more pubescent, the antennae are pieeous instead of black, the
luteous marginal stripes of the prothorax are longer and broader, and
extend nearly to the foreborder; the head is pieeous, testaceous about
the mouth, the pectus and legs are ferruginous, and the abdomen is
luteous.”
Fam. Blattidee.
Epilampra, Burm.
s i g n a t u r a , Walk,—A medium-sized, grey Cockroach, commonly
found in the Jamestown houses and gardens. Mr. Walker
gives the following description of i t ;—V Female testaceous, fusiform,
shining. Head with a black band between the eyes, and with a
broad irregular brown band on the fro n t; eyes pieeous ; antennae
brown, shorter than the body; prothorax short conical; a black
abbreviated and nearly interrupted stripe on each side; an incompletely
scutcheon-shaped brown patch in the disk; sides rounded.
Abdomen beneath mostly brownish, with a pale testaceous stripe
along each side. Legs short, stout; tibiae beset with stout brown
spines. Forewings brownish, extending nearly to the tip of the
abdomen, with a pale testaceous costal stripe, extending to half the
length from the base. Length of the body twelve lines.”
Blatta, Linn,
B . g e rm a n i c a , Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 6 8 8 .—A rather small, long,
thin-shaped, light-coloured Cockroach from the low land. I t is rare
in St. Helena, but has .been dispersed from Europe to North
America, Mexico, Ceylon, and Australia.
*B . b i c in c t a , Walk.—A very minute Cockroach, easily distinguished
by the stripes or bands across it. I t is commonly found in
the houses and gardens on the low land. Mr. Walker gives the
following description of itj®—I Female black, elongate, oval, smooth,
shining, with a white band on the mesothorax and with an interrupted
white band on the base of the abdomen. Antennse sub-
moniliform, rather stout, pale yellow at the base. Legs pieeous;
knees and tarsi pale yellow. Length of the body two lines.”
Periplaneta, Burm.
P . r e p a n d a , Walk. Cat. Blatt. 1 2 5 .—The common red Cockroach
is very abundant on the low land, and an occupant of most
houses, where it frequents the kitchens, pantries, cupboards, and
even the bedrooms. I t is also found in some of the kitchens of
houses on the high land. Out of doors too it occurs, generally
under loose stones, and I have even found it amongst the rocks
in the neighbourhood of Lot, more than a mile away from any house.
Mr. Walker states that it also inhabits the,West Indies, South
America, and some of the eastern isles.
P . emittens, Walk. Cat. Derm. vi. 37.
Polyzosteria, Burm.
P . latipes, Walk. Cat. Blatt. 165.—A very shiny, dark brown,
oval-shaped Cockroach, found abundantly, generally in pairs, under
stones on the low land, in the Castle Hardens and similar situations.
Mr. Walker states that it also inhabits Sierra Leone.
P . subornata, Walk. Cat. Derm. vi. 34.—A small Cockroach,
found associating with the others in the warm situations of the
Island. ,
* P . oniscoides, Walk.—A rather small Cockroach of a brown
colour, found associating with the others, and of which Mr. Walker
gives the following description Female pieeous, dull, elongate,
oval. Head much narrower than the prothorax, extending a little
in front of it. Antennae longer than the body. Abdomen beneath
with a testaceous band on each segment. Cerci very short. Legs
testaceous, short, stout; tibiae with a few short spines. Length ot
the body three and a half lines.
Fam. Gryllidee.
G-ryllus, Linn.
G. domesticus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 694.—The Ground-
Hopper, which is found in houses. I t occurs also in Europe, Afnea,
and Asia.
G. capensis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 31 ( A c h e t a ) .— The very
common large Field Cricket of St. Helena, where it is found abundantly
in the hay-fields and grass lands of the higher parts, as well
as under rooks and stones on the lower and warmer portions of the
Island. I t is one of the most familiar insects of the place, due,
perhaps, to its cheerful chirp, which is heard during almost every
evening, and sometimes through the daytime, in the woods and
fields. I t is an inhabitant of most parts of the world.