THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[EIGHTH SERIES.] 



" per litora spargite museum. 



Naiades, et circiim vitreos considite fontes : 

 Pollice virgineo teneros h'lc carpite flores : 

 Floribus et piotum, divae, replete canistrum. 

 At V03, o Nrmphse Craterides, ite sub undas ; 

 Ite, recurvato variata corallia trunco 

 Vellite musoosis e rupibus, et mihi conchas 

 Ferte, Deae pelagi, et pingui conehylia succo." 



N.Parthenii Gianneftasi, Bel. 1. 



No. 43. JULY 1911. 



I. — Descriptions of some new Species of Blattidfe. 

 By R. Shelford, M.A., F.L.S. 



[Plate!.] 



Hemithyrsocera testacea, sp. n. 



(^ . E,ufo-testaceous, head darker. Pronotum trapezoidal, 

 margined anteriorly and laterally with opaque testaceous. 

 Tegmina extending slightly beyond the apex of the abdomen; 

 15 costals, radial vein bifurcate from near the base, 7 longi- 

 tudinal discoidal sectors, anterior ulnar 3-ramose. Wings 

 jiyaline; veins flavous, mediastinal vein 3-ramose, radial vein 

 bifurcate from near base ; 9 costals, the first six incrassated, 

 ulnar simple, triangular apical area not very conspicuous. 

 Supra-anal lamina triangular, not exceeding the subgenital 

 lamina, which is asymmetrical, slightly produced, with one 

 minute style (the right), and one larger, hidden under the 

 lamina. Opening of scent-gland on seventh abdominal tergite. 

 Legs testaceous, tibiae tipped with fuscous ; front femora with 

 a complete row of spines beneath, the more distal short. 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. viii. 1 



