BLATTARI^. 396 



tvcto ; pectus fuscum, marginatum ; abdomen nigricans, segmentis 

 (pslaceo marginatis, disco ventrali luteo ; cerci fiisci, lasi teslacei; 

 pedes albidi, sat graciles, coxis ban fuscis ; alee antictc fuscte, semi- 

 coriacece, venis paltide testaceis, spado costali basali diaphano ; al<B 

 posticcB cinerecE. 



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

 very little beyond the prothorax ; vertex tawny; front and face piceous, 

 bordered with pale testaceous. Eyes piceous, wide apart. Antennae 

 brown, pale testaceous at the base. Prothorax narrower in front, much 

 longer than half its breadth, pellucid on each side; disk brown, irregularly 

 bordered with testaceous, and including a three-branched testaceous stripe ; 

 fore border truncated; sides rounded; hind border straight. Scutellum 

 and pectus brown, the former with a testaceous point, the latter bordered 

 with testaceous. Abdomen blackish ; disk beneath luteous ; hind borders 

 of the segments pale testaceous. Cerci brown, testaceous at the base. 

 Legs whitish, raiher slender; coxae brown towards the base. Wings ex- 

 tending beyond the abdomen. Fore wings brown, semicoriaceous ; costal 

 space pellucid for one-fourth of the length from the base; veins pale 

 testaceous; costa slightly rounded. Hind wings cinereous; veins pale. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



Sula, In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta funebris. 



Mas. Picea, fusiformis, subtus rufescente picea ; caput rufum, pro- 

 thoracem perpautlo superans ; oculi invicein remoti ; prothorax 

 laleribus rolundalis subrejlexis, margine postico recto ; cerci sat tongi ; 

 pedes robusti ; aire nigricantes, abdomen paulto superantes ; alee 

 anticcB semicoriacece, costa subrotundata. 



Male. Piceous, fusiform, smooth, shining, reddish piceous beneath. 

 Head red, extending very little beyond the prothorax. Eyes wide apart. 

 Prothorax a little longer than half its breadth, narrower in front; fore 

 border slightly truncated; sides rounded, slightly reflexed ; hind border 

 straight. Cerci rather long. Legs stout, moderately long ; spines long 

 and slender. Wings blackish, extending a little beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings semicoriaceous; costa slightly rounded; intermediate longi- 

 tudinal veins very distinct. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta palpalis. 



Mas. Picea, fusiformis; caput nigrum, prolhoracem non superans, 

 facie albo Irifasciata ; oculi invicem remoti ; palpi nigri, longissimi, 

 arliculis 3o Aoque di la talis ; antenna nigra, gracillimce, albido 

 fascial (c i prothorax longiusculus, lateribus rotundatis subhyalinis 

 subreflexis, margine postico vix rotundato ; cerci longissimi, arliculis 

 pallido fasciatix ; pedes robusti, coxis albo plagialis ; aim anliciB 

 semicoriacecE, abdomen longe superantes, macula basali lulea; ala 

 poslicce cinerece, piceo venosce. 



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