﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I908 
  

  

  23 
  

  

  December 
  26, 
  1878, 
  and 
  is 
  given 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  

   Dr 
  Samuel 
  Kneeland. 
  Again 
  in 
  1879 
  a 
  female 
  was 
  found 
  alive 
  

   with 
  numerous 
  young 
  in 
  a 
  house 
  at 
  Salem, 
  Mass. 
  In 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  

   ^bove 
  mentioned 
  cases 
  the 
  insect 
  was 
  identified 
  as 
  Panchlora 
  

   n 
  i 
  V 
  e 
  a 
  Linn. 
  A 
  specimen 
  was 
  also 
  

   taken 
  by 
  Dr 
  Carl 
  F. 
  Gissler 
  of 
  

   Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  September 
  21, 
  1890. 
  

   It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  

   Porto 
  Rico. 
  

  

  Description. 
  This 
  slender 
  species 
  

   is 
  a 
  rather 
  fragile, 
  light 
  green, 
  yellow 
  

   margined 
  form 
  with 
  the 
  thinner 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  transparent. 
  It 
  

   is 
  nearly 
  an 
  inch 
  long 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  

   long, 
  slender, 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  antennae 
  

   characteristic 
  of 
  this 
  group, 
  the 
  ter- 
  

  

  of 
  which 
  are 
  m- 
  fig. 
  10 
  

   they 
  are 
  strongly 
  

  

  Green 
  cockroach, 
  enlarged. 
  

   (Original) 
  , 
  

  

  The 
  legs 
  and 
  under- 
  

  

  minal 
  segments 
  

  

  teresting, 
  since 
  

  

  constricted 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  thus 
  subsessile. 
  

  

  surface 
  are 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  green. 
  

  

  The 
  young, 
  as 
  noted 
  by 
  Dr 
  Howard, 
  are 
  light 
  brown 
  and 
  are 
  

   remarkable 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  body 
  becomes 
  broader 
  posteriorly. 
  

  

  Life 
  history 
  and 
  habits. 
  This 
  species, 
  aside 
  from 
  being 
  a 
  

   tropical 
  form, 
  is 
  particularly 
  interesting 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  viviparous 
  

   habits, 
  most 
  cockroaches 
  producing 
  large, 
  characteristic 
  ootheca. 
  It 
  

   is 
  a 
  tropical 
  form 
  and 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  constantly 
  warm 
  houses, 
  

   not 
  to 
  mention 
  greenhouses, 
  should 
  render 
  it 
  comparatively 
  

   easy 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  to 
  maintain 
  itself 
  in 
  our 
  climate, 
  particularly 
  

   when 
  reinforced 
  by 
  frequent 
  importations 
  as 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

   case 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  This 
  or 
  an 
  allied 
  form, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Malcomb 
  Burr, 
  is 
  occasionally 
  found 
  in 
  Europe, 
  being 
  brought 
  

   from 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  Bibliography 
  

  

  1890 
  Smith, 
  J. 
  B. 
  Psyche, 
  5:405. 
  (Recorded 
  from 
  Boston 
  and 
  Salem, 
  

   Mass., 
  as 
  Panchlora 
  nivea) 
  

  

  1891 
  Riley, 
  C. 
  V. 
  Insect 
  Life, 
  3 
  ■•356. 
  (Recorded 
  from 
  Brooklyn. 
  Ob- 
  

   servations 
  on 
  life 
  history, 
  as 
  Panchlora 
  viridis); 
  3 
  :443-44. 
  

   (Brief 
  general 
  illustrated 
  account) 
  

  

  1903 
  Rehn, 
  J. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Am. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Trans. 
  19:285. 
  (Distribution) 
  

  

  