404 Mr. W. F. Klvhy—^^otes on BlattidjB. 



LVII. — Notes on Blatticia? df'c, icith Descriptions of here Genera 

 and Species in the Collection of the British Museum^ South 

 Kensington.— -No. I. By W. F. Kirby, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



In comparing my ' Catalogue of Blattidse ' with the Museum 

 Collection 1 have found a considerable number of new 

 species ; and I herewith offer descriptions of a first instal- 

 ment of species belonginj^ to the subfamilies Panchlorinje, 

 Blaberinte, Corydiina^, Polyphaginie, and Panestliiinae. 



BLATTID^. 



Pan-chlorine. 

 Genus Rhypaeobia, Krauss. 

 Rhyparohia thoracica^ sp. n. 



Long. corp. 87 millim. 



Female. — Black, the upper and hinder orbits narrowly 

 bordered with red; the lower mouth-parts and the greater 

 part of the centre of the abdomen above- and below ferru- 

 ginous. Tegmina testaceous subhyaline, with two reddish- 

 brown shades : one lies below the scapular black basal streak 

 and widens out, covering more than the outer half of the 

 lower basal area, and extending beyond and bordering the 

 anal nervure ; the second brown area occupies about the 

 middle of the left tegmen, extending to the inner margin, 

 but not to the costa ; on its upper part it becomes irregular 

 and submacular, and there are several spots between it and 

 the basal streak. Wings nearly hyaline, with pale nervures. 

 Antennai black ; legs dark ferruginous, shading into blackish 

 above. Abdomen rugose above towards the extremity ; the 

 terminal segment carinated as far as the incision in the middle 

 of its hind border. 



Hah. Ntunda, Shire Eiver. 



Allied to R. Gapelloi, Bolivar, from the Quango. 



Blabebine. 

 Genus Blaberus, Serv. 

 Blaherus Distanti, sp. n. 



Long. corp. cum tegm. 60 millim. ; long. pron. 8 millim. ; 

 lat. pron. 20 millim. 



Female. — Head black, except the lower mouth-parts and 

 the neighbourhood of the base of the antennre ; pronotura 



