24 SUPPLEMENT. 



cerci picei, articulis apice pallide testaceis ; alee pallide cinerece* 

 abdomen longe superanies, venulis transversis fuscis ; ala anticoe apud 

 costam vitrece. 



Male. Pale testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining 1 . Head extending 

 a little beyond the prothorax; a piceous band between the eyes emitting a 

 piceous stripe towards the mouth ; vertex broad between the eyes, which 

 are black. Second and third joints of the palpi blackish. Antennae 

 piceous, longer than the body, testaceous at the base. Prothorax trans- 

 verse, widening hindward; fore border truncated; sides and hind border 

 rounded, the former pellucid; two broad black stripes which slightly 

 diverge hindward and are straight on the inner side but rounded on the 

 outer side. Cerci piceous; tips of the joints pale testaceous. Legs 

 moderately short and stout; femora with long slender spines. Wings pale 

 cinereous, extending much beyond the abdomen ; transverse sectors mostly 

 brown. Fore wings pellucid along the costa. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 expansion of the fore wings 12 lines. 



The stripes on the prothorax are broader than those of B. Germanica. 

 It is much more slender than B. bivittata. The markings on the head 

 distinguish it from B. contigua. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Blatta figurata. 



Mas. Pallide testacea, fusiformis; vertex litura picea gutlam testaceam 

 includente ; prothorax piceus, brevi-conicus, lateribus diaphanis 

 postice pieeis ; pedes robusti; alee diaphana, abdomen longe supe- 

 rantes ; alee antica plagis quatuor pieeis magnis subquadratis. 



Male. Pale testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head extending 

 a little beyond the prothorax ; vertex with a piceous mark, which includes 

 a testaceous dot. Eyes black, remote. Prothorax piceous, short-conical ; 

 fore border truncated ; sides rounded, pellucid, except towards the hind 

 border, which is nearly straight. Cerci long. Legs stout ; femora with 

 slender spines. Wings pellucid, extending much beyond the abdomen ; 

 veins pale. Fore wings with two large subquadrate piceous patches on 

 each; first patch at the base; second at a little beyond the middle; a 

 slight brownish tinge in the exterior part of the disk. Length of the body 

 6 lines; expansion of the fore wings 12 lines. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Blatta annulifera. 



Foem. Pallide testacea, fusiformis ; caput vertice vittaque frontali 

 lanceolala pieeis; prothorax transversus, anlice anguslior t annulo 

 magno nigro ; cerci picei, artictdis apice fulvis ; pedes sat robusti; 

 ala antica? fulva, abdomen paullo superanles, costa pallide testacea; 

 alee postica diaphana. 



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

 a little beyond the prothorax ; vertex piceous, a broad piceous stripe on 

 the front and face, decreasing in breadth from the vertex. Prothorax 

 transverse, narrower in front, with a black ringlet which is broadest on each 



