1]0 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Testaceous, elongate-oval, smooth, shining. Head tawny, 

 extendin;; very little beyond the prothorax; front and face piceous. Eyes 

 black, wide apart. Palpi testaceous. Antennae tawny, very slender, much 

 longer than the body. Prothorax piceous, rather long, narrow in 

 from, where it is slightly truncated; an oblique furrow on each side near 

 the hind border, which is nearly straight ; sides rounded, broadly 

 diaphanous. Abdomen wiih an irregular black stripe on each side. Cerci 

 long, lanceolate, with long bristles, blackish beneath towards the tips. 

 Legs pale testaceous; femora with slender spines. Wings not extending 

 to the lip of the abdomen. Fore wings ferriigiuous, somewhat coriaceous, 

 pale testaceous at the base, with a whitish diaphanous costal stripe which 

 is angularly dilated in the middle; costal area broad; transverse sectors 

 Tery numerous; anal furrow very distinct ; costa rounded. Hind wings 

 pellucid; veins pale. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



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

 Female? — c. Mauritius. From Dr. Beke's collection. 



93. Blatta pakilis. 



Foem. Nigra, suhtus jiava ; caput Jfavo fasciatum, prothoracem sat 

 svperans ; pnlpi picei ; antennce corpore longiores ; prothorax 

 diffuse punctalus, laleribus rolundatis rejfexis margineqtie postico 

 Jlavis ; abdomen nigrum^ alas paullo svperatis, segmentis flavo 

 marginalis ; cerci lineares ; pedes Jlavi, robusti ; aim antica villa 

 coslali Jluva^ venis elevutis. 



Female. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining, yellow beneath. Head 

 extending rather beyond the prothorax, with an irregular yellow band on 

 the vertex. Eyes black, wide apart. Palpi piceous. Antennae black, 

 slender, selulose, yellow at the base, longer than the body. Prothorax 

 thinly and largely punctured, yellow along the fore border and along the 

 sides, this hue broadest along tiie sides, which are rounded and reflexed ; 

 fore border slightly truncated ; hind border hardly truncated. Abdomea 

 black, extending a little beyond the wings; hind borders of the segments 

 yellow. Cerci black, long, linear, setose. Legs yellow, stout ; femora with 

 stout spines. Fore wings distinctly ridged by means of the veins, yellow 

 along the costa to three-fourths of the length; costa slightly rounded. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7^ lines. 



a. Hong Kong. Presented bj J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



b. Amoy. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



94. Blatta apicifera. 



Foem. Lutea, suhtiliter punctata ; caput prothoracem perpaullo superans ; 

 prothorax brevis, fasciis duabus abbreviatis strigisgue duabus obliquis 

 piceis, lateribus valde rolundatis ; pedes breviusculi,sat graciles ; aim 

 anliccB abdomen non superantes, striga subapicali nigra ; alee 

 posticcE cinerecc. 



Female. Luteous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head and prothorax 

 thickly and minutely punctured. Head extending very little beyond the 

 prothorax; front and face very thinly punctured. Eyes piceous, hardly 

 wide apart. Antennae rather stout. Prothorax short, with two abbreviated 



