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larger (about 20 per cent.) than the female, and flies with great 
facility ; length 38—43™™. 
Cockroaches were mentioned as abundant, by Goy. Butler, 1619, 
(see p. 737). In 1676 complaints were made that the cockroaches 
were rapidly destroying the public records, and cedar chests were 
ordered made, in order to preserve them from further destruction. 
These early cockroaches were probably this species. 
Australian Cockroach. (Periplaneta Australasie (Fabr.) Brunn.; 
Sauss., Mem. Hist. Nat. Mex., ili, p. 72, 1864.) 
Puate XCIX; FicureE 20. 
Similar to the preceding, but the male is rather smaller; the 
elytra extend a little beyond the body and are about equal in the 
male and female; the prothorax is more transverse and more elliptical, 
or relatively shorter ; less prolonged anteriorly. The pronotum has 
a pale yellowish submarginal band, wider medially, and externally 
bordered with very dark brown ; the central spot is dark brown and 
usually somewhat bilobed ; the elytra have a conspicuous short scap- 
ular bar of yellowish white ; basal part dark rufous brown, chest- 
nut brown distally. Length of head and body in both sexes, 28- 
307; of elytra 22-237", The caudal appendages of the male 
reach about to end of elytra. The larva has a row of yellow spots 
on the sides of all the segments. 
Nearly cosmopolitan in warm countries: North America, from 
New England and Nebraska to Florida and Mexico; West Indies; 
South America; Europe; Asia; Africa ; Australasia, ete. 
This species was identified by Mr. Samuel Henshaw, from speci- 
mens in our collections, both of 1898 and 1901. It is a common 
species at Bermuda, both in the fields, under stones, and in buildings. 
Oriental Cockroach ; “ Black-beetle.” (Stylopyga orientalis (L.) 
Fisch.; Gerst.; Sauss.) Figure 200. 
This large, plain, dark brown species, which is the “black-beetle ” 
of English kitchens, is mostly confined to dwellings and ships. Its 
wings are small, even in the adult male; nearly abortive in the 
female. 
Surinam Cockroach. (Punchlora Surinamensis (L.) Sauss.; Brann.) 
Puate XCIX ; FicuRe 19, b. 
This species, which is common, is about an inch long when mature, 
and rather broad ; the elytra are wide and longer (about 5"™) than 
