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N. HA.MTSCII 



vertex with transverse broad black band, Connecting tbe eyes; l'ace 

 with a vertical broad black streak; palps testaceous; antennae 

 brown; inter-ocular distance 2 / 3 the width, between antennal 

 sockets. Pronotum with the anterior margin parabolic, posterior 

 margin sub-truncate; disk shining deep castaneous to black, on 

 either side a broad yellow border which, though much narrower, 

 is for a short distance continued along tbe posterior margin towards 

 the middle line; latéral margins of pronotum narrow, black. 

 Mesonotum with the central portion black, on either side broadly 

 bordered with fulvous; latéral margins narrow, black. Metanotum 

 similar to the mesonotum, but with the black portion constricted 

 posteriorly, allowing the fulvous latéral border to spread partly 

 along the posterior margin. Abdominal tergites coloured like the 

 mesonotum. Supra-anal lamina trapezoidal, posterior margin 

 broadly excised ; black, apex reddish. Cerci castaneous. Abdo- 

 men below uniform castaneous. Sub-genital lamina broadly 

 triangular. Styles stout, short. Fore legs dull fulvous to casta- 

 neous; middle and hind legs reddish castaneous; posterior metatar- 

 sus in length much exceeding the remaining joints, spined for the 

 greater part; lst and 2nd tarsal joints also spined. 



The $ paratype lias the legs considerably lighter than the type. 

 - The $ resembles the in most particulars, but is somewhat 

 larger and has the front coxae distinctly bicolorous, viz. fulvous, 

 with a large black patch near the base. 



Near Stylopyga ornata Brunner, from India (Nouv. Syst. Blatt., 

 1865, p. 225), but differing from it by being apterous, and by the 

 yellow latéral margins being continuous from the pronotum to 

 the end of the abdomen, not interrupted by black interstices. 



Periplaneta americana (L.) 



1758. Blatta americana L. — Syst. Nat., ed. X, p. 424. 

 1 <J, Indragiri, Sumatra. A. v. Méchel, 1899. 



1 $. Buitenzorg, Java. Dec. 1930. 



2 1 $, Burnside, N. T. Apr.-May 1931. 



Total length . 

 Pronotum . . 



18 mm 



6,5 x 10 mm 



?. 



21 mm. 



6,2 x 10 mm. 



Cosmopolitan. 



