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BLATTIDAE FROM NORTHERN SARAWAK. 



cf. Head not quite covered by the pionotiim, shining 

 chestnut to black; a narrow, deep orange band between the 

 insertion of the antennae : antennae exceeding the tegmina, 

 fuscous, setiforin. Pronotuni oval, posterior margin ahnost 

 straiglit ; disk sliining 1)lack, with broad, white lateral margins. 

 Tegmina nuich exceeding the body, pale chestnut, also with 

 a white margin extending not quite to the apex ; 13 costal s. 

 discoidal sectors. Wings |)ale fuscous, anterior margin 

 darker, 9 costals, median vein undivided, ulnar 3-ramose. 

 triangular apical area distinct. Tliorax and abdomen below 

 shining black; cerci long, fuscous to black, 10 joints. Legs 

 with the coxae shining black, femora chestnut, tibiae light 

 brown, tarsi testaceous. Front femora sparsely spined, spines 

 Hi)proxiriiately all of the same size. 



cf. Total length 13 mm.; body 9 mm.; pronotum 3x4 

 nun. ; tegmina 10 mm. 



This species has a superficial resemblance to Pseudopliyllo- 

 dromia laticeps Walker. The latter, however, may readily be 

 distinguished by its broad, orange-coloured head. 



Phyllodromia obtusifrons Walker. 



1 cf Mt. Murud. 



The Oxford Museum contains, besides the type, from 

 Sarawak, collected by Wallace, also three specimens from 

 Kuching. presented by Shelford in 1900. Not known from 

 outside Borneo. 



Fig. 6. Phyllodromia confiuens n. sp. x4 9, Mt. Murud, 6000 feet. 



