152 SUPPLEMENT. 



PERIPLANETA OCULATA. 



Fara. Picea, fusiformis, subtus albida ; caput albidum, prothoracem 

 perpaullo superans, niyro fascialum ; ocufi invic-em remoti ; pro- 

 thorax plaga maxima picea maculas duas albidas includente, lateribus 

 nigro marginatis ; venter rufescens, lateribus albidis ; pedes pallide 

 flavi, crassi, breviusculi, spinis piceis ; alie anticce coriacecz, basi 

 cornea, abdomen non superantes, vitta costali albida attenuata ; alee 

 posticce nigro-fuscce. 



Female. Piceous, fusiform, smooth, shining, whitish beneath. Head 

 whitish, extending very little beyond the prothorax ; a black band between 

 the eyes, which are black and wide apart from each other. Antennae 

 piceous, tawny towards the base. Prothorax whitish, much longer than 

 half its breadth, very narrowly bordered with black on each side ; a very 

 large piceous patch, extending to the hind border, near which there are two 

 round whitish spots; fore border truncated; sides very slightly rounded, 

 slanting outward to the hind border, which is straight. Abdomen beneath 

 reddish, whitish along each side. Legs pale yellow, thick, rather short ; 

 spines piceous. Wings not extending beyond the abdomen. Fore wings 

 coriaceous, corneous towards the base ; a whitish costal stripe tapering 

 from the base to three-fourths of the length. Hind wings blackish brown. 

 Length of the body 10 lines; of the wings 20 lines. 



Australia. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



PERIPLANETA CONVEXA. 



Mas. Nigra, glabra, convexa, elliptica ; caput prothoracem paullo 

 super ans ; palpi picei ; prothorax brevi-conicus ; cerci breves, lati ; 

 pedes breves, crassi ; alee anticce coriacece, abdomen paullo superantes, 

 costa rotundata. 



Male. Black, smooth, shining, convex, elliptical. Head extending a 

 little beyond the prothorax. Eyes livid, transversely elongated, wide apart. 

 Palpi piceous. Antennae slender, setaceous, much longer than the body. 

 Prothorax short-conical, its length a little more than half its breadth; sides 

 slightly rounded. Cerci broad, short. Legs short, thick ; femora with a 

 few spines ; spines of the tibiae numerous, long, stout. Fore wings coria- 

 ceous, convex, extending a little beyond the abdomen ; costa and tips 

 rounded; covered part of the right wing membranous and slightly paler. 

 Hind wings as long as the fore wings and like the membranous part of the 

 latter. 



a. More ton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Genus PARATROPES, C. B. 149. 



PARATBOPES MEXICANA. 

 mexicana, Watt. Blatt. 151, pi. 4, f. 15. 

 Mexico. 



