38 SUPPLEMENT. 



extending much beyond tbe body. Hind wings pellucid; veins pale. 

 Length of the body 12 lines; expansion of the fore wings 27 lines. 



It agrees in colour with P. apicalis, but has much longer wings. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leilh. 



Periplaneta ruficornis. 



Mas. Nigra, aptera, fusiformis, depressa; caput prothoracem paullo 

 superans, antice testaceo bifasciatum ; palpi apice testacei ; antennae 

 rufa, basi nigra; thoracis latera rufa; prothorax breviconicus, 

 lateribus rotundatis ; venter rufescenle uniplagialus ; cerci apice rufi ; 

 femora quatuor posteriora testaceo marginala ; tibia apices versus 

 rufa ; tarsi lutei. 



Male. Black, wingless, fusiform, flat, smooth, shining. Head 

 extending a little beyond the prothorax, with two narrow testaceous bands 

 near the mouth. Eyes piceous. Palpi with testaceous tips. Antennae 

 red, black towards the base. Prothorax transverse, short-conical; fore 

 border slightly truncated ; sides rounded ; hind border nearly straight; two 

 red marginal stripes extending to the hind border of the meta thorax. 

 Abdomen beneath with a reddish patch in the disk Cerci and styles with 

 red tips. Legs short, stout; four posterior femora with a luteous hind 

 edge; middle tibiae red towards the tips; hind tibiae red, black at the 

 base; tarsi luteous. Length of the body 1\\ lines. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Periplaneta curta. 



Mas. Nigra, nilens, subelliptica ; caput prothoracem perpaullo superans, 

 plagis duabus frontali bus testaceis magnis arcuatis ; prothorax viltis 

 duabus marginalibus testaceis intus undulatis ; ventris discus ferru- 

 gineus ; pedes testacei ; ala antica ferruginea, slriga coslali lanceolata 

 lestacea slrigaque subcoslali furcata nigra. 



Male. Black, smooth, shining, nearly elliptical. Head extending 

 very little beyond tbe prothorax ; mouth and a large excavated patch on 

 each side of the front testaceous. Palpi and antennae piceous, the latter 

 longer than the body. Prothorax transverse, narrower in front, with two 

 testaceous marginal stripes which are connected by a line along the fore 

 border and are undulating on the inner side ; fore border slightly 

 truncated; sides rounded ; hind border hardly rounded. Abdomen ferru- 

 ginous in tbe disk beneath. Legs testaceous, short, stout; femora with 

 short spines beneath. Fore wings ferruginous, with a lanceolate testaceous 

 costal streak and with a black forked subcostal streak, both streaks 

 extending from the base. Length of the body 1\ lines; expansion of the 

 fore wings 13 lines. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



