818 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Pale testaceous, fusiform, smooth, sliiDinn^. Head extend- 

 ing a little beyond the proihorax ; vertex dark brown ; a transverse line 

 near the vertex, and the disk of the front and of the face black. Eyes 

 black, wide apart. Aiiteuna3 testaceous, piccous towards the base. Pro- 

 thorax rather longer than half its lu'eadlh, wiih a broad pellucid whitish 

 bordered space on each side ; di^t with a black figure which consists of 

 thiee capiiale branches and of an elongated dot in front of each side 

 branch, which is about half the length of the middle branch ; fore border 

 slightly rounded ; sides much rounded; hind bortler striiisj^ht. Scutellum 

 black, will) a tesiaceons dot. A bl^ck stripe along each side of the pectus 

 and (if the under surface of the abdomen. Cerci long, slender, setose. 

 Legs slender, rather short. Wings exiending somewhat beyond tlie abdo- 

 men. Fore wings ferruginous ; veins wliiiish ; costal space pellucid ; a 

 dark brown streak along the humeral trunk extending to one-foiirth of the 

 length; costa much rounded. Hind wings black, whitish hyaline along 

 the costa. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta feagilis. 



Mas. Pallide tesiacea, fusiformis ; caput nigrum, prothoracem pauUo 

 svperans, lineis diiabus transversis facie palpiaqiie pallide testaceis ; 

 oculi invicem remoli ; antennce nif/rie ; proihorux lateribus late 

 diaphanis valde rotundatis, margine posiico fusco ; alee abdomen longe 

 superanles, apud costam diaphancB, villa discoidali fusca. 



Mule. Pale testaceous, fusiform, smooih, shining. Head black, 

 cxtendinir a little beyond the prothorax ; two transverse lines on the fore 

 part of the vertex ; face and palpi pale testaceous. Eyes and antennie 

 black, the Ibrmer remote from each other. Prothorax somewhat longer 

 than half its breadth, broadly pellucid on eaeii side and behind ; fore 

 b(n-der very slightly rounded ; sides much rounded; hind border straight; 

 hind part brown beneath the pellucid covering. Legs moderately long 

 and stout. Wintjs extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings 

 with a brown stripe which extends along the whole length in the disk; 

 costal space pellucid, taperimj from the base to the tip; veins white; 

 transverse sectors very numerous and irregular. Hind wings with a brown 

 stripe adjoininir a narrow pellucid costal stripe. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta glabricula. 



Mas. Saturate fusca, ftisiformis, subtiis pallide tesiacea ; caput protho- 

 racem pavllo svperans, antire albo fasciatum ; antennee nigrce, 

 corpore lovgiorrs ; prothorax lateribus diaphanis valde rotundaiis ; 

 alte antic(E semicorinvecc, abdomen longe superantcs, apud costaiti 

 diaphance. 



Male. Dark brown, fusiform, smooth, shining, pale testaceous 

 beneath. Head extending a little beyond the prothorax; a white band 

 on the front. Eyes piceous, wide apart. Antennae black, slender, longer 

 than the body. Prothorax longer than half its breadth, very broadly 



