122 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1908. 



3'. Pronoturn testaceous with piceous markings vicina Br. (Came- 

 on disc. roons.) 

 2'. Anterior margin of pronoturn sub-truncate. cruralis sp. n. 



(British Uganda.) 



Grerms Periplaneta, Burm. 

 Periplanetafunebris sp. n. 



S- Piceous. Frons between the eyes depressed, concave, 

 iower part of face concave and faintly transversely striated ; an- 

 tennae with apical four or five joints flavo-testaceous. Pronoturn 

 elliptic, smooth, without impressions, anteriorly truncate, posteriorly 

 obtusely angled. Tegmina extending considerably beyond apex of 

 abdomen. Wings castaneous. Abdomen with lateral flavo-testa- 

 ceous markings on each sternite except the last two ; the tergites 

 project beyond the lateral margins of the sternites and their 

 posterior angles are acutely produced backwards; supra-anal lamina 

 subquadrate, posterior border sinuately emarginate ; sub-genital 

 lamina narrow, styles elongate, slender. Cerci moderate, fusiform 

 (the right one has been mutilated and has regenerated). Front 

 femora with a row of strong spines on anterior margin beneath 

 not extending to proximal third, 1 or 2 spines only on posterior 

 margin ; formula of apical spines § , T , y. [Posterior tarsi 

 mutilated.] 



$ Similar to S but larger, frons flattened, face convex, very 

 slightly punctate. Tegmina less elongate in proportion to body. 

 Abdominal sternites with lateral castaneous markings. Supra-anal 

 lamina tectiform, deeply notchecl posteriorly. Posterior metatarsus 

 barely equal to the remaining joints in length, bi-seriately spinöse 

 beneath, its pulvillus apical ; the next Joint with the pulvillus 

 occupying half its length, bi-seriately spinöse at base ; the next 

 two joints with their pulvilli occupying the total length of the joints. 



S Total length 29,5 mm; length of body 20 mm; length 

 of tegmina 25 mm; pronoturn 6,3 mm; X 9,1 mm. 



$ Total length 33 mm ; length of body 28 mm ; length of 

 tegmina 27,5 mm ; pronoturn 8 mm X 13 mm. 



Cameroons. Type S in Deutsches Ent. Nat. Mus. Type $ 

 in Oxford Mus. 



The species superficially resembles P. lata Herbst but the 

 tarsi are different, being intermediate in character between Methana 

 and Periplaneta. 



Periplaneta bicolor sp. n. 



$ Head and pronoturn bright rufous , tegmina and abdomen 

 piceous. Head with eyes rather small and very far apart. Frons 



