BLATTARI^E. 19 



side witb two rows of blackish dots ; siibanal lamina bilobed. Ceici black, 

 nearly erect. Length of the boily 9 lines. 



a. ? 



Genus 6. ERGAULA. 



Fcem. Corpus brevi-elliplicuin, crassum, convexum, opacum, con- 

 fertissime et subiilissime piinctatuni. Caput glabrum, inter oculos im- 

 pressum, sulco trausveiso anteriore. Oculi approximaii. Palporum 

 articulus 2iis subclavatus; 3us subsscuriformis, 2o valde longior. AnlenniB 

 setaceae, subuiouiliformes, corporis dimidio nou longiores. Prothorax 

 ainplu*, caput sat superans, oblique bisulcatus, antice rotundalus, margine 

 postico vix conve.xo, angulis posticis subfalcatis. Abdomen glabrum, seg- 

 mentis posiicis apud cliscum retractis ; lamina subanalis parva, l)ilobata. 

 Cerci lanceolali, sul)moniliformes, setosi. Pedes robusti ; tibisE fortiter 

 spinosaj; arolia nulla. AlfE anticse coriacje, niarginem versus membranaceae, 

 costa valde convexa, venis bene delerminalis, sectoribus transversis plurimis. 

 Alae posticaB membranaceEe, fortiter reliculato venosae. 



Female. Body short-elliptical, convex, dull, very thickly and minutely 

 punctured. Head shining, impressed between tbe eyes, with a transverse 

 furrow near the mouth. Eyes not far apart. Second joint of the palpi 

 subclavate; third slightly securiform, very much longer than the second. 

 Antennae setaceous, submoniliCurm, not more than half the length of the 

 body; first, second and tliird joints short ; following joints very short. Pro- 

 thorax extending somewhat i)eyond the head and over the basal part of the 

 fore wings when they are expanded, rounded in front and cm each side, 

 slij'btly furrowed ahmg each side; iis breadth along tbe hind border more 

 than twice its length ; bind border hardly rounded ; hind angles slightly fal- 

 cate; a lyre-shaped mark in the disk. iMesothorax, melalhorax, pectus and 

 abdomen shining, mostly smooth. Abdomen with the segments above and 

 beneath near the tip retracted in the middle towards the disk ; sides fringed, 

 with bristles ; subanal lamina small, bilobed. Cerci lanceolate, submonili- 

 form, setose. Legs stout; tibis armed with some strong spines ; first joint 

 of the tarsi twice the length of the fifth, which is very much longer than 

 the second. Fore wings coriaceous, membranous towards the border; costa 

 much rounded ; tips conical ; principal veins distinct in the coriaceous 

 part; transverse sectors numerous, irregular. Hind wings membranous, 

 strongly and thickly reticulated ; transverse sectors numerous, irregular. 



1. ErGAULA SCAEABiEOIDES. 



Foem. Piceo-nigra ; caput antice iestaceo bifasciatum ; alee poslicte 

 luridce, subhyalince. 



Female. Piceous-black. Head with a testaceous band near the mouth, 

 which is also testaceous. Fore wings almost opaque. Hind wings lurid, 

 slightly hyaline ; veins of the same colour. Length of the body 13 lines; 

 of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



