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Female. Brown, fusiform, testaceous beneath. Head extending very 

 little beyoud the prothorax ; vertex moderately broad ; mouth, palpi and 

 antennae testaceous. Prothorax transverse, narrower in front; fore border 

 and bind border nearly straight; sides rounded, broadly pellucid. Abdo- 

 men beneath brown; apical part and cerci testaceous. Wings extending 

 somewhat beyond the abdomen. Fore wings brown ; costa rounded ; a 

 pellucid basal costal streak. Length of the body 3£ lines ; expansion of 

 the fore wings 7 lines. 



It has much resemblance to B. isomorpha, but the fore wings of the 

 latter are a little shorter and the costa is a little more rounded, and the 

 pale costal hue extends along the whole length. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Blatta ramifera. 



Fcem. Testacea, fusiformis ; caput nigro bifasciatum, prothoracem per- 

 paullo superans ; prothorax brevi-ecnicus, viltis duabus nigris 

 subarcuatis ramulum emiltenlibus ; venter viltis duabus incisis 

 plagaque nigris ; femora apice nigra ; tarsi nigricanles ; alee anticm 

 abdomen paullo superantes, upnd costarn late vilrece ; al<e posticce 

 fuscescentes. 



Female. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending 

 very little beyond the prothorax ; a black band between the eyes and a 

 broader black band on the front; vertex broad between the eyes. Prothorax 

 short-conical ; fore border slightly truncated ; sides slightly rounded, 

 broadly pellucid; hind border straight; two slightly curved black stripes, 

 not extending to the hind border, each of them emitting a little branch 

 from its inner side. Abdomen beneath with a black notched stripe on each 

 side and a black patch in the disk. Legs moderately stout; femora with 

 black tips ; tarsi blackish. Wings extending a little beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings broadly pellucid along the costa, which is slightly rounded. 

 Hind wings brownish. Length of the body 6^ lines; expansion of the fore 

 wings 13 lines. 



a. Nepaul. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



Blatta submarginata. 



Mas. Nigra, longi-elliptica ; caput prothoracem vi.v superans ; prothorax 

 brevis, lalus, antice lenuissime lateruliter sat late testacco marginutus ; 

 pectus testaceum ; abdomen piceum, segmentis testaceo marginatis ; 

 pedes teslacei, femoribus piceo vitlatis. 



Fcem ? Lulea, longi-ovala, vitlis duabus fronte ventreque nigris. 



Male. Black, elongate-elliptical, smooth, shining. Head hardly 

 extending beyond the prothorax; vertex broad between the eyes, which 

 are piceous. Palpi mostly piceous. Antenna? piceous, tawny at the base. 

 Prothorax broadly transverse; fore border very narrowly testaceous, 

 slightly truncated; sides rounded, rather broadly testaceous and semi- 

 hyaline; hind border nearly straight. Pectus testaceous. Abdomen 

 piceous; hind border of the segments testaceous. Legs testaceous, short ; 

 femora striped with piceous. Wings hardly extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen. Fore wings with a lanceolate, testaceous, semihyaline, costal 



