BLATTARLE. 21 



BLATTA? L1TURIFERA. 



Fulva, fere linearis, subtus tesiacea ; caput latum, tiberum, fronte wide 

 retracta ; oculi latissimi ; prothorax disco nigro guttis tribus fulvis, 

 lateribus vitreis ; alee longa, diaphanee, nigro venoste ; alee anticte 

 dimidio apicali perobliquo fusco ; alee poslicce apud costam nigri- 

 cantes. 



Tawny, narrow, smooth, shining, nearly linear. Head short, broad, 

 not covered by the prothorax ; vertex narrow between the eyes, the latter 

 very broad ; front much retracted. Prothorax transverse, narrower in front ; 

 fore border and hind border slightly rounded ; sides rounded, pellucid ; 

 disk black except in front, including three tawny dots ; of these two are 

 lateral and in front of the third, which is forked. Pectus and legs testa- 

 ceous, the latter moderately stout. Wings long, pellucid; veins black. 

 Fore wings with the apical half very obliquely brown, the ouiline of the 

 brown part extending from near the lip of the costa to near the base of the 

 interior border; costa slightly rounded for more than half the lengih from 

 the base; scapular vein emitting to the costa parallel oblique veinlets, 

 these towards the tip are accompanied by transverse sectors. Hind wings 

 blackish along the costa. Length of the body 5£ lines ; expansion of the 

 fore wings 12 lines. 



The specimen described is mutilated ; it differs somewhat in structure 

 from the typical species of Blatta. 



a. W. Coast of N. America. Presented by Capt. Kellett and Lieut. Wood. 



Blatta ^qualis. 



Fcem. Picea,fusiformis, pectore venlris disco pedibusque testaceis ; caput 

 prothoracem perpaullo superans ; palpi testacei ; prothorax brevis, 

 lateribus tenuiter testaceis ; alee anticce breves, costa testacea. 



Female. Piceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending very 

 little beyond the prothorax ; vertex broad between the eyes. Palpi testa- 

 ceous. Antennae piceous, tawny at the base. Prothorax transverse, its 

 breadth much exceeding its length ; fore border slightly truncated ; sides 

 rounded, narrowly testaceous and hyaline; hind border siraight. Pectus, 

 disk of the under side of the abdomen and legs testaceous, the latter 

 rather stout. Fore wings about half as long as the abdomen ; costa testa- 

 ceous and semihyaline. Lengih of the body 5£ lines. 



The specimen described is probably not fully developed. 



a. Tejuca. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



Blatta innotabilis. 



Fcem. Testacea, longi-elliptica ; caput prothoracem perpaullo superans; 

 prothorax brevis, piceo bililuratus, oblique bisulcatus, lateribus valde 

 rotundatis late vitreis; alee anticee fusco punclatee, striga dextra 

 ferruginea fata diffusa ; alee poslicee diaphanee. 



