ANECHUBA. 159 



being clearer. This specimen is labelled in Westwood's 

 handwriting " F. rufipennis, Westw.", but this appears to be a 

 manuscript name that was never published. 



Genus ANECHURA., Scmlder. 

 Anechura, Scudder, (76) p. 289. 



Type, Forficula bipunctata, Fabr. (Europe). 



Size medium. Antennae with about 1:3 segments ; third long 

 and subcylindrical, fourth about two-thirds as long as third, fifth 

 nearly as long as third, rather thick and cylindrical. Head tumid, 

 sutures indistinct. Pronotuni broad, truncate anteriorly, convex 

 posteriorly, the sides straight. Elytra ample, smooth, broad, 

 rounded at the shoulders but the sides parallel : no keel. AViugs 

 smooth, often abbreviated. Sternal plates transverse. Legs long 

 and slender ; second tarsal segment distinctly lobed ; first longer 

 than second and third united. Abdomen depressed and dilated 

 about the middle, narrowed again before the apex. Last dorsal 

 segment of 6 transverse, with tubercles ; of $ simple, narrow. 

 Penultimate ventral segment of d broadly rounded ; round in $ . 

 Pvgidium of c? very short and broad ; in 2 very small, obtuse. 

 Porceps of c? with the branches remote at base and strongly 

 bowed, sinuous and undulating, variously toothed ; simple in the 5 . 



Bange. Europe, Northern and Central Asia. 



This' genus, as now restricted, contains a few European atid 

 Asiatic species, of which two are known to occur in India. 



Table of S^iccies. 



1. Colour black aud red ; forceps simply 

 arcuate ; last dorsal segment of S 

 ■with two large pointed mammiform 



tubercles calciatii, Bor., p. 159. 



1.1. Colour chestnut or pale yellowish ; 

 forceps variously bowed and strongly 

 undulating ; last dorsal segment of 

 J with a short conical tubercle at 

 each angle zubovskii, Sem., p. 160. 



98. Anechura calciatii, Borflli.** (Fig. 9-5.) 

 Anechura calciatii, Borelli, (09) p. 3. 



General colour black. Antennae with 11 segments, black or 

 brown, sometimes tinged with reddish ; third cylindrical, slightly 

 swollen near the apex ; fourth about two-thirds as long as third 

 subcorneal ; fifth as long as, aud remainder slightly longer than, 

 the third, subconical passing into cylindrical. Head clear brick- 

 i-ed, shaded with blackish on the frons, tmnid and smooth, sutures 

 faint. Pronotum brownish black, broader than long, anterior 

 margin straight, sides parallel and gently reflexed, posterior margin 

 £;ently rounded ; prozona slightly tumid, with an impression on 

 ^ach side; median suture very faint. Elytra smooth, dull black, 



