BLATTARI.E. Ill 



piceous bands in the disk and with a piceous oblique stieak on each side ; 

 fore border slightly truncated ; sides much rounded, hardly reflexed ; 

 hind border straight. Legs rather short and slender. Wings not extend- 

 ing beyond the tip of the abdomen. Fore wings narrow, with a broad 

 black stieak in the disk towards the tip ; costa straight; veins not elevated ; 

 transverse sectors not numerous. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the 

 body 2^ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



This species hardly belong to the genus Blatta : it appears to have 

 some resemblance to Epilampm. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



95. Blatta platysoma. 



Mas. Testacea, elliptica, lata ; caput prolhoracem sat superans ; antenna 

 validce ; prothorax antice rotunilatns, lateribus late semi hi/a linis ; 

 pedes breves, rnbusii ; alee antica: cnrpnre multo breviores, casta valde 

 rotundata ; alee posiicce pellucidce, brevissimte. 



Male. Testaceous, elliptical, broad, smooth, shining. Head broad, 

 extending rather beyond the prothorax. Eyes testaceous, very wide apart. 

 Antennae stout, minutely setulose. Prothorax narrower and rounded in 

 front, broadest along the hind border; sides broadly semihyaline, slightly 

 rounded ; hind border straijjht. Cerci lanceolate, rather long and s-lender. 

 Legs short, stout ; femora setose beneath. Fore wings much shorter than 

 the abdomen ; costa much rounded ; transverse sectors few. Hind wings 

 pellucid, rudimentary. Var. /3. — Abdomen above with a blackish patch on 

 each side near the base. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 2^ 

 lines. 



The wings in the specimens described are incompletely developed. 



a, b. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



9Q. Blatta discalis. 



Foem. Nigra, ovata ; caput latum, flavo uniguttatum, prothoracem per- 

 paullo superans ; palpi Jlavi; prothorax margine antico lateribusque 

 Jlavis ; abdomen fulvum, lateribus pedibusque Jlavis ; aim anlicce 

 fulvce, parvce. 



Female. Black, oval, smooth, shining. Head and prothorax very 

 thinly punctured. Head broad, extending very little beyond the prothorax ; 

 sockets of the antennae, an intermediate dot and a patch on each side 

 yellow, the patches connected with the yellow fore border. Eyes wide 

 apart. Palpi yellow. Prothorax with a yellow margin on the fore border 

 and on each side, where it is broader than in front. Sides and fore border 

 rounded, the latter not truncated ; hind border almost straight. Pectus 

 and abdomen tawny, the latter with a yellow stripe on each side above and 

 beneath. Legs yellow, short, stout; femora with rather stout spines. 

 Fore wings tawny, not more than half the length of the abdomen. Length 

 of the body 3^ lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



