BI.ATTAElyE. 87 



Genus 2. NAUPMCETA. 

 NaiipbaHa, IJiirnt. llandb. Enl. ii. 508. Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mcx. iv. 203. 



Sect. 1. Sams. U. N. M. iv. 203. 



1. NAUPHO-nA CIXEEEA. 



Blatta ciiieiea, Oliv. Enc. iv. 314. Serv. Hint. Otlh. 89— Nauphceta 

 cineiea, Sauss. Hist. Nat. Mex. iv. 204 — Nainihoela giisca, Burin. 

 Ilundb. Ent. ii. 508. 



Cuba. Isle of France. Sumatra. Manilla. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



2. Nauphceta circumvagatus. 



Nauphneta circumvagatus, Biunn. Jland'o. Ent. ii. 508. De. Haan, Verh. 

 Nal. Gfscli. Ins. 51. 



Teneriffe. Brazil. 



3. Nauphceta bivittata. 



Nauphaeta bivittata, Burin. Handb. Ent. ii. 508, 3. 



Brazil. 



Sect. 2. Sauss. H. N. M. iv. 203. 



4, Nauphceta lyrata. 



Nauplioeta lyrata, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 508 — Blatta oruata, Serv. Hist. 

 Oit/i. 9y. 



Var.P Mas et foem. Picea, nilens, lon(/i-fusiformis, farce punctata; 

 caput antice teslaceo notatum ; ocuii invicem rernoti ; palpi basi 

 testacei ; anlennce corporis dimidio paullo Inngiores ; prothorax 

 margine subreflexo, taleribus vittisque duabtis dentalis subundulutis 

 testaceis, margine postico recto ; abdomen basi maculisque lateralibus 

 testactis, macula basali viltisque duabus interruptis ventralibus luteis, 

 apice subinciso ; tibice fuiva; alec anticct maculis tribus slriga 

 coslaque basi testaceis, margine postico dextro cintreo ; alcp postiice 

 cinereo-hyulincB, apud costam fuscescenles, slriga costali albida. 



Male and female. Piceous, flat, shining, elongate-fusiform. Head 

 and prothorax thinly punctured. Head extending rather beyond the pro- 

 thorax, testaceous about the eyes, about the base of the antennae and about 

 the uioulb ; two testaceous spots and an intermediate testaceous longi- 

 tudinal streak between the eyes, which are black and wide apart. Palpi 

 jticeuus; first juinl testaceous; third securiform, a little longer than the 

 first. Antennre a Utile more than half the length of the body, minutely 

 pubescent. Prothorax with very slightly reflexed borders; sides testaceous, 

 much rounded ; two dentate slightly undulating testaceous stripes ; hind 

 border straight. Abdomen testaceous towards the base; pale testaceous 

 marginal spots on the hind borders of the segments; under side with a 

 luteous spot at the base and with two lutcous stripes, the latter wide apart 

 aud interrupted on each segment; subanal lamina slightly notched. Legs 



