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branaceous except at the base; anteiior lonjijitudinal veins forked ; trans- 

 verse sectors regular. Leugih of the body 5^ lines; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



The brown spots beneath t?ie abdomen distinguish it from B. propinqua, 

 which it closely resembles in structure. 



New Guinea. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



BlATTA CONTINGENS. 



Fcem. Testacea, fusiformis ; caput prolhoracem paullo superans ; oculi 

 invicem sat late remoti ; antenna testacete ; protlioracis latera valde 

 rotundata ; cerci graciles, longissimi ; alee anticce semicoriaceie, 

 testaceo venosee, abdomen lunge superantes. Speciebus tribus prcece- 

 dentibus sat similis ; prothorax minor; alee antics non membranacece. 

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

 little beyond the prothorax. Eyes pale red, rather wide apart. Antennae 

 testaceous, slender. Prothorax narrower in front, semihyaline on each 

 side, souiewhal longer than half its breadth ; fore border slightly truncated ; 

 sides much rounded; hind border h;udly rounded. Cerci slender, very 

 long. Legs nioderaiely long and slender; spines slender. Wings extend- 

 ing much beyond the abdomen ; veins testaceous. Fore wings seraicoria- 

 ceous; anterior longitudinal veins forked ; transverse sectors regular; costa 

 rounded near the base. Hind wings and covered part of right fore wing 

 pellucid. Length ot the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



The smaller prothorax and the structure of the fore wings distinguish 

 it from the three preceding species. 



Sarawak. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta sequens. 



Mas. Ochracea, fusiformis ; caput fulvum, prothoracem paullo superans ; 

 oculi invicem vix remoti ; antennce testacea:, corpore longiores ; pro- 

 thorax longiusculus, lateribus testaceis hyalinis rotundalis ; alee anticce 

 semicoriacece, semiliyalinie, abdomen longe superantes; alee posticoB 

 fusccscentes, 



Male. Ochraceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head tawny, extend- 

 ing a little beyond the proihorax. Eyes pale red, hardly wide apart. 

 Antennae testaceous, slender, longer than the body. Prothorax much longer 

 than half iis breadth, narrower in front, lestactous and diaphanous on each 

 side; fore border slightly truncated ; sides rouiuled ; hind border straight. 

 Legs moderately long and slender; spines slender. Wings extending 

 much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings semicoiiaceous, testaceous and 

 semihyaline when opposed to the light; costa very slightly rounded towards 

 the base. Hind wings brownish. Length of the body 5 lines; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



The hind part of the prothorax is broader than that of B. contingens. 



Celebes. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



