130 CATALOGUE OF 



19. Peeiplaneta RHOMBIFOLIA. 



Blatta ihombifolia, Stotl. Sped. pi. 3 d, f. 10, 1 1 — Periplaneta iLombifolia, 

 De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ins. 4y. 



a. Brazil. 



i>. China. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



20. Periplaneta histrio. 



Periplaneta histrio, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xvi. No. 31 ; Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 

 73. 



Brazil. Mauritius. Ceylon. Hindostan. 



Var. ? Nigra, convexa, linearis, subtiliter punctata; caput prothoracem 

 paullo superans, verlicis strigis tribus luteis, spatio antico luteo lineam 

 transversam gultasque dims nigras includente ; palpi lutei, apice picei ; 

 antenna ferruginece ; prothorax vittis tribus, fascia interrupla, guttis 

 duabus maculisque quatuor luteis ; mesothorax macula lutea guttas 

 ditas nigras includente ; metathorax luteo quadrimaculatus ; abdomen 

 basi luteo bimaculatum ; pedes lulei, robusti ; alee antica aborliva, 

 casta lutea. 



Black, shining, convex, linear, thinly and finely punctured. Head 

 extending a Utile beyond the prothorax, with three longitudinal liiteous 

 streaks on the vertex ; fore part luteous, with a black dot on each side 

 between the eyes and an irregular transverse slightly undulating black line 

 nearer the mouth. Eyes wide apart. Palpi luteous ; third joint piceous. 

 AnteunsB ferruginous. Prothorax with a luteous stripe along each side and 

 with a slight luteous keel; a luteous band near the fore border slightly 

 interrupted in the middle, unduhiling along its hind side ; a luteous dot on 

 each side and four luteous spots nearer the hind border, the inner spois 

 much larger than the outer pair; fore border truncated; sides slightly 

 rounded. Mesothorax with a large luteous spot containing a black dot on 

 each side. Fore wings rudimentary, black, with a luteous costa. Meta- 

 thorax with four large luteous spots ; hind angles slightly elongated. 

 Abdomen with a luteous spot on each side at the base. Pectus livid. Legs 

 luteous, stout ; femora with several stout spines; arolia extremely small. 

 Length of the body 10 lines. 



a. South Africa. From Mr. Pearson's collection. 



21. Peeiplaneta concinna. 

 concinna, Hagenbach, MSS. De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ins. 50. 

 Java. 



