BLATTAHIi;. lU-'i 



Male. Pale yellow, fusiform, nearly flat, smooth, shining. Head 

 tawny, extending ratlier beyonrl ilie protliorax ; a pale yellow band (in the 

 front. Eyes black, wide apart. Antennae pieenus, slender, yellowish at 

 the base, a little longer than the body. Protliorax a little narrower in 

 front ; fore border slightly trnncated ; sides pellucid, much dilated and 

 rounded ; two broad entire black stripes, which are undulating on the outer 

 side, and are somewhat approximate to eacli other. Abdomen piceous 

 above, entire at the tips. Cerci long, pale yellow. Legs slender; femora 

 with very slender spines. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings pale livid ; a black basal patch, whence proceeds a subcostal 

 black streak which is dilated into an antemedial discal patch ; costal area 

 pellucid ; costa rounded. Hind wings blackish cinereous. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines, 



a. Constaucia. Presented by the Rev H. Clark, 



77. Blatta reticulosa. 

 Alas. Pallide lestacea ; caput nic/rn fanciatum, prnfhorncem pauUo 

 superans ; prnlhorax nigro hivillntus, ialeribus /n/alinis roiundatin ; 

 alee abdomen longe siiperantes ; aim anlicce pallide cinerea, villa snb- 

 coslalipicea abbreviata, costa hyalina. 



Male. Pale testaceous, Cusiform, nearly flat, smooth, shining. Head 

 extending a little beyond the protliorax, with a broad regular black hand 

 on the front. Eyes black, wide apart. Prothorax a little narrower in 

 front ; fore border slightly truncated; sides dilated, pellucid, rounded ; hind 

 border hardly rounded; two I)lack stripes, not abbreviated, widcniiii; and 

 diverging much from each other hindward. Abdomen entire at the tips. 

 Cerci stout. Legs raliier slender; femora with long stout Sjiiiies. Wings 

 extending: much beyond the al)donien. Fore wings pale cinereous, with a 

 piceous stripe which extends alontr the humeral trunk to a little more than 

 half the lenfjth ; costal area pellucid; costa slightly rounded towards the 

 base ; longitudinal veins and transverse sectors piceous, the latter 

 numerous and regular. Length of the bedy 3J lines ; of the wings 8 

 lines. 



The markings sufficiently distinguish this species from B. lituricoUis. 



a. Jamaica. From JNIr. Gosse's collection. 



78. Blatta inquinata. 



Mas. Nigra; caput luleum, prolhoravetn paullo superans ; palpi lulei ; 

 antennce picea; ; prothorax piceiis, luteo biviltalus, laleribus albidis 

 hr/alinis valde rotundalis ; abdomen basi luteo vittatum, albido 

 marginatum; scgmeniis ventralibus albo marginatis ; pedes leslacei ; 

 alee unticce picem, costa basi albida ; ala. postica nigro-cinerecp. 



Male. Black, fusiform, nearly flat, smooth, shining. Head Inteous, 

 extending a little beyond the prothorax. Eyes piceous, very far apart. 

 Palpi luleous. Antennae piceous, luteous at the base. Prothorax 

 piceous, narrower in I'ront, with two luleous longitudinal lines which are 

 united in front ; fore border slightly truncated ; sides widely whitish and 

 hyaline, much rounded ; hind border slightly rounded. Mesolhorax, 

 melathorax and base of the abdomen with a luteous stripe. Abdomen with 



