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63. BlATTA PARVICEl'S. 



Mas. Nigra, nilens ; caput prolhoracem non svperans ; antennce picece ; 

 prolhorax parce putictalus, laleribus albidis pellucidis ; pedes albido- 

 testacei ,• alee anticcB subslriatcs, subpunclatcB, casta hyalina albido- 

 testacea. 



Male. Black, fusiform, shining. Head smooih, not extending beyond 

 the prothorax, piceous towards the mouth. Eyes piceous, wide apart. 

 Antennae piceous, setose. Prothorax thinly punctured ; (ore border slightly 

 truncjited; sides rounded, broadly whitish and pellucid; hind border 

 straight. Legs whitish testaceous, rather slender. Wings extending a 

 little beyond the abdomen. Fore wings coriaceous, sliyhtly striated, in- 

 distinctly punctured along the striae; costa whitish testaceous, hyaline, 

 slightly rounded; right wing broadly cinereous and semihyaline along the 

 Liud border. Length of the body 2\ lines; of the wings 4 lines. 



In this species and in B. gyrinoides the fore wings assume wholly the 

 structure of the elytra of Coleoptera, excepting the hind border of the right 

 wing, which indicates the membranous state. 



a. Rio Janeiro. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



64. Blatta gykinoides. 



Mas. Fulva, nitens ; caput prolhoracem non superans ; antenna n!gr<B, 

 graciles, corpore breviores ; prothnracis latera hyalina albido-testacea ; 

 pedes fulvi ; alcB anticee nigrce, obsolete striatce, vix punclutcB, abdomen 

 paullo svperantes, costa hyalina albido-testacea. 



Mule. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining, tawny beneath. Head and 

 prothorax lawny. Head not extending beyond the prothorax. Eyes black, 

 very wide apart. Antennae black, settilose, slender, shorter than the body. 

 Prothorax slightly truncated along the fore border; sides rounded, whitish 

 testaceous, pellucid ; hind border straight. Legs lawny. Wings extending 

 a little beyond the abdomen. Fore wings coriaceous, very indistinctly 

 striated, hardly punctured; costa whitish testaceous, hyaline, slightly 

 rounded; rii;ht wing broadly cinereous and semihyaline along the hind 

 border. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4^ lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by Dr. Thwaites. 



65. Blatta latimarco. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput prolhoracem vix stiperans ; antennce corpore 

 paullo longiores ; prothoracis latera pallidiora, fere hyalina, valde 

 rotundata; abdomen fulvum, alas poslicas paullo superans; alee 

 anticee abdomen longe superantes ; alee posticce pellucid(£. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, flat, smooth, shining. Head hardly 

 extending beyond the prothorax. Eyes black, moderately far apart. 

 Antennae slender, selnlose, a little longer than the body. Prothorax much 

 narrower in front, with a broad pale nearly hyaline lamina on each side ; 

 fore border hardly truncated ; sides much rounded ; hind border very 

 slightly rounded. Abdomen tawny, notched at the tip, extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Cerci lung, setose. Legs moderately stout; 



