24 SUPPLEMENT. 



cerci picei, articulis apice pallide testaceis ; alee pallide cinerece, 

 abdomen longe superantes, venulis transversis fuscis ; aloe anticce apud 

 costam vilrece. 

 Male. Pale testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending 

 a little beyond the prothorax; a piceous band between the eyes emitting a 

 piceous stripe towards the mouth ; vertex broad between the eyes, which 

 are black. Second and third joiuts of the palpi blackish. Antennae 

 piceous, longer than the body, testaceous at the base. Prothorax trans- 

 verse, widening hindward ; fore border truncated; sides and hind border 

 rounded, the former pellucid; two broad black stripes which slightly 

 diverge hindward and are straight on the inner side but rounded on the 

 outer side. Cerci piceous; tips of the joints pale testaceous. Legs 

 moderately short and stout ; femora with long slender spines. Wings pale 

 cinereous, exteuding much beyond the abdomen ; transverse sectors mostly 

 brown. Fore wings pellucid along the costa. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 12 lines. 



The stripes on the prothorax are broader than those of B. Germanica. 

 It is much more slender than B. bivittata. The markings on the head 

 distinguish it from B. contigua. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Blatta figurata. 



Mas. Pallide testacea,fusiformis; vertex lilura picea guttam testaceam 

 includenle; prothorax piceus, brevi-conicus, lateribus diaphanis 

 postice piceis ; pedes robusti ; alee diaphance, abdomen longe supe- 

 rantes; ala antica plagis quatuor piceis magnis subquadratis. 



Male. Pale testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending 

 a little beyond the prothorax ; vertex with a piceous mark, which includes 

 a testaceous dot. Eyes black, remote. Prothorax piceous, short-conical; 

 fore border truncated ; sides rounded, pellucid, except towards the hind 

 border, which is nearly straight. Cerci long. Legs stout ; femora with 

 slender spines. Wings pellucid, extending much beyond the abdomen ; 

 veins pale. Fore wings with two large subquadrate piceous patches on 

 each; first patch at ihe base; second at a little beyond the middle; a 

 slight brownish tinge in the exterior part of the disk. Length of the body 

 6 lines; expansion of the fore wings 12 lines. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Blatta annulifera. 



Foem. Pallide testacea, fusiformis ; caput vertice vitlaque frontali 

 lanceolala piceis ; prothorax transiwrsus, anlice anguslior, annulo 

 magno nigro ; cerci picei, articulis apice fulvis ; pedes sat robusti; 

 alee antica fulva, abdomen paullo superantes, costa pallide teslacea ; 

 ala posticce diaphance. 



Female. Pale testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending 

 a little beyond the prothorax ; vertex piceous, a broad piceous stripe on 

 the front and face, decreasing in breadth from the vertex. Prothorax 

 transverse, narrower in front, with a black ringlet which is broadest on each 



