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Bt.ATTA LONGICSCULA. 



Mas. Testacea, longi-fusiformis ; caput prothoracem perpaullo superans, 

 vertice fronteque nigris ; oculi invicem remoli ; antenna fuscescentes ; 

 prothorax longiusculus, lateribus hyalinis subrotundatis ; pedes 

 graciles ; alee anticce angustce, semicoriacea, abdomen superantes ; aUe 

 posticw diaphance. 



Male. Testaceous, elongate-fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extend- 

 ing very little beyond the prothorax; vertex and front black. Eyes piceous, 

 wide apart. Antennee brownish, slender, testaceous at the base. Prothorax 

 much longer than half its breadth, much narrower in front, pellucid on each 

 side; fore border slightly truncated; sides and hind border slightly 

 rounded. Abdomen long, pale testaceous. Legs slender, moderately long. 

 Wings extending beyond the abdomen. Fore wings narrow, semicoria- 

 ceous; anterior longitudinal veins forked; intermediate longitudinal veins 

 distinct. Hind wings pellucid ; anal area with white veins. Length of 

 the body 5 lines; of the wings 11^ lines. 



S. Australia. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta patula. 



Mas. Ochracea, lata, fusiformis ; caput prothoracem paullo superans; 

 oculi invicem remoti ; prothoracis latera late diaphana, valde rotun- 

 da ta ; abdomen alas superans; cerci longiusculi; pedes breves, 

 robusti ; alee anticce semicoriacea, apud costam diaphance ; ala 

 postica diaphana:. 



Male. Ochraceous, broad, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extend- 

 ing a little beyond the prothorax. Eyes piceous, wide apart. Antenna? 

 slender. Prothorax longer than half its breadth, broadly pellucid on each 

 side ; fore border truncated ; sides much rounded ; hind border straight. 

 Abdomen longer than the wings. Cerci rather long. Legs stout, short; 

 femora setose. Fore wings semicoriaceous, pellucid along the costa ; some 

 of the veins forked ; intermediate longitudinal veins distinct. Hind wings 

 pellucid ; veins white. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Sydney. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Blatta latirupta. 



Mas. Ochracea, fusiformis ; caput prothoracem paullo superans ; oculi 

 invicem remoli ; antenna picea, corpore paullo longiores ; prothorax 

 linea media vitlisque duabus albis, lateribus diaphanis rotundatis ; 

 abdominis dorsum striijis lateralibus transversis nigricantibus ; pedes 

 breviusculi, sat graciles, femoribus selosis ; ala antica subcoriacew, 

 abdomen non superantes, vitta costali lata albida diaphana ; alw 

 posticus diaphana. 



Male. Ochraceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending a 

 little beyond the prothorax. Eyes tawny, wide apart. Antennae piceous, 

 testaceous at the base, a little longer than the body. Prothorax longer 

 than half its breadth, with a white middle line and with a white stripe and 



