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H. HANITSCH 



Margattea ceylonica (Saussure.) 



1868. Blatta ceylonica Sauss. — Rev. Zool., (2), vol. XX, p. 355. Geylon. 

 1 $. Buitenzorg, Java. Nov. L930. 



This is apparently t he first record i'rom Java. Otherwise tins 

 species lias been reportée! from ail parts of Malaysia, besides from 

 Geylon. — Phyllodromia nimbata Shelf. is synonymous with it. 



Sigmoidella debilis n. sp. 



1 <£, Marrakai. N. T. May L931. 



Head free, vertex and forehead pale castaneous, shading to 

 testaceous on the lower face; antennae and palps fuscous; inter- 

 ocular distance nearly equal to width between antennal sockets. 

 Pronotum with the anterior margin rounded, posterior margin 

 faintly produced; yellowish-testaceous, with two broad castaneous 



Sigmoidella debilis n. sp. ^. 

 Left wïng. 



stripes, connected behind by a somewhat darker narrow transverse 

 bar. Tegmina exceeding the abdomen by 1 5 their length, uniform 

 dark amber, 17 costals, radial vein simple, 6 longitudinal discoidal 

 sectors. Wings yellowish hyaline, costal area and apex slightly 

 darker; mediastinal vein 2-ramose; 13 costals, thickened, but not 

 clubbed; radial vein simple: médian vein simple; ulnarvein slightly 



