168 FOBFICULIDiE. 



transverse, anterior margin truncate, sides straight, posterior 

 margin gently rounded ; tiat, the prozona scarcely tumid. Elytra 

 and wings well developed, smooth, shining, uniform blackish 

 chestnut. Legs rather short, blackish. Abdomen densely punc- 

 tulate, the posterior margins of the segments milled in the <S ; 

 lateral tubercles fairly distinct. Anal segment of c? rectangular, 

 broader than long, rather smoother than the abdomen ; posterior 

 margin truncate, with no tumid elevations over the forceps ; in 

 the 5 similar, but attenuate and narrow. Pygidium of c? 

 elongate, depressed, parallel-sided, truncate at the apex ; in $ 

 similar but shorter. Forceps elongate ; dilated on inner margin 

 in first third, this dilated part ending suddenly in an obtuse 

 tooth ; unarmed, elongate and slender beyond this part; in the 5 

 simple, straight. 



c? 2 



Length of body ...... 9-11 mm. 10 mm. 



,, forceps.... 4-5-8 „ 3 „ 



Nepal : Chitlong and Katmandu (Ind. JIus.), Nagorkote (coll. 

 Burr) ; SiKKiM : Darjiling {Ind. 3Ias., Paris Mus., colls. Burr <^ 

 Gadeau) ; Assam : Kurseong {Brussels Mus.). 



Type in the Brussels Museum. 



This species is easy to recognize by the uniform red-black 

 colour, combined with the elongate truncate pygidium and the 

 form of the forceps. The blacker forms have a certain superficial 

 resemblance to Chelisochcs morio, Fabr. 



104. Forficula aceris, Burr.* (Fig. 57.) 



Fordcula aceris, Burr, (05) p. 30, (07^) p. Ill, (07^), p. 210. 



Stature moderate. Colour dark reddish chestnut, blackish in 

 places. Antennse nearly black ; fourth segment nearly two-thirds 

 as long as the third ; the segments not proportionately short. 

 Head smooth and globose, sutures obsolete ; deep red, shaded 

 with blackish. Pronotum pale, much broader than long ; 

 anterior mai-gin truncate, posteinor rounded, sides straight; 

 reddish black ; flat ; sides reflexed. Elytra and wings deep 

 blackish chestnut, long. Legs deep blackish brown. Abdomen 

 blackish red, covered with a dense punctulation, which becomes 

 more dense and coarse towards the apex ; edges of segments 

 not milled. Anal segment of d" punctulate, transverse, rect- 

 angular, binder margin truncate, with a tumid elevation over 

 root of the forceps. Pygidium of cS elongate, parallel-sided, de- 

 pressed, truncate at the apex. Forceps of S with the branches 

 elongate ; dilated part fairly long, its inner margin crenulate, 

 terminating abruptly in a strong sharp tooth, directed apically; 

 then attenuate, unarmed and elongate. 



6 



Length of body 8-5 mm. 



„ forceps 8"5 ,, 



