'23 SUPPLEMENT. 



Female. Testaceous, elongate-elliptical, smooth, shining, Head 

 extending very little beyond the prothorax ; vertex broad between the eyes, 

 which are black. Antennae brown, testaceous towards the base, longer than 

 the body. Prothorax transverse, nearly twice as broad as long ; fore border 

 truncated ; sides much rounded, broadly pellucid ; hind border straight ; 

 an oblique furrow and an irregular variable piceous mark on each side in 

 the disk. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore wings with 

 very numerous minute brown dots; these are least abundant in the right 

 wing, where there is a broad diffuse ferruginous streak. Hind wings 

 pellucid ; veins pale. Length of the body 4 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 8 lines. 



a. Seychelles. Presented by Dr. Perceval Wright. 



Blatta bee vi pes. 



Foem. Testacea, fusiformis ; caput prothoracent paullo superans, fascia 

 latissima fasciaque anteriore tenui piceis ; prothorax fulvus, vittis 

 duabus undulatis nigris, margine antico lateribusque pallide testaceis ; 

 cerci picei ; pedes breves, robusli ; alee lurida, abdomen sat superantes ; 

 alee antica costa vitrea, striga subcostali picea brevissima. 

 Female. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending a 

 little beyond the prothorax, with a very broad piceous band between the 

 eyes, and with a narrow piceous band between the sockets of the antennae; 

 vertex broad between the eyes. Antennae brown, minutely setose, testa- 

 ceous at the base. Prothorax tawny, slightly transverse, widening hind- 

 ward ; fore border and sides pale testaceous, much rounded ; hind border 

 slightly rounded; an undulating black stripe on each side. Cerci piceous. 

 Legs short, stout; femora with long slender spines. Wings lurid, extending 

 somewhat beyond the abdomen. Fore wings with a very short piceous 

 subcostal streak extending from the base; costa pellucid. Length of the 

 body 8 lines; expansion of the fore wings 18 lines. 



o. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Blatta continua. 



Foem. Pallide testacea, fusiformis ; caput piceum, prothoracem paullo 

 superans, f route facieque testaceis, illius disco piceo ; prothorax vittis 

 duabus marginalibus pallide testaceis postice latioribus ; cerci picei ; 

 aUc antica ferruginea, abdomen longe superantes, vitta costali pallide 

 testacea strigaque posteriore nigra basalibus ; alec postica lurida. 



Female. Pale testaceous, slender, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head 

 piceous, extending a little beyond the prothorax; front and face testaceous, 

 the former with a piceous disk. Eyes black, with a large yellow spot. 

 Antennae brown, testaceous at the base. Prothorax transverse, widening 

 hiudward ; sides and hind border rounded ; fore border slightly rounded ; 

 two pale testaceous marginal stripes very narrowly connected on the fore 

 border, irregularly increasing in breadth towards the base of the fore wings, 

 where they are continued along the costa for rather less than one-third of 

 its length. Cerci piceous. Legs slender. Wings extending much beyond 

 the abdomen. Fore wings ferruginous, excepting the stripe before 



