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side and extends to the bind border and nearly to tbe fore border, which is 

 truncated ; sides rounded ; hind border nearly straight. Cerci long, 

 piceous; tips of the spines of the femora slender. Wings extending a little 

 beyond the abdomen. Fore wings tawny, pale testaceous along the costa. 

 Hind wings pellucid. ^Length of the body 5 lines; expansion of the fore 

 wiDgs 10 lines. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Blatta transversalis. 



Mas et foem. Testacea, longi-ovata ; caput piceum, lilura frontali furcata 

 margineque antico testaceis; protkorax piceus, brevi-conicus, lateribus 

 diaphanis ; pectoris et ventris latera piceo plagiata ; abdomen fusco 

 fasciatum; pedes robusti ; alee anticce picece, testaceo biplagiatce, 

 abdomen non superantes ; alee posticee diaphance. 



Male and female. Testaceous, elongate-oval, smooth, shining. 

 Head piceous, mostly covered by the prothorax; sockets of the antennae, a 

 forked mark on the front and mouth testaceous; vertex broad between the 

 eyes, which are black. Palpi and antennas testaceous. Prothorax short- 

 conical, piceous, exceptiug the sides, the outline of this hue narrowed near 

 the hind border; fore border slightly truncated; sides pellucid, rounded ; 

 hind border nearly straight. Abdomen with brown bands; under side and 

 pectus with brown patches on each side. Cerci long. Legs stout; femora 

 with very slender spines. Fore wings piceous, not extending beyond the 

 abdomen, with a large testaceous patch at the base and another at one-third 

 of the length, the two connected by a hyaline testaceous costal streak ; 

 right fore wing pellucid along the interior border. Hind wings pellucid; 

 veins testaceous. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines ; expansion of the fore 

 wings 9 lines. 



a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



Blatta fasciceps. 



Foem. Teslacea, fusiformis ; caput piceo unifasciatum, prothoracem vix 

 superans ; prothoracis discus fulvus ; cerci longi, articulis subtus 

 fusco gultatis ; pedes robusti, breviusculi ; alee anticee semidiaphanee, 

 abdomen longe superantes ; alee posticee diaphanee, venulis transversis 

 fuscis. 



Female. Testaceous, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head hardly extend- 

 ing beyond the prothorax, with a piceous band between the eyes and the 

 sockets of the antennae. Eyes piceous, remote. Prothorax transverse, 

 narrower in front ; fore border truncated ; sides much rounded ; hind 

 border slightly rounded ; disk irregularly tawny. Cerci long; a brown dot 

 on each joint beneath. Legs stout, rather short; spines of the femora 

 moderately stout. Wings extending much beyond the abdomen. Fore 

 wings semihyaline. Hind wings pellucid; transverse veins brown. Length 

 of the body 5j lines; expansion of the fore wiugs 14 lines. 



Much allied to B. biligata; the latter has a broader prothorax. 

 a. Bombay. Presented by Dr. Leith. 



