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PERIPLANETA 



4. Enlarged view of the posterior part of the sternal aspect of the abdomen of an adult female. 

 Sterna of the ist to 6th abdominal somites; sternum of the yth abd. somite (elongate and bifid 

 posteriorly) ; proper position for the sternal sclerites of somites 8 and 9, represented by a soft 

 expansible membrane, the genital funnel; genital aperture placed beneath the podical plates (sternum 

 of loth somite) and leading into genital funnel. 



