FAM. BLATTID.5-: 



i8. 5. senecta, Rehii, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 27, p. 554 (1904). South Africa, 



ig. 5. bimaculata, Walker, Cat. Blatl. Brit. Mus. p. iSg {1868). Natal. 



20. S. voeltzkotvi, Saussure, Abhandl. Senckenb. Ges. I'rankf.jVol. 2 i , p. 379 Madagascar. 



(1S99). 



21. S. iiossibei, Saussure, ibidem, p. 58o (1899). Madagascar. 



22. 5. :amoyeiisi's, Giglio-Tos, Mus. Boll. Zool. .^nat. Torino, \'ol. i3, Ecuador. 



n" 3i I, p. 10 (1898). 



23. S. antillarum, Brunner von W'attenw yl, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. \i. 204. St. Vincent. 



pi. i5, f. 5 (1892). 



24. .S. meridionalis. Bruner, Journ. New York Ent. Soc.,Vol. 14, j). 141(1906). Trinidad. 



Doubtful species : 



25. S. sigiia/a. Eschscholtz, Entomographlen, p. 88 (1822) 



IMiilippines. 



19. Genus BLATTA, Linn/eus 



Blatta. Linn;eus, Sysl. Xat. (ed. lo), \'ol. i, p. 424 (i758). 



Kakerlac. Latreille, Fam. Nat. Regne Anim. p. 411 (i825). 



Steleopyga. Fischer von W'aldheim, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, Vol. 0, pp. 356, 366 (i833). 



Characters. — Sexes dissimilar. Antennae long, setaceous. Pronotum trapezoidal, not covering 

 vertex ot head. Tegmina and wings of cf variable, not attaining the apex of the abdomen. Wings of 9 

 absent, tegmina squamiform or quadrate. Femora stronglj- armed; tibial spines on outer aspect triseri- 

 ately arranged. Tarsi elongate, metatarsi longer than the succeeding joints, spined beneath, second 

 joint long and spined beneath, third and foui th joints shorter, spined beneath; all the pulvilli minute, 

 apical. 



Palasarctic region. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Cosmopolitan. 



I. B. orientalis, Linngeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10), Vol. i, p. 424 (1/58]. 



Blatta cuUndris. De Geer, Mem. Ins, Vol. 3. p. 53o, pi. 25, ff. 1-7 :i;73). 

 Blatta ferriigiueofusca, Gronovius, Zoophylacium, Vol. 2, p. 174 (1774). 

 Blatta ferriiginea. Thunberg. Vet.-Akad. nya Handl.,Vol. 3i, p. 187 (1810). 

 Kaherlak castanea, Blanchard, in Gay, Hist. lis. Chile, Zool., Vol. 6, p. 18, 



Orth. pi. I, f. 2(i852). 

 Kakerlak platyslelho, Philippi, Zeitschr. ges. Naturw.,VoI. 21, p. 221 (i863). 

 Blatta badia. Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Nat. Geneve. Vol. 17, p. i5o, 



pi. I, f. i5 (iS63). 

 Pn-i/<laiieta lateralis. Walker. Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus. p. i36 (1868). 



2. B. sinuata, Brunner von Wattenwyl, ."^nn. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, 



\'ol. i2. p. 35, pi. I, f. 12 (189J). 



3. B. speciosa, nov. sp. (i). 



4. B. concinna, de Haan, ;;; Temminck, \'erhand. Nat. Ges. Orth. p. 5o Japan, Hong-Kong, Malay 



(1842). Archipelago, Australia. 



Pcriphintta boyrei, Saussure, Mem. Soc. Sc. Phys. Xat. Geneve, Vol. 23, 



p. Ii3, pi. 10, f, 38 (1873). 

 Blatta brimneri, Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, (7). Vol. 12, p. 375(1903). 



Burma. 

 India. 



(I) B. speciosa. nov. sp, — Fcin>Ue. — Head, pronotum and te^^mina rulo-castaneous. Pronotum laterally margined \\ ith paler colour, 

 the bands expanding and extending inwards at tbe posterior angles. Tegmina quadrate, not extending beyond tlie thorax, overlapping at the sutural 

 margins, posterior margins concave, anal vein impressed, itsapex reaching the inner posterior angle of the tegmen. Abdomen above piceous. fourth to 

 sixth tergites with an ochreous macula at each side, seventh tergite very large, eighth tergite produced in the middle. Supra-anal lamina tectiform, apex 

 triangularly emarginate. Abdomen beneath castaneous. Anterior coxie testaceous ; legs castaneous, — Total length 34 mm.; length of tegmina S.5 mm.; 

 pronotum rl mm, X 14 "nm- — India, Sangli. (Type in Oxford University Museum. ) 



