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ferruginous. Pronotum subrotundate, yellowish testaceous, two 

 large ferruginous spots in the disk with indistinct outline, hind- 

 margin blackish-brown. Elytra of male much exceeding — of 

 female as long as — abdomen. Legs and underside pale, also 

 basal part of abdomen above. Supra-anal lamina of male broad, 

 incised, lobes broad, rounded ; of female triangular, deeply and 

 narrowly incised, lobes narrow, apex obtuse. Cerci more than 

 twice as long as lamina, tapering from the base. Styles of male 

 filiform, much exceeding the lamina. 



Male. Female. 



Length of body ... 28-32 mm. 28-31 mm. 



Length of elytra ... 28-32 " 26-28 " 



Length of pronotum 7 "5-8 " 9-10 " 



Width of pronotum... 9-5-11" 11-12 "• 



Hrrbitnt. —Ade\£iide, South Australia (S. A. Museum), and all 

 continents. 



The above description has been drawn up from nine specimens 

 belonging to both sexes, the measurements which are taken 

 from Brunner's work, are considerably exceeded by some. 



Periplaneta oculata, Walker (Brit, Mus. Cat. Suppl., 152). 

 " Piceous, fusiform, shining, whitish beneath. Head whitish, 

 a black band between the eyes ; antc^nnse piceous, tawny towards 

 the base. Pronotum whitish, long, laterally bordered with black 

 very narrowly, a very large piceous patch extending to the 

 straight hindmargin, near latter two round whitish spots. Legs 

 pale yellow, thick, rather short. AYings blackish- brown, not 

 longer than abdomen ; elytra coriaceous, corneous towards base, 

 with a whitish costal stripe tapering from the base to three- 

 fourths of the length. Abdomen beneath reddish, laterally 

 whitish. 



Female. 

 Length of body ... ... ... ... 20 mm. 



Length of elytra .. 20 " 



Habitat. — Australia." 



Periplaneta Australasia, Fabr. 

 Syst. Ent., 271; Br., Syst., 233. 



" Brownish-ferruginous. Face brown, with a jDale trigonal 

 patch or small spot, Pronotum blackish, transversely elliptical, 

 hindmargin nearly straight, intramarginal band sharply defined, 

 humeral streak yellow. Elytra longer than the abdomen. 



Male. Female. 



Length of body ... ... 24 mm. 26 mm. 



Length of elytra 27 " 24 " 



Length of pronotum ... 7 " 8 " 



With of pronotum 9-5" 11 " 



