BLATTAElii:. ' 151 



very broad brown border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the winj^s 

 21 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



b, c. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



d. St. Paulo. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



e. ? 



Subdiv. 2. Sauss. II. N. M. iii. 62. 



8. Paratropes HeydemaNus. 



Heydenianus, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xvi. 399; Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. (;2, f. 7. 



Brazil. 



Div. 2. Sauss. H. N. M. iii. 63. 



9. Paratropes subsekiceus. 



subsericeus, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xiv. 229 ; Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 63, f. 8. 



Surinam. 



Sect. 3. Sauss. II. N. M. iii. 64. 



10. Paeateopes vestitds. 



vestitus, Sauss. Rev. Zool. xvi. 308; Hist. Nat. Mex. iii. 64. 



Brazil. 



Sect. 4. 



11. Paratropes Pica. 



Mas. Niger, ellipticus ; caput parvum ; antenncB ex parte dense fasci- 

 culatce, apices versus gracillimce ; prothorax albus, brevis, macula 

 discoidali nigra magna, margine postico rotundato ; venter vitiis 

 duahus lateralibus abbrcvialis maculaque apicaii albis ; aim anticm 

 di la tatcc, abdomen longe superantes, fascia basali brevi fasciaque media 

 albis, casta rolundata. 



Male. Black, elliptical, smooth, shining. Head small, concealed by 

 the prothorax. Eyes piceous, moderately wide apart. Antenna; densely 

 tufted for one-third of the length beyond the middle, very slender from 

 thence to the tips. Prothorax white, transversely elliptical, inclining to 

 fusiform; hind tibiae more rounded than the fore border; a large black 

 more or less scutcheon-shaped spot in the disk. Abdomen beneath with an 

 abbreviated white stripe on each side and a large white apical spot. Legs 

 rather slender; femora minutely setose; arolia large. Wings extending 

 much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings broad, coriaceous, corneous towards 

 the base ; costal area very broad ; costa much rounded ; a white band at 

 the base extending from the costa to the anal area ; a broad entire white 

 middle band. Hind wings black, somewhat coriaceous. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 

 a, b. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Sect.—? 

 12. Paratropes? lycoides. 

 lycoides, Serv. Hist. Orth. 118. 

 Para. 



