10 SJÖSTEDTS KILIMANDJARO-MERTJ 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 Äluseum there are speci- 

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

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



Forfienla sjöstedti n. sp. 



(PI. 1, fig. 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 castaneuni, minutissime punctulatum; segmentum ultimum rectangulare, 

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

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

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

 parte denteparvoobtusoterminata; 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; with twelve segments 

 which are somewhat short and subconical. 



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

 posterior margin rounded; smooth, dirty testaceous. 



Elytra rather short, smooth and leathery; dirty testaceous; posterior border 

 obliquely truncate, 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 tnbercles 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 the 



