105 



Female. 



Length of body 16mm. 



Length of elytra... ... ... ... 18 " 



Habitat. — Moreton Bay, Queensland." 



This species belongs most probably to some other group 

 (^Ichnoptera ?). 



Periplaneta biquadrata, Walker (ibid). 

 " Pale testaceous, fusiform, flat, shining, nearly smooth. Head 

 with an irregular black band between the eyes ; antennae piceous, 

 base testaceous, as long as the body. Pronotum mostly covered 

 by a large scutcheon-shaped piceous patch, extending to hind- 

 margin, near it including on each side, a large, subquadrate, 

 testaceous spot ; hindmargin scarcely rounded. Elytra piceous, 

 membranous, with a pale testaceous costal stripe decreasing in 

 width to apex. Wings piceous, a little larger than elytra, not 

 paler. 



Length of body (?) 20 mm. 



Length of elytra 24 " 



Habitat. — Australia." 

 b. Pronotum of the same colour as the body, concolorous. 



Periplaneta pallipalpis, Serv. 



Hist. nat. 71, n. 7 (Kakerlac); Br., 8yst., 238. 



"Chestnut-coloured, shining. Mouth and pa^pi pale. Pro- 

 notum semi-circular. Elytra exceeding the abdomen, anal area 

 very smooth, all longitudinal veins perspicuous towards the 



apex. 



Both sexes. 



Length of body ... 21 mm. 



Length of pronotum ... ... ... 6'5 " 



Width of pronotum 9'5 " 



Habitat. — Java, Sumatra (Serville, de Haan) ; Australia 

 (Brunner)." 



Periplaneta apicalis, Walker (Brit. Mus. Cat., 129). 

 "Testaceous, fusiform, shining, paler beneath. Pronotum 

 with the sides slightly reflexed, curved near hindmargin, which 

 is slightly rounded. Elytra slightly exceeding the wings, both 

 the abdomen ; humeral veins forked, longitudinal veins simple, 

 transverse veinlets numerous. Wings pale cinereous, costa, apex 

 and veins testaceous ; triangular area rather large (?). Abdomen 

 pale-yellowish, apex testaceous (W^alker's Sect., 1). 



Female. 



Length of body 18 mm. 



Length of elytra 22 " 



