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long, lanceolote, setose. Legs stout ; femora with short slender spines ; 

 larsi slender; arolia extremely small. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. Egypt. Presented by Sir Gardiner Wilkinson. 



40. PeRIPLANETA FORirPES. 



Mas et foem. Aptera, nigra, fusiformis, suhtilissime punctata ; caput 

 prothoracem non (foem.) aut paullo (mas) svperans, margine antico 

 palpisque piceis ; antennce saturate rtifce, basi nigrce ; abdominis 

 segmenla 6um el 7um anguiis posticis productis ; lamina supra- 

 analis trunvata ; pedes robnsli, rufescente nigri,aut riifi, aut nigri. 



Male and female. Black, fusiform, shining, very thickly and minutely 

 punctured. Head smooth, extending a little beyoud the prothorax in the 

 male but not in the (emale ; sockets of the antennae, fore border and palpi 

 piceous. Eyes piceous, wide apart. Antennae slender, dark red, black 

 towards the base, as long as the body. Prothorax widening from the 

 fore border to the hind border, with a very shallow furrow on each side; 

 fore border hardly truncated ; sides rounded; hiud border straight. Abdo- 

 domen with tiie hind angles of the sixth and seventh abdominal segments 

 elongated and acute ; snpra-anal lamina truncated. Cerci long, lanceo- 

 late. Legs robust, reddish black ; femora with stout spines; tarsi red 

 towards the tips ; arolia large. Wings none. Length of the body 11 — 13 

 lines. 



Var. fi. — A piceous tinge along the sides of the thorax. Var. y. — 

 Femora and tibiae red. Var. S. — Tibiae bright red, black at the base and 

 at the tips. Var. t. — Antennae and legs wholly black. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. DiefTenbach. 

 b — d. New Zealand. Presented by Sir J. C. Ross. 

 e — g. New Zealand. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 h — o. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair 

 p — s. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 

 t, u. New Z^ealand. Presented by Lieut. Smith. 

 w. New Zealand. Under bark of trees, eating bugs 

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

 y. Tasmania. Presented by Sir J. C. Ross. 

 z. Swan River. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



aa. ? Presented by Sir J. Liddell. 



bb—dd. ? 



41. Periplaneta invisa. 



Mas et foem. Aptera, nigra, fusiformis, confer tissime et subtilissime 

 punctata ; caput prothoracem vix aut perpaullo superans, margine 

 antico rufescente; prothorax bisulcatus ; abdominis segmenta 

 posteriora anguiis posticis productis acutis; lamina supra-anaiis 

 incisa ; pedes robusti, coxis luteo marg'tnatis, tarsis apice rufis. 



Male and female. Black, fusiform, slightly shining, very thickly and 

 minutely punctured. Head smooth, extending hardly or a little beyond 

 the prothorax; fore border reddish. Eyes red or piceous, wide apart. 

 Antennae slender. Prothorax widening from the foie border to the hind 

 border, with a very shallow furrow on each side; fore border hiirdly 



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