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4. Genus MALLOTOBLATTA, Saussure & Zehntner 



Mallotoblatta. Saussure & Zehntner, in Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag. Orth. Vol. 1, p. 17, 41 (i8g5 



Characters. — Small slender insects with the head, pronotum and tegmina furnished with a 

 scattered erect pubescence. Tegmina and wings in the male longer than the abdomen, wings with an 

 intercalated apical triangle and simple or bifurcated ulnar vein; in the female the tegmina are not 

 longer than the abdomen, the wings are abbreviated. Femora strongly spined. Supra-anal lamina in the 

 male transverse or slightly produced, trigonal in the female. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Madagascar, East Africa, India. 



1. .1/ . pubesceiis, Saussure & Zehntner, in Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag. Orth. p. 42, pi. 2, f. 19 (i8q5) 



1 Madagascar). 



2. M. pilosella. Saussure & Zehntner, in Grandidier, ibidem, p. 44, pi. 2, f. 20, 20a (1S96) I Madagascar). 



3. M. brachyptera, Adelung, Ann. Mus. Zool. St-Petersb. Vol. 8, p. 3o3, pi. 20, f. i3 (1904) (Abyssinia). 



4. M. Kraussi, Adelung, ibidem, Vol. 9, f. 12 (igo5) (Abyssinia). 



5. M. obscura, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 234 (19061 (India, Madras). 



5. Genus ESCALA, Shelford 



Escala. Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 238 (1906). 



Characters. — Allied to Theganopteryx, Br., but the sub-genital lamina of the male bearing an 

 asymmetrical lobe which ma} - be unarmed or armed with a series of hooks or replaced by a single stout 

 hook; the right style sometimes absent, the left style acuminate. Supra-anal lamina produced, trian- 

 gular, not projecting beyond the sub-genital lamina. Cerci elongate. Wings with median and ulnar 

 veins simple, triangular apical field somewhat inconspicuous. 



Geographical distribution of species. — India, Australia. 



1. E. circtimdiwta , Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. Suppl. p. 142 (1869) (Adelaide, S. Australia:. — 



Plate, Fig. 9. 



circumducta, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 239, pi. i5, f. 4. 



2. E. longinscula, Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. Suppl. p. 143 (1869) (Adelaide, S. Australia). 



longiuscula, Shelford. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 239, pi. i5, f. 5. 



3. E, insignis, Shelford, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 240, pi. i5, f. 6 (1906) (Australia). 



4. (?)E. subcolorala, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5, Suppl. Blatt. p. 32 (1871) (India, Bombay). 



6. Genus ANAPLECTA, Burmeister 



Anaplecta. Burmeister, Handb. Ent. Vol. 2, p. 494 (i838). 

 Riatia. Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. 66 (1S6S). 



Characters. — Antennse setaceous; pronotum transversely elliptical. Tegmina generally with 

 discoidal area traversed by longitudinal veins. Wings with ulnar vein simple or bifurcate, provided with 

 a large triangular apical area which, in a state of repose, is folded longitudinally and then reflected over 

 the rest of the wing, it is without veins. Legs as in Ectobia, Westwood. Supra-anal lamina slightly pro- 

 duced, triangular or trigonal. Sub-genital lamina of males without styles. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Tropical Asia and Africa, Centra', and South 

 America, Australia. 

 1. A. subrotundata, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5, Suppl. Blatt. p. 26 1 1871") (Bombay, India). 



