Scudder.] 280 [December 16, 



MANTIDES. 



39. Stagmatoptera binotata Scudd. Allied to S. prcedica- 

 toria Sauss. One specimen from the Peruvian Maranon. 



40. Oxyops sp. A single pupa belonging to this genus was 

 brought from the Eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes. 



BLATTARL2E. 



41. Periplaneta americana Burm. One larva from the 

 Eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes. 



42. Blabera armigera Scudd. 



Specimens were obtained on the Peruvian Maranon and atManaos, 

 all of them females, and, as would be expected, somewhat larger than 

 the males, the body and closed tegmina together being nearly three 

 inches long. It should be noted that the lower posterior edge of the 

 basal half of the fore femora is furnished with three small and short, 

 but stout spines. 



43. Panehlora signifera nov. $p. 



Head castaneo-luteous, with two small transverse dark spots, one 

 between the distant eyes and one in the middle of the front ; eyes 

 black ; antennas dark castaneous, luteous toward the tip. Pronotum 

 having something of the appearance of that of Blabera, smooth, the 

 front and lateral borders slightly emarginate, the centre with a very 

 large roundish spot partially divided in the middle into two sub-reni- 

 form spots of dark brown, the surface with slight transverse plica- 

 tions and a medio-dorsal series of inequalities. Elytra luteo-fuliginous. 

 Whole under surface dark brown, the abdomen almost black, shining, 

 the rather stout legs fuliginous brown or castaneous, the middle and 

 hind femora with a pair of slight spines. Wings in repose, reaching 

 the extremity of the tegmina. 



Length of pronotum, 8 mm.; breadth of same, 10.3 mm.; length 

 of whole body, 24 mm. ; of antennas, 12 mm. ; of tegmina, 27 mm. ; of 

 hind tibiae, 7.75 mm. 1 9, Eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes. 



FORFICULARI^E. 



44. Thermastris Dohrnii nov. sp. 



Head blackish castaneous; antennas and palpi brownish casta- 

 neous. Disc of the pronotum of the same width as the head, 



