134 CATALOGUE OF 



apart. Antennae black. Piothorax rather thickly punctured, narrower in 

 front; two oblique furrows on the disk ; lore bonier slightly truncated, very 

 narrowly testaceous; sides slightly deflexed, broadly testaceous, hind 

 border very slightly rounded. Cerci rather short. Legs tawny, stout, 

 rather short. Wings extending a little beyond the abdomen. Fore wings 

 somewhat membranous, coriaceous towards the base, a little shorter than 

 the hind wings ; longitudinal veins not forked ; right wings cinereous 

 except along the costa. Hind wings cinereous; veins piceous. Length 

 of the body 9 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. East Africa. Presented by Earl Kussell. 



Sect. 6. 



Sides of the prothorax and costa of the fore wings dilated and hyaline. 

 Hind border of the prothorax more straight than that of the first section. 

 Costa of the fore wings rounded. 



31. Periplaneta cuevigeha. 



Foera. Pallide JIava, fusiformis ; caput prothoracem perpaullo superans, 

 vertice nigra fasciato ; antenrKB picece, basi iestacpce ; prothorax vittis 

 duabus nigris antice connexis, lateribus subrotundatis, margine postico 

 fere recto ; venter piceus ; cerci fulvi, longi, vatidi ; pedes breves, 

 robusti ; alee anticcB coriacea, basi cornece, abdomen sat superanles, 

 vitta lata postica nigra ; alee posticce pellucidce. 



Female. Pale yellow, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending 

 very little beyond the prothorax; a black band on the vertex. Eyes 

 reddish, wide apart. Antennae piceous, slender, testaceous at the base. 

 Prothorax widening much from the fore border to the hind border; two 

 black stripes in the disk, rounded and united in front ; fore border slightly 

 truncated; sides slightly rounded ; hind border almost straight. Abdomen 

 piceous beneath. Cerci tawny, lanceolate, long, stout. Legs short, stout; 

 femora with short slender spines. Wings extending somewhat beyond the 

 abdomen. Fore wings coriaceous, corneous towards the base, with a broad 

 black stripe which extends on the hind border nearly to the tip ; costa 

 rounded. Hind wings pellucid, membranous, with pale veins. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



32. Periplaneta biquadeata. 



Pallide testacea, fusiformis; caput nigra unifasciatum, prothoracem 

 paullo superans ; antenna picece, basi testacea, corpore nan breviares ; 

 prothorax plaga maxima picea sculelliformi maculas duas testaceas 

 elongatas includente, lateribus vix reflexis, margine postico vix 

 rotundato ; alte picece, abdomen stiperantes ; alee anlica mem- 

 hranacecE, vitta costali lanceolata pallide testacea; alee posticce paullo 

 breviares. 



Pale testaceous, fusiform, flat, shining, nearly smooth. Head extend- 

 iDg a little beyond the prothorax, with an irregular black band between 



