376 Mr. W. F. Kirby—Notes on Blattide. 
ginous. Pronotum and tegmina dark brown, with the borders 
broadly yellowish tawny, edged outside with a narrow black 
line. ‘Tegmina overlapping, punctured, dark ferruginous 
brown, nearly half as long as the abdomen, truncated at the 
extremity, and broadly bordered with yellowish tawny ; 
narrowly edged outside with a black line ; the right tegmen, 
which is shorter than the left, is broadly bordered with yellow 
on both sides, and the dark centre passes on each side into 
reddish, which on the inner side is strongly flushed with 
purple in some lights. Legs pale yellow; hind femora 
double-lined with black beneath ; hind tibiz and tarsi more 
ferruginous. Abdomen black; lateral angles, cerci, and 
terminal plates ferruginous. 
Hab. Dominica. 
Allied to P. marginalis, Brunn., from Grenada. 
Pelmatosilpha decipiens, sp. n. 
Long. corp. 25 millim. 
Male.—Head, pronotum, and tegmina orange-tawny ; head 
with a broad blackish transverse band between the eyes, and 
a large blackish space varied with red on the middle of the 
front of the head, from above the antenne to the extremity of 
the clypeus, except a pale space below each eye ; pronotum with 
a narrow black rim all round and two black central spots, con- 
nected by aline between. ‘Tegmina overlapping, closely punc- 
tured ; costa bordered by a ferruginous line, closely punctured, 
squarely truncated and slightly waved at the extremities ; 
right tegmen shorter than the left, about two fifths as long as 
the abdomen, which is tawny, with the segments bordered 
with black behind, increasingly, so that the hinder segments 
are almost entirely black. Legs tawny, with black spines, 
and the lower carinz lined with brown or black. Antenne 
ferruginous. 
Hab. ‘Trinidad. 
Allied to the last species, but curiously resembling Peri- 
planeta australasie, Fabr., in its markings. 
Pelmatosilpha (?) antipoda, sp. n. 
Long. corp. 25-27 millim. 
Inky black, rather shining; antenne (except at base), 
ocellar spots, a line on the coxee, terminal joints of tarsi, and 
the pulville pale yellow or ferruginous; pronotum nearly 
concealing the head, rather broad, semicircular, cut off square 
behind, Tegmina overlapping, of equal length, squarely 
truncated, but slightly concave at the ends, thickly punctured 
