28 SUPPLEMENT. 



stripe. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 3£ lines; expansion 

 of the fore wings 5^ lines. 



Near allied to B. parilis; the latter has longer fore wings and the pale 

 fore border of the prothorax is broader. 



Female P Luteous, elongate-oval, wingless. Front black. Prothorax 

 and abdomen with two black stripes. Prothorax conical. Abdomen 

 black beneath. Legs stout. The elongation of the hind borders of the 

 thoracic segments indicates the future development of wings. 



a, b. Cahar. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



Blatta depressa. 



Fcem. Lulea, fusiformis, subtus nigra; caput prothoracem perpaullo 

 superans ; abdomen nigrum, segmenlis luteo marginatis ; pedes lutei, 

 coxis nigra strigalis, femoribus apice nigris ; ala antica dextra apud 

 marginem inleriorem alaque postica? nigra. 



Female. Luteous, fusiform, black beneath. Head extending very 

 little beyond the prothorax ; disk of the front and of the face black. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, its breadth much exceeding its length; fore border 

 slightly truncated; sides much rounded; hiud border nearly straight. 

 Abdomen black ; bind borders of the segments luteous. Legs stout ; coxae 

 streaked with black ; femora with black tips. Wings extending somewhat 

 beyond the abdomen. Fore wings coriaceous ; transverse sectors very 

 numerous ; right wing black along the interior border. Hind wings black. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 11 lines. 



The specimen described is mutilated. The prothorax is much narrower 

 than that of B. marginifera. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Blatta lepida. 



Fcem. Nigra, longi-ovata, sublus testa cea ; caput prothoracem vix 

 superans, Jlavo bifascialus biplagiatus et antice lituratus ; palpi 

 testacei ; prothorax antice et postice tenuiter el laiera liter late Jlavo 

 murginatus ; mesolhorax, metuthorax et abdominis segmenta dorsalia 

 picea postice tenuiter et lateraliter late flavo marginata ; segmenta 

 ventralia nigro punctata; cerci nigri, lati, articulis subtus testaceo 

 marginatis. 



Female. Black, elongate-oval, testaceous beneath. Head hardly 

 extending beyond the prothorax; vertex broad between the eyes; two 

 yellow bands between the eyes and the sockets of the antenna?, two large 

 yellow patches on the front and some smaller yellow marks on the face. 

 Palpi testaceous. Antennae piceous. Prothorax transverse, slightly 

 narrower in front, with a yellow border which is uarrow in front and behind 

 and broad on each side; fore border slightly truncated; sides slightly 

 rounded; hind border hardly rounded. Mesothorax, metathorax and 

 dorsal segments of the abdomen piceous, broadly bordered on each side 

 and narrowly bordered behind with testaceous. Ventral segments with 



