122 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1908. 
3’. Pronotum testaceous with piceous markings vicina Br. (Came- 
on disc. roons.) 
2'. Anterior margin of pronotum sub-truncate. cruralis sp. n. 
(British Uganda.) 
Genus Periplaneta, Burm. 
Periplaneta funebris sp. n. 
g. Piceous. Frons between the eyes depressed, concave, 
lower part of face concave and faintly transversely striated; an- 
tennae with apical four or five joints flavo-testaceous. Pronotum 
elliptic, smooth, without impressions, anteriorly truncate, posteriorly 
obtusely angled. Tegmina extending considerably beyond apex of 
abdomen. Wings castaneous. Abdomen with lateral flavo-testa- 
ceous markings on each sternite except the last two; the tergites 
project beyond the lateral margins of the sternites and their 
posterior angles are acutely produced backwards; supra-anal lamina 
subquadrate, posterior border sinuately emarginate; sub-genital 
lamina narrow, styles elongate, slender. Cerci moderate, fusiform 
(the right one has been mutilated and has regenerated). Front 
femora with a row of strong spines on anterior margin beneath 
not extending to proximal third, 1 or 2 spines only on posterior 
margin; formula of apical spines 3, +, +. [Posterior tarsi 
mutilated. | 
Q Similar to ¢ but larger, frons flattened, face convex, very 
slightly punctate. Tegmina less elongate in proportion to body. 
Abdominal sternites with lateral castaneous markings. Supra-anal 
lamina tectiform, deeply notched posteriorly. Posterior metatarsus 
barely equal to the remaining joints in length, bi-seriately spinose 
beneath, its pulvillus apical; the next joint with the pulvillus 
occupying half its length, bi-seriately spinose at base; the next 
two joints with their pulvilli occupying the total leneth of the joints. 
S Total length 29,5 mm; length of body 20 mm; length 
of tegmina 25 mm; pronotum 6,3 mm; >< 9,1 mm. 
2 Total length 33 mm; length of body 28 mm; length of 
tegmina 27,5 mm; pronotum 8 mm >< 13 mm. 
Cameroons. Type ¢ in Deutsches Ent. Nat. Mus. Type 2 
in Oxford Mus. 
The species superficially resembles P. lata Herbst but the 
tarsi are different, being intermediate in character between Methana 
and Periplaneta. 
Periplaneta bicolor sp. n. 
2 Head and pronotum bright rufous, tegmina and abdomen 
piceous. Head with eyes rather small and very far apart. Frons 
