150 rORFICULID.T. 



2. Anterior margin of pronotumsubsinuous; 

 tubercle at angle of last dorsal seg- 

 ment of J prominent; all black or 

 brown ; (entirely coarsely punctate ; [p. 151. 



forceps strongly undulating) ^naci-opycja. "VVestw., 



2.2. Anterior margin of pronotum truncate ; 

 tubercle at angle of last dorsal segment 

 of ^ feeble ; colour black and red. 

 3. Elytra rugose ; abdomen punctulate ; 



forceps of S strongly diverging [p. 153. 



at base and undulated coriacea, Borm., 



3.3. Elytra finely punctulate ; abdomen 

 more finely punctulate ; forceps of 

 c? horizontal and nearly straight . . ahrimcnies, Burr, p. 154, 



92. Allodahlia scabriuscula, Serville. (Fig. 49.) 



Forficula scabriuscula, Serv. (39) p, 38 ; Scudd. (76) p. 317. 

 Anechura scabriuscula, Borm. (88) p. 444, (94) p. 402, (00-) p. 103 , 



Sharp (95) p. 207, fig. 108; Burr, (00') p. 99, (00^) p. 52, (02) 



p. 486, (083) p. 118; Kirhy, (04) p. 41. 

 Forficula brachvnota, Haan, (42) p. 243, pi. 23, fig. 10 ; Scudd, 



(76) p. 312; 'Dohrn, (65) p. 94 ; (nee Dubr. (79) p. 383). 

 Allodahlia scabriuscula, Terh. (02') p. 194; Burr, (05) p. 28. 



Stature large, strongly built, legs aud forceps slender. Colour 

 darl; dull blackish chestnut, glabrous, the whole body more or less 

 scabrous. Antennae witli 12 or 13 segments, black, rather elongate. 

 Head tumid, convex, punctulate, sutures very distinct, posterior 

 margin sinuate. Pronotum transverse, anterior margin sinuate, 

 anterior angles sharp and produced for\^ards, sides and posterior 

 margin broadly rounded, sides slightly reflexed ; prozona uith five 

 blunt longitudinal tubercles ; the Miiole disc densely punctulate. 

 Elytra ample, strongly rounded at the shoulders, convex, posterior 

 margin sinuate ; the exterior carina is very sharp and distinct, 

 dying out just before the posterior margin ; the disc of the elytra 

 is covered with a dense mass of small tubercles and a few scattered 

 larger points, so that it is entirely rough and scabrous ; the lateral 

 portion is densely rugose without the larger points. "Wings 

 rugose and scabrous. Tarsi elongate, with dense reddish pub- 

 escence beneath ; femora punctulate. Prosternuni somewhat 

 attenuate posteriorly. Abdomen somewhat flattened, constricted 

 at the base, dilated about the middle and attenuate apically ; the 

 whole dorsal surface is densely and finely punctulate, the ventral 

 surface still more finely ; lateral tubercles distinct, the posterior 

 pair very strong ; segments six to nine somewhat convex at the 

 sides ; in the $ the apical attenuation is stronger and more 

 marked. Last dorsal segment of 6 short, transverse, slightly 

 sloping ; posterior margin incrassate and slightly reflexed and 

 smooth ; the exterior angles produced, the margin itself gently 

 and obliquely truncate over the base of the forceps ; in the $ 



