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longiusculux, vittis duabus faftciaqiie postica nigris connexis, 

 lateribus anbrotunditlis subreftexii, matyine pontico rolundato ; 

 pedes robusti ; alai anlircB semicoriacrce, apud coalam fere hynlinai, 

 abdomen snperantes ; alcB posttcce uigricanlc/;, apices versus cinerew. 

 Pale liiteous, fusiform, smooth, shiiiin£r. Head extending very little 

 beyond the proihorax. Eyes tawny, approximate to each other. Antennae 

 piceous, pale testaieons at the base. Proliiorax very much lonfjer than 

 half its breadth, with two black irregular abbreviated stripes, which slisjhlly 

 diverge from each other hindward, and are connected with an abbreviated 

 black band near the hind border; fore border slightly truncated; sides 

 slightly rounded and reflexed, widening towards the hind border, which is 

 rounded. Legs stout; spines long. Wings extending beyond the abdo- 

 men. Fore wings semicoriaceous, nearly hyaline along the costa ; inter- 

 mediate veins distinct; transverse sectors regular. Hind wings blackish, 

 cinereous towards the tips. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



It has some resemblance to the genus Epilampra. 

 Morty. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta hamifera. 



Mas. Pallide flava, longi-eUiptica ; caput prothoracem perpaullo 

 superans ; oculi invicem approximali ; an ten nee picece, basi pallide 

 testacecB ; proihorax longiusculus, plar/a maxima nigra marginem 

 jposlicum altingente et ibi dilutala, lateribus rolvndatis, margine 

 poslico fere recto ; pedes robusti ; ala anticte semicoriacecp, latius- 

 culcE, abdomen longe svperantes, villa lata informi nigra ramos duos 

 latissimos subhamatos emillente, costa rolundata ; alee poslicce 

 diaphance. 



Male. Pale yellow, elongate-elliptical, smooth, shining. Head 

 extending very little beyond the proihorax. Eyes piceous, approximate to 

 each other. Antenns piceous, pale lesiaceous at the base. Prothorax 

 much narrower in front, very much lunger than half its breadth; disk 

 black, this hue extending nearer to the fore border than to the sides and 

 dilated on the hind border, which it wholly occupies ; fore border truncated ; 

 sides rounded; hind border nearly straight. Legs stout, moderately long; 

 spines long. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings 

 semicoriaceous, rather broad, with a broad irregular black stripe, which 

 emits two irregular very broad somewhat hooked streaks lowauls the costa ; 

 apical veins* lined with black; veins regular; intermediate longitudinal 

 veins distinct ; costa rounded. Hind wings pellucid ; veins pale. Length 

 of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 

 Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta ignobilis. 



FcEm. Teslacea, fusifnrmis ; caput prothoracem perpaullo superans, 

 vertice fulvo,fronte facieque piceis testaceo pallida marginatis ; oculi 

 invicem renioti ; antennm fuscce, basi pallide testacece ; proihorax 

 longiusculus, disco fusco testaceo marginnto vittam testaceam tri- 

 furcatum includente, lateribus diphanis rotundalis, margine postico 



