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larger (about 20 per cent.) than the female, and flies with great 

 facility ; length 38-43 mm . 



Cockroaches were mentioned as abundant, by Gov. Butler, 1619, 

 (see p. 737). In 1676 complaints were made that the cockroaches 

 were rapidly destroying the public records, and cedar chests were 

 ordered made, in order to preserve them from further destruction. 

 These early cockroaches were probably this species. 



Australian Cockroach. (Periplaneta Australasias (Fabr.) Brunn. ; 

 Sauss., Mem. Hist. Nat. Mex., iii, p. 72, 1864.) 



Plate XCIX ; Figure 20. 



Similar to the preceding, but the male is rather smaller ; the 

 elytra extend a little beyond the body and are about equal in the 

 male and female; the prothorax is more transverse and more elliptical, 

 or relatively shorter ; less prolonged anteriorly. The pronotum has 

 a pale yellowish submarginal band, wider medially, and externally 

 bordered with very dark brown ; the central spot is dark brown and 

 usually somewhat bilobed ; the elytra have a conspicuous short scap- 

 ular bar of yellowish white ; basal part dark rufous brown, chest- 

 nut brown distally. Length of head and body in both sexes, 28- 

 30 mm ; of elytra 22-23 mm . The caudal appendages of the male 

 reach about to end of elytra. The larva has a row of yellow spots 

 on the sides of all the segments. 



Nearly cosmopolitan in warm countries : North America, from 

 New England and Nebraska to Florida and Mexico ; West Indies ; 

 South America ; Europe ; Asia ; Africa ; Australasia, etc. 



This species was identified by Mr. Samuel Henshaw, from speci- 

 mens in our collections, both of 1898 and 1901. It is a common 

 species at Bermuda, both in the fields, under stones, and in buildings. 



Oriental Cockroach / " Black-beetle." {Stylopyga orientalis (L.) 

 Fisch.; Gerst.; Sauss.) Figure 200. 



This large, plain, dark brown species, which is the "black-beetle" 

 of English kitchens, is mostly confined to dwellings and ships. Its 

 wings are small, even in the adult male ; nearly abortive in the 

 female. 



Surinam Cockroach. (Pauchlora Surinamensis (L.) Sauss.; Brunn.) 



Plate XCIX ; Figure 19, 6. 



This species, which is common, is about an inch long when mature, 

 and rather broad ; the elytra are wide and longer (about 5" im ) than 



