214 CATALOGUE OF 



albido marginatm ; tibiarum spines fulvee ; alec anticee vitta coslali 

 lutea longi-fusiformi, costa basi albida. 



Male. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending very 

 little beyond the piothorax. Eyes wide apart. Antenna; stout, not 

 incrassaled nor tufted. Protborax longer than half its breadth, with a 

 luteous border, which is narrowest on the fore part of each side ; hind 

 border slightly rounded. Hind borders of the abdominal segments whitish. 

 Cerci pale yellow, long, lanceolate, black at the base. Legs moderately 

 long and stout ; coxae whitish-bordered ; spines of the tibiifi tawny. Wings 

 extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings with an elongate- 

 fusiform luteous costal stripe which extends from the base to two-thirds 

 of the length ; costa whitish at the base. Female. — Autenuae slender. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Siam. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clark's collection. 



b. Birmah. From Mr. Waring's collection. 



Ellipsidium speciosdm. 



Foem. Nigra, fusiformis, robusta ; caput prothoracem sat superans ; 

 oculi invicem remoti ; antenncB crassee, apud medium fasciculatcB et 

 albo fasciatce ; prothorax maculis duabus poslicis connexis maculisque 

 duabus anticis luleis inagnis ; cerci lati, fusiformes ; pedes breves, 

 crassi ; alee anticee maculis duabus luteis, la basali magna, 2a media 

 maxima. 



Female. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending rather 

 beyond the prothorax. Eyes testaceous, wide apart. Antennas very 

 stout, tufted in the middle; a white band composed of two joints beyond 

 the tufted part. Prothorax much narrower in front, much longer than 

 half its breadth, with a large luteous spot on each side in front, and on the 

 hind border with a luteous band, which is very much dilated on each side; 

 fore border truncated; sides rounded ; hind border slightly rounded. 

 Supra-anal lamina bilobed. Cerci fusiform, broad, flat. Legs thick, 

 short; femora with stout spines. Wings not extending beyond the abdo- 

 men. Fore wings coriaceous, corneous towards the base, with two luteous 

 costal spots ; first spot large, near the base ; second very large, in the 

 middle. Length of the body 8^ lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



Eastern Archipelago. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus BLATTA, page 86. 



Blatta ceecalis. 



Foem. Testacea, fusiformis ; caput prothoracem perpauUo superans, 

 fronte picea ; oculi invicem remoti ; antennte piceo: ; prothorax send- 

 hyaiinus, lateribus rotundatis subreflexis, margine postico subrntun- 

 do.to ; cerci longissimi, articidis fusco cinctis ; alee antica abdomen 

 longe superant.es, strigis basalibus pallide fuscescentibus, venis trans- 

 versis apicem versus fuscescentibus ; alee postica cinei'ca, fusco venoste. 



Female. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending 

 very little beyond the prothorax; front piceous; sockets of the antenna) 



