Litopeltis bispinosa (Saussure 1893)

Litopeltis bispinosa (Saussure) (Plate VI, figure 23.)
1893. [Calolampra] bispinosa Saussure, Societas Entomologicae, viii, p. 58. [cT,
Nova Granada^" (Colombia).] 1893. Calolampra bispinosa Saussure and Zehntner, Biol. Cent. -Am., Orth., i, p.
67, pi. iii, fig. 26. [cf [nee 9], Panama.] 1914. Audreia marginata Caudell, Insec. Inscit. Menst., ii, p. 77. [ 9 ; Porto Bello,
Panama.]
Porto Bello, Panama, (Jennings; in bromeliads), I 9, type of Audreia marginata Caudell; II, 23 and 28, 191 1, (Busck, Schwarz) I o^, i juv. c?'.
Gatun, Canal Zone, Pan., VII, 25 to VIII, 22, 1916, (Harrower; from rotting banana stalks, at bases of leaves), 4 cf , 8 9 , 2 large juv. cf , 4 large juv. 9 , 29 juv. cf, 27 juv. 9 , 4 very small juv. cf , I very small juv. 9 .
Alhajuela, Pan., IV, 4 and 6, 191 1, (Busck), i juv. cf, l very small juv. 9.
Frijoles, Canal Zone, Pan., (Schwarz), i juv. cf .
Buena Ventura, Pan., Ill, 10, 191 1, (Busck), i juv. 9.
Boquete, Pan., Ill, 1914, (Zetek), i &, [U. S. N. M.].
Corozal, C. Z., Pan., XI, 17, 1913, (Hebard; tunnelling in dead banana stalk), 3 large juv. 9 •
The type of Audreia marginata Caudell, now before us, when compared with the series at hand, shows beyond question the synonymy indicated above. A slight superficial resemblance is shown by females of this species to females of Audreia carinulata Saussure. Close observation, however, shows that these species are members of different subfamilies.
The slight triangular invasion of the dark coloration of the pronotal disk meso-cephalad, into the pale lateral wings, is a feature shown also by Colapteroblatta compsa Hebard and Poroblatta cylindrica Hebard.
'7" Probably including Panama, at that time part of Colombia. This is, in all likelihood, the same specimen subsequently considered by Saussure and Zehntner, recorded by them from Panama. morgan hebard 143