Genera and Species of Blattide. 159 
anterior third and down the sides to near the posterior angles ; 
ashort transverse impression just behind the anterior margin. 
Tegmina exceeding the apex of the abdomen, semicorneous 
and seriately punctate at base, marginal field deflexed at 
base and fimbriate, anal vein obsolescent. Abdomen with 
disk rufo-castaneous ; supra-anal lamina subquadrate, poste- 
riorly emarginate; subgenital lamina subquadrate, with a 
pair of long styles. Cerci moderate, rufous. Legs rufo- 
castaneous, the tibiae with a fine recumbent pubescence, 
Front femora with a complete row of spines on front margin 
beneath, none on posterior margin; mid and hind femora 
somewhat rounded beneath and with only one spine on each 
margin. Tibial spines sparse, arranged in tworows.  Poste-= 
rior metatarsus very long, succeeding joints rather short. 
Total length 25 mm.; length of body 23°5 mm.; length 
of tegmina 19 mm.; pronotum 5°9x 6 mm. 
Manson Mts., Tonkin (type in Oxford Museum) ; Yen-Bai, 
Central ‘Tonkin (co-type in Paris Museum). 
Protagonista borneensis, sp.n. (PL. IX. fig. 2.) 
¢. Head piceous, opaque, with a few scattered punctures, 
mouth-parts piceous; eyes closer together than antennal 
sockets. Antenne with moniliform joints, shorter than the 
body, piceous, with a testaceous band near the apex. Pro- 
notum opaque piceous, with scattered erect pubescence; a 
shallow transverse impression in anterior third and two 
oblique impressions in posterior third. ‘Tegmina  rufo- 
castaneous, exceeding the apex of the abdomen, narrow ; 
marginal field narrow, deflexed; anal vein well-marked, 
reaching nearly halfway down the sutural margin. Abdomen 
piceous, ; with the basal segments rufescent above, testaceous 
below. Supra-anal lamina quadrately produced, posterior 
angles spiniform, posterior margin concave, exceeded by the 
subgenital lamina, which is semiorbicular, and provided with 
a pair of slender styles. Cerci long, acuminate, castaneous. 
Front legs castaneous, mid and hind legs with the cox 
(except at the base) and the femora (except at the apex) 
testaceous, otherwise castaneous. Front femora with a 
complete row of spines on anterior margin beneath, two or 
three on posterior margin ; mid and hind femora sain Stone 
spines on each margin. Tarsal arojiia larger than in the 
preceding species. 
Total length 25 mm.; length of body 20 mm; length of 
tegmina 20 mm. ; ; pronotum “48x 4-1 mm. 
Sarawak, Borneo (Shelford). Type in Oxford Museum. 
