BLATTA (POLYPHAGA) ÆGYPTIACA? Obscurè fusca, thoracis margine antico
elytrorumque margine externo basali albidis. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.
fere.)
SYN. Blatta Ægyptiaca? _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. 687. 2. _Gronov. Zooph._
637. _t._ 15. _f._ 3. _Ahrens Fauna Ins. Eur. f._ 1. _tab._ 13. _Fabr.
Ent. Syst._ 2. _p._ 6.
HABITAT: Jamaica (_Drury_). Egypt (_Linnæus_).
Head and antennæ dark brown. Thorax dark brown, and surrounded, except on
the hinder side, with a cream-coloured margin. Wings and wing-cases brown
and thin, the latter having a cream-coloured streak along the anterior
margin, about a quarter of an inch long. Abdomen and legs brown. The
thighs and tibiæ being furnished with many spines.
{72}I have added a mark of doubt to the specific denomination of this
insect on account of the different habitats given by Drury and Linnæus,
although it agrees with the description of Blatta Ægyptiaca given by the
latter author.