96 BLATTIDAE FROM NORTHERN SARAWAK. 



Br.ATTA CONCINNA De Haan. 



2 cf , 2 ':f Kalabit country, yOOO feet. 

 Periplaneta lata Herbst. 



1 9 Mt. Murud, 6500 feet; 1 9 Mt. Dulit. 

 Periplaneta nr^ei-palpis n. sp. 



9- Head free, shinino- black; maxillary palps with the 

 3 basal joints snow-white, terminal joint whitish testaceous; 

 antennae as long' as the body, fuscous. Pronotnm parabolic, 

 shining black. Tegmina much exceeding the abdomen, dark 

 castaneous, lighter towards the tips. Wings testaceous. 

 Abdomen below intense black, shining. Cerci stout, black, 

 6 joints. Legs long, slender, reddish testaceous, coxae cas- 

 taneous ; posterior metatarsus longer than the remaining joints, 

 strongly spined ; 2nd and 3rd joints also spined ; arolia present. 



9- Total length 20 mm.; liody 15 mm.; pronotum 5.2 x 

 6 mm. ; tegmina 16 mm. 



Hah. 1 9 Lio Matu. 



Readily distinguished by its white palpi from all other 

 Malayan species of Periplaneta. 



Periplaneta sdccinea n. sp. 



cf. Small, slender, elongate. Head piceous shining ; mouth 

 parts castaneous ; antennae dull brown, reaching at least to 

 the apex of the tegmina. Pronotum parabolic, posterior 

 margin rounded; dark castaneous, shining. Tegmina much 

 exceeding the abdomen, light castaneous to amber. Wings 

 amber. Abdomen below castaneous, at the sides and towards 



Fig. 10. Peiiplaneta succinea n. ?p. cf, Mt. Dulit. Lett wing x4. 



