330 CATAr.OGUE OF 



Blatta reducta. 



Mas. Testacea, fusiformis ; caput prnthoracem vix superans, fronte 

 piceo fasciala ; ociiH inviccm remoli ; prothorax laleribus rolundalis 

 hi/iilinis, mnrgine postico vix rotundaln ; cerci lorigi, gracilt-.i, 

 arliculis subtus basi piceis ; alee anticcB lata, memhranacecB, casta 

 hyalina subrolundata, venis transversis fuscis ; alee posticce 

 hyalinw, pallida venascc. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, smooih, shining. Head hardly extend- 

 ing beyond the prothorax, with a piteous band on the front. Eyes black, 

 wide apart. Proihorax narrower in front, not furrowed ; fore border 

 truncated; sides rounded and hyaline ; hind border hardly rounded. Cerci 

 lanceolate, long, slender ; joints piceous at the base beneath. Lejis 

 slender; femora armed with long slender spines. Wings extending much 

 beyond the abdomen. Fore winj;s membranous, broadly pellucid along the 

 costa, which is slightly rounded along half the length from the base; 

 transverse sectors brown ; veins slightly elevated. Hind winys pellucid, 

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



a. West Africa. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



Blatta cubta. 



Foem. Fulva, robusta, fusiformis ; caput piceo fiscialum, pmlkoracrm 

 nan superans ; oculi invicem vix remali ,■ palpi leslacei, arlictila 3o 

 fusiformi subtus nigricanle ; anlenme robusta ; prolkurax longitisctilus, 

 margine antica sublruncnlo, laleribus semihyaiinis subdejiexis 

 rotundalis, margine postico perparnm rotundalu ; abdomen alas 

 superans ; pedes crassi ; aLe anticcp. semicariacece, casta subrolundata ; 

 ala posf.icce cinercw, fulva venosce. 



Female. Tawny, stout, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head not ex- 

 tending beyond the proihorax; a piceous band on the fore part of the 

 vertex. Eyes livid, hardly wide apart. Palpi testaceous ; third joint fusi- 

 form, with a blackish disk beneath. Antennae stout. Prothorax much 

 longer than half its breadth, slightly deflexed and semihyaline on each side ; 

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

 rounded. Abdomen extending beyond the wings. Leys thick ; femora 

 with stout spines ; arolia large. Fore wings semicoriaceous ; one of the 

 longitudmal veins twice forked; transverse sectors regular; costa slightly 

 rounded. Hind wings cinereous; veins lawny. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a, b. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Blatta am^na. 



Mas. Nigra, fusiformis ; caput prothoracem perpaulla superans ; palpi 

 picei ; anlennce robustce, apices versus pice<e ; proihorax margine 

 antico vitlisqne duabus laleralibus diapfiano maryinalis atbis, 

 margine postico subrolundalo ; abdomen albo marginatum; pedes 

 pallide fluvi ,■ femoribtis fibiis tarsisque apice fuscis ; alee anticee 

 ferruginrer, apud costam pallide cinerea ; alee postico: fusca, vittis 



