10 SJÖSTEDTS KILIMANDJARO-MERU EXPEDITION. 17: 1. 



PL 1, fig. 7. Originally described by Semenov from Harar; I have a specimen 

 from Kilimandjaro labelled »Bornemisza» and in the Paris Museum there are speci- 

 mens from Abyssinia; probably it occurs in all the mountains of East Africa iip to 

 about 2,000 feet, where it is apparently replaced by the following species. 



Forficula sjöstedti n. sp. 



(PI. 1, % 8.) 

 Statura mediocri, minus fortiori; antennae 12-segmentatae; segmenta subconica, 

 fusco-testacea; caput laeve; pronotum sublatius quam longius, postice rotundatum; 

 elytra brevia, unicoloria; alae abortivae; pedes testacei; abdomen typicum, fusco- 

 testaceum castarieum, minutissime punctulatum; segmentum ultimum rectangnlare, 

 punctulatum: pygidium J" elongato-productum, linguaeforme, angustum, apice attenuatum 

 etobtusum; $ breve, angustatum, apice truncatum: forcipis J bracchia gracilia, per tertiam 

 partem basalem margine interno deplanato ac dilatato, margine ipso crenulato, hac 

 parte dente parvo obtuso terminata; dehinc attenuata, inermia, arcuata: $ recta, simplicia. 



Stature moderate, slender. 



Colour dark chestnut; elytra and feet dirty testaceous. 



Head dark chestnut, merging into black, smooth and shining. 



Antennae dirty testaceous, somewhat paler near the base; witli twelve Segments 

 which are somewhat short and subconical. 



Pronotum slightly broader than long; anterior and lateral margins straight; 

 posterior margin rounded; smooth, dirty testaceous. 



Eh'tra rather short, smooth and leathery; dirty testaceous; posterior border 

 obliquely triincate, so that the elytra are shorter along the suture than on the 

 externa! margin. 



Wings abortive. 



Feet testaceous, typical; the lobes of the second tarsal segment large. 



Abdomen typical, dark chesnut, almost black, covered with exceedingly fine 

 punctulations; lateral tubercles on segments 3 and 4 small but distinct. 



Last dosal segment transverse, rectangular, very finely punctuate; posterior 

 margin straight, incrassate in the middle; in the female, attenuate posteriorly. 



Pygidium J' tongue-shaped, elongate, narrowed towards the apex which is narrow, 

 but not pointed. In the $ short narrowed, but truncate apically. 



Forceps ^ with the branches in the basal third not themselves deplanate, 

 but the inner border is dilated and deplanate; along the external margin, the convexity 

 is apparent; the dilated part is excavate inside at the base, to admit the long 

 pygidium ; the inner margin of the dilated part is quite straight, crenulate and 

 terminated by a short blunt tooth, situate rather on the underside; externally tlie 



