BLATTARI^. 127 



Tufa:, cnrpore mullo lom/iores ; prothoracis annulus Jlavus ; aUe 

 abdomen lomje superantes . 



Female. Blackish, fusiform, smooth, shining, liiteous heneath. Head 

 extending a little beyond the piolhorax ; front and face luteous, the latter 

 with a piceous band. Eyes teslaceons, far apart. Palpi piceous. Pro- 

 thorax narrower in front, with two luteous bands which are connected on 

 each side and form an irregularly fusiform ringlet ; hind band much 

 broader and more irre;;ular than the fore band ; fcrre border truncated ; 

 sides rounded, the fore part of the curve much longer than the hind part ; 

 hind border indistinctly angular on each side, very slightly rounded in the 

 middle. Abdomen above blackish, with a luteous band on each segment; 

 under side blackish in the disk and towards the tip ; supra-anal lamina 

 bilobed. Cerci blackish, lanceolate, long, stout. Legs rather short and 

 thick; femora with stout spines. Wings ferruginous, extending a little 

 beyond the abdomen ; veins strongly marked. Fore wings semicoriaceous, 

 corneous and blackish towards the base; a luteous lanceolate subcostal 

 streak extending from the base to nearly one-third of the length ; most of 

 the longitudinal veins forked. Hind wings, excepting the anal area, not 

 paler than the fore wings. Length of the body II5 lines ; of the wings 

 25 lines. 



Male. Antennae red, slender, much longer than the body. Prothorax 

 with yellow and more regular bands. Styles long, slender. Wings 

 extending much beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 11 lines; of 

 the wings .30 lines. 



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

 c. New Hebrides. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



14> Peiuplaneta patens, 



Foem. Nigra, lali-fusiformis ; caput suhpunctatum, prothnracem per- 

 paullo superana, striga margineqiie anlico fulvis ; palpi fiilvi ; anlennie 

 rufcE ; prothorax luleo bifasciatus, fascia \a lalera ainplrctente, 2a 

 latiore strigam emitlente, margine postico perparnm rotundato ; 

 abdomen piceiim, basi testaceum, lamina supra-anali divisa ; pedes 

 robusti, breviusculi, femoribus fulvis; aire ferruginem, abdomen 

 paullo superantes ; alee anticce coriacece, basi corne<B nigricantes ; alee 

 poslica subcoriacece, area anali cinerea membranacea. 



"^^ Female. Black, broad-fusiform, smooth, shining. Head thinly and 

 minutely punctured, extending very little beyond the prothorax ; sockets of 

 the antennae, an intermediate streak and fore part tawny. Eyes ferruginous, 

 rather wide apart. Palpi tawny. Antennae red. Prothorax much 

 narrower in front, with two luteous bands; forehand continued along each 

 side and nearly joining the hind band ; hind band much broader and more 

 irregular than the fore band, towards which it emits a short broad streak ; 

 fore border slightly truncated ; sides rounded, the fore part of the curve 

 occupying nearly the whole length of each side ; hind border very slightly 

 rounded. Mesothorax and metathorax testaceous. Abdomen piceous, 

 testaceous towards the base; supra-anal lamina bilobed. Cerci piceous, 

 lanceolate, long, stout. Legs stout, rather short ; femora tawny, with long 

 spines. Wings ferruginous, extending a little beyond the abdomen. Fore 

 wings somewhat coriaceous, blackish and corneous towards the base, paler 



