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Show 204 MESSRS. BRUNNER AND REDTENBACHER ON [Mar. 15, Genus HOMALOPTERYX, Brunner. 1. H. LAMINATA, Brunner (n. sp.). (Plate XV. fig. 4.) Fusco-testacea. Aptera, plana. Pronotum oblongo-semiorbiculare, caput valde superans, supra caput leviter cucullatum, rugulis et granulis rugosum, margine postico, cum segmentis cceteris omnibus, rugulis regularibus obsito, meso- et metasternum latere in dentem productum. Pedes breves. Segmenta abdominis dorsalia latere in dentem pjroducta. Cerci minimi, pcdlidi, apice ipso nigri. Lamina supra-analis $ triangulariter pro-ducta, apice triangulariter emarginata. Lamina subgenitalis 2 rotundato-producta. $ . Larva 3 non dififert a feminis, exceptis meso- et mstanoto lobatis, qua de causa certe imagines alatce sunt. Long. corp. 5 26 millim. „ pronot 7'8 „ Lat. „ 12-8 Patria : St. Vincent, windward side.-Specimina nounulla, feminse adultse, mares imperfecti.- Hsec species Homalopterygi capucince, Br. (Nouv. Syst. des Blattaires, p. 196), affinis est. Feminse hujus speciei ignotse. Lot 14 Estate; Chateaubelais; also in the Forest at an elevation of 2000 ft. in decaying leaves.-H. H. S. Tribus PERIPLANETID^E. Genus S T Y L O P Y G A , Fischer de W . 1. S. A N T I L L A R U M , Brunner (n. sp.). (Plate X V . fig. 5.) Parva, oblongo-rectangularis (abdomine haud dilatato) picea, nitida. Caput globosum, excepto labro, atrum. Ocidi magis inter se remoti quam scrobes antennarum. Pronotum parabolicum, Icevissimum. Elytra lobiformia, lateralia, mesonotum haud superantia. Metanotum cum segmentis abdominis marginibus lateralibus levissime refexis. Pedes graciles. Metatarsus posticus ceteris articulis unitis longior. Pulvilli minutissimi. nigri. Lamina supra-analis $ transversa, angustissima, rotundata. 2 • Long, corp 16 millim. „ elytr 2-5 „ ,, pronot 4*6 ,, Lat. „ 6*5 „ Patria : St. Vincent, W. I.-Specimen unicum.-Differt a St. orientali, L., statura oblongo-rectangulari, elytris mesonotum haud superantibus, lamina supra-anali 5 transversa. Leeward, in the Forest under rotting leaves on the banks of a stream at an elevation of 500 ft.-H. H. S. |