lORFICULA. 169 



SiKKiM : Mungphu {hid. Mas.), Darjiliug (coll. Burr) ; United 

 Provinces : Mussoorie (Ind. Mus.). 



T(/pe in the Indian Museum. 



This species closely resembles F. beelzebnb, but may be easily 

 ■distinguished by the stronger sculpture of the abdomen, the more 

 reddish colour, somewhat longer segments of the antennae, and 

 especially by the form of the dilated part of the forceps of the 

 male, which is crenulate along the inner margin and terminated 

 by a prominent sharp tooth. The pygidiura almost exactly 

 resembles that of F. beelzebub, and the two form a natural group 

 together. 



105. Forficula ornata, Bormans.** 



Forficula ornata, Bormans, (84') p, 192, (88) p. 448, (94^ p. 408, 

 (00-) p. 124; Bol. (97) p. 286; Kirbi/, (04) p. o3 ; Bun; (07^ 

 p. Ill, (08^) p. 120. 



Stature small, densely pubescent. Colour reddish varied with 

 testaceous. Antennae with 12 segments, pale, the segments rather 

 thick and short. Head tumid, smooth, sutures obsolete ; reddish 

 testaceous ; posterior margin somewhat sinuate. Pronotum semi- 

 circular ; anterior margin truncate ; lateral and posterior margins 

 together strongly rounded ; dark brown in the centre, yellowish 

 at the edges ; flat, the prozona slightly tumid. Elytra long, 

 fuscous, with a broad, rather long, paler yellowish baud" down the 

 disc. Wings long, testaceous, faintly banded with fuscous. 

 Abdomen dark reddish, parallel-sided, densely punctulate and very 

 hairy ; lateral tubercles distinct. Last dorsal segment short and 

 broad, scarcely tumid in the d , hinder margin truncate ; in the 

 2 similar but narrowed. Pygidium of c? and $ exceedingly 

 small, short and obtuse. Forceps of c? with the branches rather 

 convex and stout, subcontiguous, nearly straight, crenulate along 

 the inner margin, attenuate towards the apex, where they are very 

 gently arcuate ; in the $ conical, simple, straight, contiguous. 



Length of body 7-75-8-25 mm. 10-5 mm. 



„ forceps 2-5 -2-75 „ 2-2-5 „ 



Madras: Trichino^oli (coll. Bolivar); Burma: Kachin Hills, 

 yiii./xi. (Getwa iMtis.) ; Tenassbuim : Mt. Mulaiyit, 6000-6300 ft.^ 

 iv. (Genoa JIus.). 



Also occurs in Sumatra and Tonkin. 



Type in the Genoa Museum. 



This species with the two following form a natural group 

 characterized by the small size, semicircular pronotum, and pale 

 colouring. 



F. ornata is remarkable for its strong pubescence and the form 

 of the forceps of the male, which are scarcely different from those 

 of the typical females of this genus ; they are scarcely depressed, 



