blattaria:. 21 



Blatta? litukifeha. 



Fulva, fere linearis, subtus testacea ; caput latum, liber urn, J 'route valde 

 retracta ; oculi lalissimi ; prothorax disco nigro guttis tribus fulvis, 

 lateribus vilreis ; alee longce, diaphance, nigro venosa ; alee anticai 

 dimidio apicali perobliquo fusco ; alee poslica? apud costam nigri- 

 canles. 



Tawny, narrow, smooth, shining, nearly linear. Head short, broad, 

 not covered by the prothorax ; vertex narrow between the eyes, the latter 

 very broad ; front much retracted. Prothorax transverse, narrower in front ; 

 fore border and hind border slightly rounded ; sides rounded, pellucid ; 

 disk black except in front, including three tawny dots ; of these two are 

 lateral and in front of the third, which is forked. Pectus and legs testa- 

 ceous, the latter moderately stout. Wings long, pellucid ; veins black. 

 Fore wings with the apical half very obliquely brown, the outline of the 

 brown part extending from near the lip of the costa to near the base of the 

 interior border; costa slightly rounded for more than half the length from 

 the base; scapular vein emitting to the costa parallel oblique veinlets, 

 these towards the tip are accompanied by transverse sectors. Hind wings 

 blackish along the costa. Length of the body 5£ lines; expansiou of the 

 fore wings 12 lines. 



The specimen described is mutilated; it differs somewhat in structure 

 from the typical species of Blatta. 



a. W. Coast of N. America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. Wood. 



Blatta ^equalis. 



Fcem. Picea,fusiformis,pectoreventris disco pedibusque testaceis ; caput 

 prolkoracem perpaullo superans ; palpi testacei ; prothorax brevis, 

 lateribus lenuiter testaceis ; ala anticce breves, costa testacea. 



Female. Piceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending very 

 little beyond the prothorax ; vertex broad between the eyes. Palpi testa- 

 ceous. Antenna? piceous, tawny at the base. Prothorax transverse, its 

 breadth much exceeding its length ; fore border slightly truncated ; sides 

 rounded, narrowly testaceous and hyaline; hind border straight. Pectus, 

 disk of the under side of the abdomen and legs testaceous, the latter 

 rather stout. Fore wings about half as long as the abdomen ; costa testa- 

 ceous and semihyaliue. Length of the body b\ lines. 



The specimen described is probably not fully developed. 



a. Tejuca. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



Blatta innotabilis. 



Fcem. Testacea, longi-elliptica ; caput prothoracem perpaullo superans; 

 prothorax brevis, piceo bililuratus, oblique bisulcalus, lateribus valde 

 rotundalis late vitreis ; alee anticct fusco punctata, striga dextra 

 ferruginea lata diffusa ; aUt postica diaphana. 



