BLATTARLE. 183 



Fam. PLANRTICIDiE,page25. 



Genus PLANETICA, page 25. 



Planetica auanea, page 25. 



De Saussiue's characters of this species were taken from a mutilated 

 specimen, and the antennae have not been described ; these, as appears 

 from a specimen in Mr, Saunders' collection, are black, stout, much longer 

 than the body, and have two broad white bauds. The genus Planetica, as 

 De Sanssure hints, may be united to Arcliiblatta. 



Fam. PANCHLORID^, page 25. 



Genus PANCHLORA, page 25. 



Panchloea maculipennis. 



maculipennis, Schaum, Peters' Reise Mossainb. Zool. 109, pi. 7, f. 1. 



Mozambique. 



Panchloua poecila. 



poecila, Schaum, Peters' Reise Mossamh. Zool. 109, pi. 7, f. 2. 



Mozambique. 



Panchloua scripta, 



Fcem. Pallide lestacea, fusifonnis, subtus hi tea ; caput parviim, pro. 

 ihoracem perpaullo superans, nigro binotatii.m ; palpi apice pirci ; 

 antennee nigra; prothorax postice sitbli liter striatus, lilura ncuielli- 

 formi e punctis nii/ris, lateribus dilatalis, margine postico producto ; 

 pedes lutei, breves, cras.si; alee nigricaiites, abdomen paullo svperanlcs ; 

 al(e aulicce lalce, coriarete, bast vitta lata costali atomisque nonnullis 

 teslaceis, cosla rolundata. 



Female. Pale testaceous, fusiform, convex, smooth, slightly shining, 

 luteuus beneath. Head small, extending very litlle beyond the prothorax ; 

 an acutely dentate black n)ark on each side of the vertex. Eyes black, 

 wide aj)art. Third joint of the palpi piceous. Antennae black, slender, 

 testaceous at the base. Proiliorax slightly concave on each side of the 

 disk ; hind part transversely and finely striated ; fore border truncated ; 

 sides dilated, much rounded ; hind border produced and rounded in the 

 middle; a large scutcheon-shaped mark in the disk, composed of black 

 speckles which are partly confluent; fore angles of tlie mark much 

 elongated. Legs luteous, short, thick; femora with short slender brisiles. 

 Wings blackish, extending a lilile beyond the abdomen. Fore wings broad, 

 coriaceous, pale testaceous at the base, with some testaceous speckles in the 

 disk, and with a broad costal pale testaceous stripe which extends from the 

 base to nearly three-fourths of the length and is mostly mottled sviih black ; 

 costa much rounded. Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



a. Interior of South Africa. From the collection of the Zoological 

 Society. 



