160 rORFICLXID.l-. 



with no keel. Wings abbreviated, scarcely visible beyond the 

 elytra. Sternal plates black ; pronotum rather broad anteriorly 

 and strongly constricted before the base ; meso- and metasterna 

 broad, rounded posteriorly. Legs long and slender ; femora 

 yellowish red, black towards the apex ; tibise and tarsi yellowish ; 

 the latter long and slender, second segment short and broad, first 

 about as long as second and third united. Abdomen dull reddish 

 black, smooth, naked above, with bristles at the sides ; tubercles 

 of third and fourth segments distinct ; rather broad, slightly 

 broader about the middle, and narrowed apically in 2 . Last 

 dorsal segment of d smooth, transverse, reddish in basal half, the 

 rest black, inflated basally, depressed posteriorly, posterior margin 

 straight; on each side, above the forceps, there is a large, mammi- 

 form, conical tubercle, terminating in a sharp point ; in the $ 

 narrowed, depressed posteriorly, the tubercles obsolete. Penul- 

 timate ventral segment of d and $ broadly rounded. Pygidium 

 of (S prominent, in the form of a broad, short, transverse plate ; 

 the posterior margin slightly refiexed, the edge itself creuulate ; 

 in 2 narrow and blunt. Forceps of c? with the branches remote 

 at the base, somewhat depressed, elongate and regularly arcuate, 

 with a strong sharp tooth on the under surface near the base ; 

 in the 2 the branches are subcontiguous, stout, straight, tapering, 

 incurved at the apex itself, the inner margin depressed, the 

 forceps reddish (clear red in the d ) and darker a])ically. 



d 2 



Length of body 12'5 mm. 13 mm. 



„ forceps. ... 4 ,, -f ,, 



N.E. Kashmie : road from Srinagar to Gilgit, v., about 8000 ft 

 {Turin 3Ius.). 



Type in the Turin Museum. 



This handsome species is well characterized by the sharp pointed 

 mammiform tubercles of the last dorsal segment of the 6 , and 

 the simple arcuate forceps. Its nearest ally perhaps is A.japonica, 

 Borm., which, however, has a prominent laminated tooth on the 

 forceps. The pj'gidium coloration is also quite different. 



99. Anecliura zubovskii, Sem. (Fig. 52.) 



.f Forficula biguttata, var., Sanssvre, (74) p. 4 (partim). 

 Auechm-a zubovskii, Setnetiov, (01) p. 188; Jacohsun S)- Bianchi,{Qb) 

 p. 25; Borelli, (09) p. 4. 



Autenn{e with (?) 12 segments, typical. Head tumid, smooth, 

 black, the sutures fairly distinct. Pronotum transverse, truncate 

 on anterior margin, convex posteriorly, the sides parallel ; black 

 with yellowish sides. Elytra rather short, not surpassing and 

 scarcely equalling the posterior femora in length, dull brown ; 

 pale straw-yellow outside the costal fold (not visible from above) 

 and marked with a pale straw-yellow spot on the disc; this spot 

 is relatively small and does not extend backwards beyond the 



