146 CATALOGUE OF 



More nearly allied than the other species of the section to the genus 

 Blatla. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueiuzius' collection. 



Sect. 10. 

 The projecting prolhorax and other characters of the follovving species 

 separate it more widely than any of the preceding groups from the typical 

 form of the genus. 



69. Periplaneta insolita. 



Fcem. Fulva, lonc/i-fusifonnis ; caput pallide JIavescens, macula antica 

 picea elongala ; prolhorax sparse pimclatus^ caput obtegens, laterihus 

 margineque antico hyalinis ; abdomen subluberculalum, vitlis 

 duabus pallidioribus vittisque duabus nigris macularibus ; venter 

 nigro biviltatus ; cerci breves ; pedes teslacei, breviuscv/i,satvalidi ; 

 alee anticm minima, subquadrula, aspere punctata;, casta iestacca 

 hyalina, linea subcostalijlava. 



Female. Tawny, elongate-fusiform, shining, smooth beneath. Head 

 pale yellowish, concealed by the prothorax, with a longitudirjally elongated 

 piceous spot on the face. Eyes piceous, wide apart. Palpi pale tes- 

 taceous. Antennae slender, testaceous at the base. Prothorax somewhat 

 conical, thinly punctured, with an impression on each side of the disk in 

 front ; sides and fore border hyaline, the former rounded, the latter not 

 truncated. Abdomen very sli<>htly tuberculate, with two indistinct paler 

 stripes and with two exterior stripes of black dots; a black stripe on each 

 side beneath. Cerci short, lanceolate. Legs testaceous, rather short and 

 stout; femora with very short and slender spines; arolia rather large. 

 Fore wings rudimentary, subquadrate, roughly punctured, with a yellow 

 line near the costal area, which is testaceous and hyaline. Length of the 

 body 12 lines. 



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



Sect—? 

 60. Pekiplaneta platystetho. 

 Kakerlac platystetho, P/u7j;)pj,Z'ei<sc/tr. Gesammt. Nalurwiss. xxi. 222. 

 Chili. 



61. Periplaneta pallipes. 

 Kakerlac pallipes, Philippi, Zeitschr. Gesammt, Naturwiss. xxi. 222. 

 Cordilleras. 



62. Periplaneta brevipes. 

 Kakerlac brevipes, Philippi, Zeitschr. Gesammt. Nalunviss, xxi. 222. 

 Cordilleras. 



Genus 11. EURYZOSTERIA. 



Euryzosteria, Sauss. Rev. Zuol. xxvi. 316. 



