208 Treubia Vol. Ill, 2. 



of the abdominal tergites produced backwards, slightly so in the anterior, strongly in 

 the posterior tergites. Cerci lowg, broad, flattened. Styles long, stout, pointed. Legs 

 heavily spined. Femoral spines in two rows; lower row of front femora with about 15 

 spines; spines of mid femora longer, but less closely set; those of the hind femora longest. 

 Total length (cT) 25 mm; pronotum 7.5X11 nim; tegmina 7 mm; cerci 5 mm. 



The genus Scabina was established by Shelf ord •) for Pelniatosilpha 

 (?) antipoda, Kirby, ^) from Queensland. The O. U. M. has two specimens 

 (c^ and $) of that species, from Tambourine Mt., S. Queensland, 2000', 

 presented by Dr. A. ELAND SHAW. The present species differs from 

 5. antipoda by the edges of the pronotum not being turned up, by the 

 scutellum not being exposed, by the femora being much more heavily 

 spined and the cerci considerably longer. 



This genus had not before been recorded from the Malayan sub-region. 



Blatta orientalis, L. 



1 o", 1 $, Tjibodas, Java, 1500 metres (Aug. 1920). 



2 9$ Krakatau (Dammerman, April 1920). 



o^c^ and 2 2, in spirit, Krakatau (DAMMERMAN, April 1920). 



3 c^c^, 1 $, New Guinea (Ter Poorten). 



2 cTcT, 1 9, New Guinea (GjELLERUP, 1911). 

 Distribution : Cosmopolitan. 



Periplaneta americana, L. 



3 d'c/, Buitenzorg (Karny, Aug. & Oct. 1920). 

 1 Ç without locality label. 



Distribution: Cosmopolitan. 



Periplaneta australasiae, FABRICIUS. 

 1 cf, 2 ÇÇ, Buitenzorg (1920). 

 1 (ƒ, Pelaboean ratoe, W. Java. 

 1 Ç, Krakatau (DAMMERMAN, Dec. 1919). 

 1 cT, (larva), Balik Papan, East Borneo. 

 1 cf, New Guinea (Ter POORTEN). 

 1 $, (larva^, New Guinea. 

 Distribution: Cosmopolitan. 



Periplaneta lata, HERBST. 



1 d^, 1 Ç, Borneo (1912). 



Though described as long ago as 1786 (Fuessly Archiv, Vols. Vll & VIII, 

 p. 185), this species does not seem to have been recorded yet from 

 outside Borneo. The O, U. M. has a series of 13 specimens, all from 

 Kuching, Sarawak. The dimensions of the present specimens are: 



') Trans. Entom. Soc, London, 1909, p. 305. 

 2) A. M. N. H. (7), Vol. XII, p. 376 (1903). 



