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along the hind borders; hind antjles from the first to the seventh snccessively 

 more elongated and acute; under side with a broad indeterminate red stripe; 

 siipra-anal lamina entire; styles elongate. Legs short, thick; coxae white- 

 bordered; trochanters tawny; femora with stout spines. Length of the 

 i)ody 6^ lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b, c. Australia. P'rom Mr. Damel's collection. 



51. Periplaneta collaris. 



Fcem. Nigra, ellipfica, convexa, sublilissiine punctata ; caput parvum, 

 prolhnracem vix superans ; prolhorax vix carinatus, viltis duabu.i 

 taleralibus lutein postice dilatatis et arcuatis ; metathoracis angnli 

 postici subproducti ; abdomen breviusculuni, lamina supra-anali 

 integra ; pedes breves, crassi; alee anticce minimce, cornece, bisulcalcE. 



Female. Black, elliptical, convex, shining, thickly and very minutely 

 punctured. Head small, hardly extending beyond the prcthorax. Eyes 

 wide apart. Prothorax a little longer than half its breadth, indistinctly 

 keeled; two luteous lateral stripes, which are dilated hindward and extend 

 along part of the hind border; fore border truncated ; sides much rounded ; 

 bind border straight. Mesothorax with rudimentary bisulcate fore wings. 

 Metathorax with the hind angles slightly elongated. Abdomen rather 

 short; supra-anal lamina entire. Legs short, thick; femora with stout 

 spines. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. Natal. Presented by the Rev. H. Methuen. 



52. Peiiiplaneta decoeata. 



Fcem. Nigra, fusiformis, dense punctata ; caput prothoracem paullo 

 stiperans, margine antico testaceo ; antenna rufa;, basi nigra; pro- 

 thorax vittis duabus lateralibus Jlavis arcuatis postice dilatatis ; 

 mesothoracis et metathoracis anguli postici producti ; venter basi 

 rufescens ; lamina supra-analis integra; cerci lulei, sat graciles ; 

 pedes rufi, robusti, femoribus nigris. 



Female. Black, fusiform, thickly and minutely punctured, slightly 

 shining. Head extending a little beyond the prothorax ; fore border tes- 

 taceous. Eyes testaceous, wide apart. Antennae red, black at the base. 

 Prothorax much longer than half its breadth ; two lateral yellow stripes, 

 curved on the inner side and widening from the fore border to the hind 

 border; fore border truncated; sides rounded ; hind border straight. Hind 

 angles of the mesothorax and of the metathorax more or less elongated. 

 Abdomen a little broader than the prothorax, reddish towards the base 

 beneath; supra-anal lamina entire; hind angles of the segments not 

 elongated ; styles distinct. Cerci luteous, flat, rallier slender. Legs red, 

 stout ; coxae and femora black, the latter with short slender spines ; arolia 

 large. Length of the body 9 lines. 



a, h. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



