120 xabiidjE. 



narrower than the head apically but about as wide posteriorly, 

 being noticeably dilated posteriorly ; it is a trifle wider than long; 

 the prozoaa tumid, the metazona broadly depressed, black, the 

 sides all straight, the posterior angles rounded. Elytra ample, 

 long, smooth, chocolate-brown, with a broad longitudinal yellow 

 or orange dorsal band. Wings long, smooth, yellow, with a dark 

 band along the suture. Femora stout, blackish brown, the knees 

 yellowish ; tibiae yellowish, with a fuscous ring : tarsi pale. 

 Abdomen smooth, deep chocolate-brown, elongate, parallel-sided 

 in the c5' , somewhat narrowed posteriorly in the 5 . Last dorsal 

 segment of c? transverse, simple, truncate posteriorly ; in 2 

 narrowed. Pygidium of S prominently produced, generally 

 lanceolate, pointed at the apex but sometimes blunt ; in 5 not 

 prominent, black. Forceps red or black ; in the cJ the branches 

 are remote at the base, slender, elongate and gently curved 

 inwards towards the apex, with a long strong and sharp tooth 

 pointing downwards on the inner margin near the base. 



6 2 



Length of body 3-5*5 mm. 7 mm. 



„ forceps 1-2 „ 1-5 „ 



Ceylon : Colombo and Matale (coll. Burr) ; Burma : Bhamo ; 

 viii. ; Shwegu, x. ; Karen-ni, Geku Distr., 4300-4700 ft. {Genoa 

 Mus.) ; Tenasserim : Meetan, Thagata, iv. ; hills between the 

 rivers Meekalan and Khyeat, 3700-4700 ft., iii. {Genoa Mus.). 



Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



This species is abundant throughout the Oriental Region ; it is 

 easy to recognize by the orange spots on the elytra and wings, 

 by the long-pointed pygidium, and by the slender forceps with 

 the long sharp tooth pointing downwards near the base. 



70. Labia pilicornis, Motscli. (Fig. 40.) 



Forficula pilicornis, Motsth. (63) p. 2. 



Labia piUcornis, Dohni, (04) p. 437; Borm. (00-) p. 72; Burr, 

 (01) p. 326; Eirlij, (04) p. 26. 



Small, greyish or yellowish brown. Antennae with about 15 

 segments ; third elongate, cylindrical ; fourth and fifth nearly as 

 long as third, subcylindrical, the rest slender, pyrifoi'm. Head 

 smooth or tumid, sutures faint ; brown or blackish. Pronotum as 

 broad as the head and as broad as long, anterior margin and sides 

 straight, posterior margin rounded ; prozona somewhat tumid, 

 metazona depressed. Elytra ample, smooth, greyish brown. 

 Wings long, of the same colour. Legs slender, light brown. 

 Abdomen reddish, sometimes passing to blackish ; parallel-sided 

 in c? 1 narrowed apically in $ . Last dorsal segment of S trans- 

 verse, rectangular ; strongly narrowed in the $ . Penultimate 

 ventral segment of <S very ample and broadly rounded. Pygidium 

 of (S depressed, rather broad at the base, about twice as long as 

 the greatest breadth, suddenly narrox^ed before the apex, which is 



