BLATTARIiE. 141 



nigro-fuscum, testaceo faseiatum, vittis duabus ventralibus e gutlis 

 nigris ; cerei sublus fulvi ; alee aniicce fulvm, setnicoriace<B, apud 

 costam testacecB, abdomen longe swperantes; alcB posticcB nigricantes, 

 casta testacea. 



Female. Testaceous, fusiform, sinooih, shiiiiiio^. Head extending a 

 little beyond tbe piothorax ; vertex biowu. Eyes livid, somewhat approxi- 

 mate lo each other. Third joint of the palpi pieeous. Antennae piceous, 

 slender, testaceous at the base, much longer thau the body. Prothorax 

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

 slightly rounded, slanting outward towards the hind border, which is slightly 

 elongated in the middle ; disk with two undulating brown stripes, which are 

 united in front and join an abbreviated brown band near the hind border 

 and emit from the middle of each inner side a broad hindward curved 

 streak. Abdomen blackish above, excepting the hind borders of the seg- 

 ments ; under side with a row of black dots along each side; supra-anal 

 lamina bilobed. Cerci long, tawny beneath. Legs rather long and slender; 

 femora with rather stout spines. Wings extending much beyond the body. 

 Fore wings tawny, semicoriaceous, testaceous along the costa, which is very 

 slightly rounded; longitudinal veins simple; intermediate longitudinal 

 veins distinct. Hind wings blackish, testaceous along the costa. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



This species appears to consist of the genera Blatla and Epilampra. 

 It may be most allied to B. hieroglyphica. 



Celebes. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta bipunctata. 



Foem. Picea, elliptica; caput rufum, laliusculum, prolhoracem perpaullo 

 superans, facie picea ; oculi invicem remoti ; prothoracis latera vatde 

 rolundata, albo marginata ; ventris discus fuLvus ; pedes breviusculi, 

 sat robusti, tarsis posticis rufescentibus ; ales antica; coriacece., abdomen 

 paullo superantes, striga basali alba obliqua, punctis duabus dis- 

 coidalibus pallidejlains, costa rolundata. 



Female. Piceous, elliptical, smooth, shining. Head red, rather broad, 

 extending very little beyond the prothorax ; face and palpi piceous. Eyes 

 livid, wide apart. Antennae piceous, slender, testaceous towards the base. 

 Prothorax rather longer than half its breadth, narrowly bordered with 

 white on each side ; fore border slightly truncated ; sides much rounded ; 

 hind border straight. Abdomen tawny in the disk beneath. Legs rather 

 short and stout ; hind tarsi reddish ; spines slender. Wings extending a 

 little beyond the abdomen. Fore wings coriaceous, with a white oblique 

 basal streak which extends to the hind border; two elongated nearly 

 contiguous pale yellow points in the disk ; intermediate longitudinal veins 

 very distinct ; costa rounded. Hind wings not paler than the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



Celebes. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



