BLATTARLE. 143 



BLATTA LONGIUSCULA. 



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

 vertice fronteque nigris ; oculi invicem remoti ; antenna fuscescentes ; 

 prothorax longiusculus, lateribus hyalinis subrotundatis ; pedes 

 graciles ; alee anticce angustce, semicoriacece, abdomen superantes ; alee 

 posticce diaphance. 



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

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

 wide apart. Antenna? 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- 

 data ; abdomen alas superans ; cerci longiusculi ; pedes breves, 

 robusti ; alee anticce semicoriacece, apud costam diaphance ; alee 

 posticce diaphance. 



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

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

 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 remoti ; antennce piceee, corpore paullo longiores ; prothorax 

 linea media vittisque duabus albis, lateribus diaphanis rotundatis ; 

 abdominis dorsum strigis lateralibus transversis nigricantibus ; pedes 

 breviusculi, sat graciles, femoribus setosis ; alee anticce subcoriacece, 

 abdomen non superantes, vitta costali lata albida diaphana ; alee 

 posticce diaphance. 



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 



