BLATTARliF,. 131 



22. Pebiplaneta flavicincta. 

 flavicinata, Hagenhach, MSS. De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ins. 50. 

 Java. 



Sect. 2. Sauss. H. N. M. iii. 74. 



23. Periplaneta thoracica. 



Kakerlac thoracica, Serv. Hist. Orth. 69, pi. 2, f. 1 — Periplaneta uslulata» 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 503 — Periplaneta thoracica, Sauss. Hist, Nat- 

 Mex. iii. 74. 



Hindostan. 



a, b. Java. From Mr. Melly's collection. 



c. Sumatra. From the Zoological Society's collection. 



24. Periplaneta contbaria. 



Mas. Nigra, fusiformis ; caput prothoracem sat superans, margine antico 

 piceo; prothorax pallide tesiaceus, utrinque impress ii s, fasciis duabus 

 macularibus margineque nigris, lateribus dilatalis subangulatis, 

 margine postico fere recto ; ventris discus fulvus ; cerci validi ; pedes 

 crassi, breviusculi ; alee anticce semicoriacem, abdomen sat superantes ; 

 alcE poslicce nigricantes, breviores. 



Male. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending rather 

 beyond the prothorax; border of the mouth and sockets of the antennae 

 piceous. Eyes livid, wide apart. Prothorax pale testaceous, with a very 

 narrow black border; disk impressed on each side with two transverse lines, 

 each formed by four black spois; fore line curved, not truncated; sides 

 dilated, each forming a much rounded angle; hind border nearly straight. 

 Abdomen tawuy in the disk beneath ; styles long. Cerci flat, stout, 

 lanceolate. Legs thick, rather short. Wings extending somewhat beyond 

 the abdomen. Fore wings semicoriaceous, extending somewhat beyond 

 the hind wings ; costal area towards the base and anal area coriaceous ; 

 divisions of the humeral vein and nearly all the longitudinal veins forked. 

 Hind wings blackish; some of the longitudinal veins forked; anal area 

 dark cinereous, with blackish veins and with whitish transverse sectors. 

 Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



25. Periplaneta brevicollis. 

 Kakerlac brevicollis, Serv. Orth. 70. 

 Cape. 



