BLATTARI^. 149 



Male. Whitish testaceous, fusiform, rather thinly and roughly 

 punctured. Head reddish tawny, extending a little beyond the prothorax ; 

 a piceous band on the fore part of the vertex, fore part of the face and 

 palpi whitish testaceous. Eyes piceous, wide apart. Antennae testaceous. 

 Prothorax a little longer than half its length, narrower in front, deflexed 

 on each side, with two black stripes which diverge from each other hindward ; 

 fore border truncated ; sides slightly rounded and reflexed, forming two 

 obtuse angles with the hind border, which is nearly straight. Cerci moderately 

 long and slender. Legs short, slender; femora and tibiae with short slender 

 spines. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings slightly 

 coriaceous, wholly coriaceous at the base; some of the longitudinal veins 

 forked ; transverse sectors slightly irregular ; a brown streak along the basal 

 part of the humeral trunk. Hind wiugs whitish hyaline. Length of the 

 body 7\ lines; of the wings 17 lines. 



This species has some affinity to the genus Zetobora. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



ISCHNOPTEKA ? SICCA. 



Foem. Paltide cinerea, fusiformis, suhtiliter punctata ; caput punclis 

 qualuor slrigaqtie anleriore Iriramosa nigris ; oculi invicern sub- 

 approximali ; antemice picece ; prothorax caput fere snperans,7iigro 

 bistrigatus, utrinque impressus, lateribus vix angulatis ; venter nigri- 

 canle punctatus el bivittalus ; pedes breves, graciles ; alee anticce fere 

 membranacece, nigricante subconspersce, abdomen longe superantes. 



Female. Pale cinereous, fusiform, thickly and minutely punctured. 

 Head hardly extending to the fore border of the prothorax ; four black 

 points on the front and an anterior broad black streak which emits a 

 clubbed branch on each side. Eyes black, slightly approximate to each 

 other. Antennae slender, piceous. Prothorax a little longer than half its 

 breadth, rounded and very slightly arched in front, impressed on each side 

 in the disk in front of two longitudinal black streaks; sides hardly 

 angular; hind border straight. Abdomen beneath with blackish points 

 and with two irregular blackish stripes. Cerci rather short. Legs short, 

 slender; femora with short slender spines. Wings extending much beyond 

 the abdomen. Fore wings nearly membranous, coriaceous at the base, 

 with some minute blackish speckles. Hind wings pellucid; veins whitish. 

 Length of the body 5^ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



It may be distinguished from the other species of the genus by its 

 broader prothorax, and has some likeness to the Zetoborce. 



a. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



ISCHNOPTEBA ? PUNCTOSA. 



Foem. Cinerea, fusiformis, sublilisshne punctata ; caput lestaceum,plaga 

 maculisque tribus anterioribus nigris ; oculi invicern nnn approxi- 

 mati ; prothorax tuberculatus, caput sat superans, antice fornicatus, 

 plaga poslica nigra, lateribus fere angulatis; abdomen testaceum; 

 pedes breves, graciles; alec anticee subcoriace(B,fusco guttatce, abdomen 

 longe superantes ; alee posticee diaphanec. 



