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BLATTIDAE FROIM N(mTHERN SARAWAK. 



ridge at | from tlie front. Tegmina narrow, somewhat exceed- 

 ing the body and reaching to about the end of the long cerci ; 



dark fuscous proximally. 

 hghter distally ; mediastinal 

 area narrow, deflexed, 

 black; anal vein distinct, 

 reaching nearly half-v.'ay 

 down the sutural margin ; 

 a n a 1 area almost black, 

 finely punctured, remainder 

 of tegmina very sparsely so. 

 Wings fuscous. Abdomen 

 and styles piceous ; cerci 

 long, with only about 10 

 joints testaceous, teruiinal 

 joint hlack. Subgenital 

 lamina transverse, twice as 

 broad as long, the postero- 

 lateral angles rounded. 

 Coxae of all the legs with 

 the proximal half black, the 

 distal half very light 

 testaceous ; femora black, 

 with the distal ^ light 

 testaceous; tibiae black, 

 proximal end testcaeous ; tarsi light testaceous only at 

 the proximal end, ren.iainder entirely black; metatarsi and 

 tarsal joints also black. Legs, especially the hind ones, long 

 and slender, somewhat exceeding in tlie length the following 

 joints ; front femora with a comb-like series of about 11 small 

 spines; mid femora with two spines on the anterior, and one 

 spine on the posterior margin ; hind femora with 3 spines on 

 the anterior, and 2 spines on the posterior margin ; spines of 

 the hind tibiae biseriately arranged, few in number; hind 

 metatarsus entirely spined, first tarsal joint with about 6 spines. 

 Arolia present, moderate. 



cf. Total length 20 mm.; body 16 mm.; pronotum 5x5 

 mm. ; tegmina 16 mm. 

 Hah. 3 cf Mt. Dulit. 



Closely allied to P. pertristis inihi, from the Malay Penin- 

 sula, of which only 1 9 is know^n. (See Journal, Malay 

 Branch, E. As. Soc., Vol. I, p. 444, fig. 28 (1923)). Indeed, 

 additional material may show that the two species are iden- 



Protagonista fusca n. sp. 

 X 2 Cf . Mt. Dnlit.. 



their 



