BLATTAEI^. SlI 



The head extends less beyond the protborax than that of E. quad- 

 riiioiata, and the prolhorax is less narrowed in front. 



Menado, Celebes. In Mr. Saundeis' collection. 



Epilampra. fervida. 



Mas. Testacea, fusiformis ; caput prolhoracein perpaullo super ans,f route 

 piceo conspersa i oculi invicein sat late reinoii ; antennce picece ; 

 prolliorax rufo conspersus, margine antico fusco-punctata, muryine 

 postico subproducto fusco-guttato ; cerci apice nigri ; alee anticce rufo 

 conspersa, abdomen lonye superanles ; alee posticce pallide cmerece. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining, paler beneath. Head 

 extending very little beyond the protborax; front with a few piceous 

 speckles. Eyes black, rather wide apart. Antennae piceous, testaceous 

 towards the base, a little longer than the body. Protborax thickly mottled 

 with red, much narrower in front; foie border with brown points, hardly 

 truncated ; sides slightly rounded, slanting outward to the hind border, 

 which is slightly elongated and is accompanied by more or less conspicuous 

 brown dots. Supra-anal lamina bilobed. Cerci long, lanceolate, with 

 black tips. Legs moderately long and stout. Wings extending much 

 beyond the abdomen; tips rounded. Fore wings thickly mottled with red, 

 pale cinereous towards the tips. Hind wings pale cinereous. Length of 

 the body S\ — 9 lines; of the wings 19 — 20 lines. 



It has most affinity to E. quadrinotata, from which it differs much ia 

 colour and in markings. 



Borneo. Celebes. New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Epilampra basistriga. 



Foem. Teslacea, fusiforinis, latiuscula ; caput prothoracem paullo 

 superans, fascia lata, fascia anteriore tenui interrupta lineaque 

 punctulari adhuc anteriore nigris; oculi invicem remoli; antenna 

 picece ; prolhorax nigro conspersus, margine postico producto nigro- 

 punctato ; abdomen strigis Iransversis dorsalibus gutlisque ventraiibus 

 nigris; pedes breviusculi, sat validi ; alee anticce fusco pallida con- 

 spersce, abdomen paullo superantes, striga subcostali nigra, guttis 

 nonnullis discoidalibus fuscis ; alee posticce pallide cinerece. 



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

 extending a little beyond the protborax ; a broad black band between the 

 eyes, widened on each side in front; an anterior slender, inlerrujjted and 

 abbreviated black band; a more anterior transverse line composed of four 

 bltick points. Eyes l)lack, wide apart. Antennae i)iceous, testaceous at 

 the base. Protborax minutely speckled with black, much narrower in front; 

 fore border slightly truncated ; sides rounded, slanting outwards to the hind 

 border, which is elongated and has a row of black points. Abdomen with 

 black transverse streaks on each side above and with black dots on each 

 side beneath; supra-anal lamina bilobed. Cerci lanceolate, moderately 

 long. Legs rather short and stout. Wings extending a little beyond the 

 abdomen ; lips rounded. Fore wings minutely speckled with pale brown ; 

 nine dark browu dots in the disk ; a black streak along the humeral trunk. 



