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nigro-fuscum, leslaceo fasciatum, viltis duabus ventralibus e gutlis 

 nigris ; cerci subtus fulvi ; al<e anticie fulvce, semicoriacew, apud 

 costam testacea;, abdomen longe superantes; alee posticce nigricantes, 

 casta testacea 



Female. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending a 

 little beyond the prothorax ; vertex brown. Eyes livid, somewhat approxi- 

 mate to each other. Third joint of the palpi piceous. Antennae piceous, 

 slender, testaceous at the base, much longer tbau the body. Prothorax 

 much longer than half its breadth; fore border slightly truncated; sides 

 slightly rounded, slanting outward towards the hind border, which is slightly 

 elongated in the middle ; disk with two undulating brown stripes, which are 

 united in front and join an abbreviated brown band near the hind border 

 and emit from the middle of each inner side a broad hindward curved 

 streak. Abdomen blackish above, excepting the hind borders of the seg- 

 ments ; under side with a row of black dots along each side; supra-anal 

 lamina bilobed. Cerci long, tawny beneath. Legs rather long and slender; 

 femora with rather stout spines. Wings extending much beyond the body. 

 Fore wings tawny, semicoriaceous, testaceous along the costa, which is very 

 slightly rounded; longitudinal veins simple; intermediate longitudinal 

 veins distinct. Hind wings blackish, testaceous along the costa. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the vviugs 14 lines. 



This species appears to cousist of the genera Blatta and Epilampra. 

 It may be most allied to B. hieroglyphica. 



Celebes. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta bipunctata. 



Fcsm. Picea, elliptica ; caput rufum, laliusculum, prolkoracem perpaullo 

 superans, facie picea ; oculi invicem remoli ; prothoracis latera valde 

 rotundata, albo marginata ; ventris discus fulvus ; pedes breviusculi, 

 sat robusti, tarsis posticis rufescentibus ; aim anlicce coriacew, abdomen 

 paullo superantes, striga basali alba obliqua, punctis duabus dis- 

 coidalibus pallide flavis, costa rotundata. 



Female. Piceous, elliptical, smooth, shining. Head red, rather broad, 

 extending very little beyond the prothorax ; face and palpi piceous. Eyes 

 livid, wide apart. Antennae piceous, slender, testaceous towards the base. 

 Prothorax rather longer than half its breadth, narrowly bordered with 

 white on each side; fore border slightly truncated; sides much rounded ; 

 hind border straight. Abdomen tawny in the disk beneath. Legs rather 

 short and stout ; hind tarsi reddish; spines slender. Wings extending a 

 little beyond the abdomen. Fore wings coriaceous, with a white oblique 

 basal streak which extends to the hind border ; two elongated nearly 

 contiguous pale yellow points in the disk ; intermediate longitudinal veins 

 very distinct ; costa rounded. Hind wings not paler than the fore wings. 

 Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



Celebes. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



