AUSTKALIAN BLATTlDJi.— ELAND HHAW. 



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Outheca. — C'hitinous, longitudinally fluted, the length about twice the depth, 

 cairied with the suture uppermost, suture serrate. The ootheca of C. nitiddla differs 

 greatly from that of C. iiitida Brun., which is very long and smooth. Comparative 

 measurements are given below. One of the $ cotypes (Spm. No. 14, Coll. Auct.) has 

 the ootheca still attached. 



C. nitidella mihi. 



8 mm. 

 4 mm. 

 . . 20 



Numerous, on 

 sides and base. 



Length . . 

 Depth .. 



No. of serrations 

 Longitudinal keels 



C. nitida Brun. 

 17 mm. 

 5 mm. 

 30 

 One on each side. 



below suture. 



Notes. — This species is very common around Brisbane. At first sight it 

 appears to be black but most of the specimens taken are nigro-castaneous. The 

 colour of the legs with its alternating shades of dark coxa>, paler trochanters, dark 

 femora, paler tibiae, dark jjroximal and pale di.stal portions of tarsi, is distinctive ; 

 and this appearance is especially noticeable in the larvse. 



CUTILIA TEPPERI sp. nov. 

 Dryinaplancia (Periplaneta) circumcmcia Tepper, MS. • 



Rufo-castaneous with a broad flavo-testaceous border all round. Discal colour 

 darker towards the lateral borders and on the distal tergites, also considerably 

 darker in the ^ than in the $. The flavo-testaceous border is, on the margins of the 

 tergites, outUned with reddish brown. Head with the vertex rufo-castaneous ; frons 

 yellow, the disc being occupied by a broad longitudinal reddish-brown macula ; 

 labrum fulvous, eyes black, antennae testaceous. Lateral mai'gins of the tergites 

 shghtly thickened. No vestiges of tegmina or wings. Posterior margins of abdominal 

 tergites 1 and 2 slightly convex, of tergite 3 nearly straight, of tergites 4 and 5 slightly 

 concave, and of tergites 6 and 7 sinuate. Posterior angles of tergites 5, 6, and 7 

 backwardly produced, that of 7th tergite more produced in the $ than in the (^. 

 Posterior margin of 7th abdominal tergite broadly flavo-testaceous. Supra-anal 



Text -fig. 9. — Cutilia tepperi. 



Supra-anal lamina of rj, much enlarged. 



■ Drawn from Sjini. No. 26, Coll. Auct.) 



Text-fig. 10. — Cutilia tepperi. 

 Subgenital lamina of cj, much enlarged. 

 {Drawn from Spm. No. 26, Coll. Auct.) 



