226 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Piceous, fusiform, sinoolli, sbiuing. Head black, not extend- 

 ing beyond the prothorax ; sockets of the ant»ni)fe and three bands on the 

 face white. Eyes piceous-red, wide apart. Palpi black, very long; second 

 and third joints fusiform, dilated. Anteniiaj black, very sleiider, with a 

 dingy whitish band near the base. Prothorax much longer than halt its 

 breadth; fore border truncated; sides rounded, slij»hlly hyaline and 

 reflexed ; hind border hardly rounded. Cerci very long; tips of the joints 

 pale. Lejis stout, moderately long; coxs with white patches ; femora with 

 short spines. Wiugs extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings 

 semicoriaceous; a luteous basal spot equally distant from the costa and the 

 hind border; intermediate longitudinal veins distinct; transverse sectors 

 regular ; costa very slightly rounded towards the base. Hind wings 

 cinereous ; veins piceous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



This species represents a very peculiar section of Blalla, and will 

 probably be considered as the type of a new genus. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta obtusifbgns. 



Mas. Lutea, fusiformis, siiblus pallide lestacea ; caput fulvum, pro- 

 thoracem non svperans ; oculi invicem sat remoli ; antennce picea, 

 corpore valde longiores ; prothorax longiusculus, lineis duabus 

 approximatis nebuLisque piveis; cerci longissimi; alw anticcB semi- 

 coriacecE, semihyalincE, abdomen longs superantes ; alee posticce 

 cinere(e, piceo venosce. 



Male. Luteous, fusiform, smooth, shining, pale testaceous beneath. 

 Head tawny, not extending beyond the prothorax. Eyes moderately wide 

 apart, not differing from the head in colour. Antennae piceous, slender, 

 very much longer than the body. Prothorax a little narrower in front, 

 much longer than half its breadth ; fore border truncated ; sides slightly 

 rounded; hind border rounded in the middle; disk mottled with piceous; 

 two approximate piceous lines, diverging from each other towards the fore 

 border and towards the hind border. Abdomen piceous beneath along each 

 side and at the tip. Cerci testaceous, very long. Legs moderately long 

 and stout; spines long. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings semicoriaceous, semihyaline ; one of the longitudinal veins 

 forked; intermediate longitudinal veins distinct; transverse sectors regular. 

 Hind wings and covered part of the right fore wing cinereous, with piceous 

 veins. liengih of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta elegans. 



Mas. Teslacea, fusiformis ; caput fulvum, prolhoracem paullo superans ; 

 oculi extuntes, invicem remoti ; palpi apice picei ; antennce picece, 

 gracillimcp, corpore valde longiores ; prothorax longiusculus, disco 

 piceo lineam liturasque ditas lutas fitrcatas testaceas includente ; cerci 

 graciles, longissimi ; pedes longiusculi, sat graciles ; alee anticce semi- 

 coriacea, subhi/alince, abdomen longe siiper antes ; alee posticce 

 saturate cinerece, nigricante venosce. 



