rounded; there is a fringe of short still" hairs immediately beneath 

 the lateral carina, and a similar row of hairs alorg the middle of the 

 epipleuron. Legs and underside clothed with a not very dense reddivsh 

 pubescence; the femora moderate strongly, asperately punctured, the tibiae 

 almost impunctate. 



Length 7, breadth 3 mm. 



Hab. Ntasaland, Mlanje (S. A. Neave: 24.ii.1913); Mashona- 



LAJfD, Salisbury ( G. A. K. Marshall : at light). 



The de flexed head with the horizontal and flattened face, together 

 with the colour and shining appearance of the insect, is cunously sugges- 

 tive of a Blattid. 



