28 SUPPLEMENT. 



stripe. Hind wings cinereous. Length of tbe body 3h lines ; expansion 

 of ihe fore wings 5^ lines. 



Near allied to B. parilis; the latter has longer fore wings and tbe pale 

 fore border of tbe prothorax is broader. 



Female? Luteous, elongate-oval, wingless. Front black. Prothorax 

 and abdomen with two black stripes. Prothorax conical. Abdomen 

 black beneath. Legs stout. The elongation of the hind borders of the 

 thoracic segments indicates the future development of wiugs. 



a, b. Cahar. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Blatta depressa. 



Poem. Lulea, fusiformis, subtus nigra; caput prolkoracem perpaullo 

 superans ; abdomen nigrum, segmentis luteo marginalia ,■ pedes lulei, 

 coxis nigm strigatis, femoribus apice nigris ; ala antica dexlra apud 

 marginem interiorem alaque posticus nigra. 



Female. Luteous, fusiform, black beneath. Head extending very 

 little beyond the prothorax ; disk of the front and of the lace black. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, its breadth much exceeding its length; fore border 

 slightly truncated; sides much rounded; biud border nearly straight. 

 Abdomen Mack ; biud borders of the segments luteous. Legs stout ; coxa? 

 streaked with black; femora with black tips. Wings extending somewhat 

 beyond the abdomen. Fore wings coriaceous ; transverse sectors very 

 numerous ; right wing black along tbe interior border. Hind wings black. 

 Leugth of the body 5 lines; expansion of the fore wings 11 lines. 



The specimen described is mutilated. The prothorax is much narrower 

 than that of B. marginilera. 

 a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Blatta lepida. 



Fcein. Nigra, longi-ovata, subtus testucea ; caput prolkoracem vix 

 superans, fiavo bifasciatus biplagiatus el antice lituratus ; palpi 

 testacei ; prollwrax antice et postice lenuiter el lateraliler late fiavo 

 murginutus ; mesolkorax, melathnrax et abdominis scgmenta dorsalia 

 picea postice lenuiter et lateraliler late fiavo marginata ; segmenla 

 venlralia nigro punctata ; cerci nigri, lati, articulis subtus teslaceo 

 maryinalis. 



Female. Black, elongate-oval, testaceous beneath. Head hardly 

 extending beyond the prothorax; vertex broad between tbe eyes; two 

 yellow bands between tbe eyes and the sockets of the antenna?, two large 

 yellow patches on the front and some smaller yellow marks on the face. 

 Palpi testaceous. Antennae piceous. Prothorax transverse, slightly 

 narrower in front, with a yellow border which is narrow in front and behind 

 and broad on each side; fore border slightly truncated; sides slightly 

 rounded; hind border hardly rounded. Mesothorax, metathorax and 

 dorsal segments of the abdomen piceous, broadly bordered on each side 

 and narrowly bordered behind with testaceous. Ventral segments with 



