BLATTARI.T];. 227 



Male. Testaceous, fiisifoim, smooth, shining. Head tawny, extend- 

 ing a little beyond the pioihorax. Eyes prominent, wide apart, like the 

 bead in colour. Third joint ot the palpi piceous. Antennae pioeous, very 

 slender, very much longer than the body. Prothorax much narrower in 

 front, very much longer than half its breadth ; disk piceous, including a 

 broad forked testaceous mark on each side of a testaceous line; foie border 

 slightly truncated ; sides slightly reflexed and rounded; hind border hardly 

 rounded. Cerci slender, setose, very long. Legs rather long and slender; 

 spines long, slender. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore 

 wings semicoriaceous, slightly hyaline; two forked veins; intermediate 

 longitudinal veins distinct; transverse sectors regular. Hind wiugs dark 

 cinereuus ; veins blackish. Length of the body b\ lines; of the wings 

 13 lines. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta apicigera. 



Mas. Pallide testacea, fusiformis ; caput piceum, prolhoracem perpaullo 

 superans ; oculi invicetn remoti ; anlentKe nigricantes ; prothorax 

 longiuscuius, lateribus late diaphanis vulde rolundatis ; cerci longi, 

 gracilcs ; pedes picei ; alee anticce membranacece, abdomen loiiye 

 superantes, slriga costali apicalifusca; alee jwslicce diaphance, 



Male. Pale testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head piceous, 

 extending very little beyond the proth:)rax. Eyes wide apart, not differing 

 from the head in colour. Antenna) blackish, slender. Prothorax narrower 

 in front, broadly pellucid on each side, much longer than half its breadth; 

 fore border slightly truncated; sides much rounded; hind border straifjht, 

 Cerci long, slender. Legs piceous, moderately long and slender. Wings 

 extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings membranaceous except 

 at the base ; a brown streak along the apical part of the costa ; longitudinal 

 veins simple; transverse sectors regular; costa very slightly rounded. 

 Hind wings and covered part of the right fore wing pellucid. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wiugs 10 lines. 



Java. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta biligata. 



Mas. Teslacea, fusiformis ; caput ferrugineo fascialum, prothoracem 

 perpaullo superans ; oculi invicem vix remoti ; antennce ferruginece, 

 sal validce ; prothorax lateribus late diaphanis subrotundaiis vix 

 rejlexis ; cerci longi, graciles ; alee pallide cinerece, fere hi/alince, 

 abdomen longe superantes, venis testaceis ; alee anticce fere 

 membranacece. 



Ischnoptera biligata, page 123. 



Male. Testaceous, fusiform, smootli, shining. Head extending very 

 little beyond the prothorax; a ferruginous band on the fiont. Eyes black, 

 hardly wide ajjart. Antennae ferruginous, rather st(nit, testaceous at the 

 base. Prulhiiiax longer than half its breadth, much narrower in from, 

 broadly diaphanous on each side; fore border truncated; sides slightly 



