98 CATALOGUE OF 



femora with a few slender spines; arolia rallier Inrije. Fore wino;s much 

 l(in<rer than the abdomen, a little lonjicr than the hind winjrs, nearly 

 hyaline ; costal area very broad ; exterior costal veins mostly forked ; trans- 

 verse sectors numerous and refiuhtr towards the tip of the costal area and 

 in the exterior part of the discoidal area ; hind p.irt of tlie riuht winjr ))ale 

 cinereous. Hind wiuijs hyaline, slijjliily cinereous; transverse sectors 

 brownish in the discoidal area, those in the anal area fewer and paler. 

 Length of the body 5| lines; of the wines 13^ lines. 



The hyaline sides of the protliorax are broader and more munded than 

 those o[ B. conjiiiicia, and the head is much more concealed. Ii much 

 resembles B. pellucida, Sauss., but there is no black line across the head. 



a. Honq- Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowrinof, Esq. 



b, c. Honduras. From Mr. Miller's collecciion. 



66. Blatta megaspila. 



Fa3m. Pallide fiavd, aat lata; caput nigra vitfn/nm; frnns et fades 

 ni(frcp,jJavo marijiiiata ; antenna: funrie, corpore longioies ; prothorax 

 disco nigra gnttas Ires cingulumque angulositin pallide flava 

 includente, lateribus dilatalis hijalinis rotundatis rrflexis ; abdomen 

 nigrum lateribus /I arn maculatis ; cerci nigra bifasciati ; tibice nigra 

 cinctce; alee unlicoe plagis duabus magnis cannexis spaliaque postico 

 fuscis ; alee paslic(E nigro-cinerece. 



Female. Pale yellow, nearly elliptical, rather broad, smooih, shininir. 

 Head extending; a little beyond the proihorax, with a black stripe on the 

 vertex; front and fiice black, bordered with pale yellow. Eyes black, wide 

 apait. Third joint of the palpi black, pale yellow at the tip. AnlenufE 

 brown, slender, setulose, p;ile yellow at the base, a little longer than the 

 body. Prothorax with a black disk, which includes three pale yellow dots, 

 one in front and one on each side behind, the three encircled by a zigzag 

 interrupted pale yellow ringlet; sides hyaline, dilated, rounded and 

 reflexed ; hind border straight. Mesothorax, melatliorax and abdomen 

 piceons, ihe latter with transverse yellow spots along each side, not 

 notched at the tip. Cerci lanceolate, pilose, with two black bands, about 

 one-ihird of the length of the abdomen. Legs elongate; femora setose; 

 tibia) v>ith black bands; tarsi black, very slender, pale yellow towards the. 

 base. Wings extending somewhat beyond the abdomen. Fore wings a 

 little longer than the hind wings, with two large brown connected patches; 

 hind part mostly or wholly brown, ihis hue more prevalent in the right 

 wing than in the left vving; cnsta slightly rounded ; costal area very broad ; 

 three last costal veins forked ; transverse sectors numerous; anal furrow 

 strongly marked. Hind wings blackish cinereous, broad; veins black; 

 costal veins foiked near the lip; anal area with few transverse sectors. 

 Leng h of the body 5 lires ; of the wings 12 lines. 



o. Java. From iMr. Argent's collection. 



67. Blatta vitrocincta. 



Mas. Testncea, glabra, nittns ; caput prathoracem sat svperans ; oculi 

 rigri, inricrm latissime remoti ; antenna gracillimce, carpore mullo 

 longiares ; prolhoracis lalera albida, diaphana, ralde dilatata ; alee 



