816 CATALOGUE OF 



border hardly rounded. Cerei tawny, long, lanceolate. Legs rather stout > 

 femora with very slender spines. Wings extending much beyond the 

 abdomen. Fore wings sli<;bily coriaceous ; veins slightly elevated ; 

 intermediate longitudinal veins distinct. Hind wings pale cinereous ; 

 veins pale testaceous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, b. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Blatta flexivitta. 



Mas. Testacea,fusiformis; caput prothoracem pauUo superans ; fronle 

 facie palpisque nigris ; oculi invicem subapproximati ; antenntB 

 nigra, corpore mullo longiores ; prothorax lateribus pellucidis valde 

 rotundatis, maculis duabus incisis slrigaque intermedia transversa 

 nigris connexis ; cerci longi, robusti, subtus piceo fasciati ; pedes 

 robusti; aim cinerece, abdomen longe superantes ; ales antic<B basi 

 pallide testaceee, villa discoidali undulala obscure fusca ; aim poslicce 

 fusco venosae. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending a 

 little beyond the prothorax ; front, face and palpi black. Eyes black, 

 slightly approximate. Antennse black, slender, much longer than the body. 

 Prothorax a liltle longer than half its breadth, pellucid along each side; 

 two black spots in the disk, connected by a short transverse streak, deeply 

 notched on the outer side; fore border hardly truncated; sides much 

 rounded ; hind border straight. Cerci long, stout, setose, with piceous 

 bands on the bind borders of ihe joints beneath. Legs stout; tarsi brown 

 towards the tips. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore 

 wings cinereous, pale testaceous towards the base ; disk with a dark brown 

 undulating stripe, which is paler towards its tip and extends to about five- 

 sixths of the length ; left wing with some pale brown oblique streaks 

 between the stripe and the costa ; some of the longitudinal veins forked ; 

 costa very slightly rounded. Hind wings cinereous; veins brown, some of 

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



o. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Blatta varicornis. 



Mas. Teslacea, elliptica ; caput prothoracem perpaullo superans, vertice 

 fusco-strigalo, fasciis duabus nigro-fuscis,2a latiore slrigam trans- 

 versam pallide leslaceam includente ; oculi invicem remoti ; antenncB 

 fasciis duabus nigris tinaque intermedia alba ; prothorax lateribus 

 lalissime albido hj/alinis valde rolundatis, disco atomis lineisque 

 duabus obliquis fuscis ; pectoris ventrisque latera fusca ; alee 

 antictB fuscce, albido venosie, abdomen longissime superantes, villa 

 coslala lata hyalina, cosla volde rotundala ; alee poslicce hyalinm, 

 pallida venoscB. 



Male. Testaceous, elliptical, smooth, shining. Head extending very 

 little beyond the prothorax ; veriex with some longitudinal brown streaks ; 

 two blackish brown bauds on the front, the anterior one broader ihan the 

 other and including a transverse pale testaceous streak. Eyes black, wide 

 apart. Antennae testaceous, with two very broad black bands and with an 

 intermediate very broad while l)and. Prothorax very broadly whitish and 

 hyaline on each side ; disk brown-speckled, with two brown lines, which 



