ON A COLLECTION OF BLATTIDAE FROM THE 

 BUITENZORG MUSEUM 



by 

 Dr. R. Hanitsch. 

 (Oxford Museum). 



The following pages contain a list of the Blattidae in the Buitenzorg 

 Museum which Dr. KARNY sent me in April of last year (1921). The col- 

 lection, though embracing practically the whole of the Dutch East Indies, 

 from Sumatra to New Guinea, and thus including two of Wallace's sub- 

 regions, the Malayan and the Austro-Malayan, is by no means exhaustive. 

 It consists of about 42 species, six of which I venture to describe as new. 

 Since the Malayan sub-region alone is known to contain nearly 200 species 

 of Blattidae, there is yet ample scope for future collectors. All the sub- 

 families are represented in the collection, with the exception, of course, of 

 the Nyctiborinae and Blaberinae which are restricted to the New World. 



As my paper on "Malayan Blattidae" (Journal No. 6Q, Straits Branch» 

 Royal Asiatic Society, pp. 17-178, 7 pis., 1Q15) covers the greater part of the 

 ground of the Buitenzorg collection, I must refer to it for detailed descrip- 

 tions, synonyms and data of distribution of the more common forms, and 

 to lists of literature. 



I undertook this work in the Hope Department of the University 

 Museum, Oxford, and the following pages will therefore repeatedly contain 

 references* to the excellent collection of Blattidae which was worked out and 

 arranged by the late Mr. R. Shelford. To Professor POULTON, F. R. S., 

 who most kindly permitted me to do so and allowed me all facilities of his 

 Department, I tender herewith my sincerest thanks. I am also much indebted 

 to Mr. A, Robinson, of the Museum here, for preparing an enlarged 

 photograph of Phyllodromia diagrammatica, n. sp. 



The collection had suffered somewhat in transit from Java to Europe 

 by a number of specimens becoming loose. This will explain why the 

 descriptions frequently contain the words "without locality label". 



Subfamily ECTOBINi^E. 



•Hcmithyrsoccra histrio, BURMEISTER. 

 1 9, Gunung Salak, Java (Dec. 1900). 

 1 9, Soekaboemi, Java (March 1914). 



