BLATTARl/E. 193 



Stenobi.atta parallela. 

 Mas. Fiisca, sublus teslacea ; vertex fulvus, subrugulosus ; antennce 

 nigrce, albo fasciaUc, basi fulvcB ; prolliorax villa lenui laleribusque 

 semiki/alinis albidis ; abdomen dorso leslaceo-vario, lateribus aibidis ; 

 alcE aHlic<B casta albida fere hyalina. 



Male. Brown, testaceous beneath. Vertex of llie head tawny, 

 longitudinally and very finely rn<>;ulose. Eyes piceous. Antennae black, 

 tawny towards the base, wiili a white subapicul band including- five joints. 

 Piothorax with a slender whitish stripe, sides broadly whitish and semi- 

 hyaline. Abdomen above mouled with testaceous; sides whitish ; under 

 side with two rows of blackish marks; supra-anal lamina semi-hyaline. 

 Fore wings with a whitish and nearly hyaline costa. Length of the body 

 7^ — ^h lines; of the wings y — 10 lines. 



Brazil. la Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Tribe xMUTICE, page 63. 



Fam. BLATTIDiE, page 63. 



Genus EPILAMPRA, page 67. 



Epilampka jaspidea, page 67. 



Var. ? Foem. Tesfacea, late fusiforinis, convexa, nigro sublilissime 

 conspersa, sublus lulea ; caput prolhoracem non superaris, facie piceo 

 maculala ; antennce ferruginece, corpore breviores ; prulhorax ulrinque 

 impressus, margine antico brevi-conico, maryine poslieo subundulato ; 

 segmentorum ventraiium anguli poslici producti, aculi ; cerci 

 breviusculi ; pedes robusti, breviusculi ; alee anlicce coriacece, convexee, 

 nebutis obscurioribus notatw, abdomen sat superantes ; alee poslicce 

 cinerea. 



E. detersa ? pnge 67. 



Female. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining, rather broad and 

 C'Mivex, very minutely black-speckled, luteous beneath. Head quite hidden ; 

 a large piceous spot on the face. Eyes black, rather ai)proxiniate. 

 Antennae ferruginous, slender, testaceous at the base, shorter than the l)ody. 

 Prothorax short-conical in front, with an impression on each side in the 

 disk; fore border rounded, not truncated, extending beyond the head; 

 hind border slightly undulating. Supra-anal lamina of the abdomen 

 bilobed, hind angles of the ventral segments acutely elongated. Cerci 

 rather short. Legs stout, rather short; femora with stout spines. Wings 

 extending somewhat beyond the abdomen. Fore wings coriaceous, convex, 

 more or less mottled with dusky marks. Hind wings cinereous, veins pale. 

 Length of the body 14 lines; of the wings 30 lines. 



rt. Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



b. Penang. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



c. Java. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



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