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side and extends to tlie bind border and nearly to the fore border, which is 

 truncated ; sides rounded ; bind border nearly straight. Cerci long, 

 piceous; tips of the spines of the femora slender. Wings extending a little 

 beyond the abdomen. Fore wings tawny, pale testaceous along the costa. 

 Hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 5 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 10 lines. 

 a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Blatta transversalis. 



Mas et fcem. Textacea, longi-ovata ; caput piceum, litura frontali furcala 

 marqineque anlico lestaceis ; prothorax piceus, brevi-cunicu.i, laleribus 

 dinphanis ; pectoris et ventris latera piceo plagiata ; abdomen fusco 

 fasciatum ; pedes robusli ; alee anticce picea>, leslaceo biplagialcc, 

 abdomen non superantes ; alee posticce diaphance. 

 Male and female. Testaceous, elongate-oval, smooth, shining. 

 Head piceous, mostly covered by the prothorax; sockets of the antennas, a 

 forked mark on the front and mouth testaceous; vertex broad between the 

 eyes, which are black. Palpi and antennae testaceous. Prothorax short- 

 conical, piceous, excepting the sides, the outline of this hue narrowed near 

 the hind border ; fore bonier slightly truncated ; sides pellucid, rounded ; 

 hind border nearly straight. Abdomen with brown bands; under side and 

 pecius with brown patches on each side. Cerci long. Legs stout; femora 

 with very slender spines. Fore wings piceous, not extending beyond the 

 abdomen, with a large testaceous patch at the base and another at one-third 

 of the length, the two connected by a hyaline testaceous costal streak ; 

 right fore wing pellucid along the interior border. Hind wings pellucid; 

 veins testaceous. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 9 lines. 

 a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Blatta fasciceps. 



Fcem. Testacea, fusiformis ; caput piceo unifasciatum, prolhoracern vix 

 superans ; prothoracis discus fulvus ; cerci longi, articulis subtus 

 fusco guttatis ; pedes robusli, breviusculi ; alee anticce semidiaphana>, 

 abdomen longe superantes ; alee posticce diaphance, venulis transversis 

 fuscis. 

 Female. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head hardly extend- 

 ing beyond the prothorax, with a piceous band between the eyes and the 

 sockets of the antenna?. Eyes piceous, remote. Prothorax transverse, 

 narrower in front; fore border truncated; sides much rounded; hind 

 border slightly rounded ; disk irregularly tawny. Cerci long; a brown dot 

 on each joint beneath. Legs stout, rather short; spines of the femora 

 moderately stout. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore 

 winus sennliyaline. Hind wings pellucid ; transverse veins brown. Length 

 of the body b\ lines; expansiou of the fore wings 14 lines. 



Much allied to B. biligata; the latter has a broader prothorax. 

 «. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



