KOSMBTOE. 201 



elongate, slender, scarcely depressed, almost cj'lindrical, gently 

 widened at about two-thirds of its length ; lateral tubercles 

 distinct. Last dorsal segment of cJ transverse or subquadrate, 

 scarcely sloping or narrowed. Pygidium of c? short, obtuse, 

 not prominent. Forceps of d with brandies remote at base, 

 very slender, elongate, nearly straight, armed with one or more 

 pairs of sharp teeth ; in 5 contiguous, slender, straight, simple. 



liange. Oriental Eegion. 



The members of this genus have a slight superficial resem- 

 blance to some Ojjisthocosmiino', and in other respects approach 

 the Forficulinci' . 



It is recognizable by the elongate and graceful body, almost 

 cylindrical and scarcely dilated abdomen, and long thin toothed 

 forceps of the male. 



Of the five kno\\n species all are Oriental, and three are known 

 in India. 



Table of Species. 



1. Forceps of S with two pairs of teeth , . tcmora, Burr, p. 201. 

 1.1. Forceps of J with one pair of teeth. 

 2. Forceps almost straight ; elytra black ; 



head orange hrahma, Burr, p. 202. 



2.2. Forceps of S forming an elongate 

 ellipse ; elytra yellowish - brown ; 

 head brown vishiu, Burr, p. 202. 



130. Kosmetor temora. Burr.* (Fig. 73.) 



Opisthocosmia temora, Burr, (04) pp. .307 & 312 : (08') p. 117. 

 Kosmetor temora, Burr, (07') p. 123, pi. iv. fig. 10. 



Blackish brown. Anteunce (5 segments remain) brown ; basal 

 segment very long, gently clavate ; third segment scarcely more 

 than half as long as the first, cylindrical ; fourth equal to third, 

 cylindrical. Head shining blackish brown, sutures distinct. 

 Pronotum slightly narrower than the head, almost square, gently 

 rounded posteriorly, the anterior border and sides quite straight ; 

 blackish brown, the sides somewhat paler. Elytra yellowish 

 brown. AVings prominent, dull yellow, shaled with brown. 

 Legs dark testaceous. Abdomen smooth, black; very slightly 

 dilated about the seventh segment. Last dorsal segment about 

 as broad as long, sloping downwards to the posterior margin 

 which is simple, somewhat iucrassate, truncate in the middle and 

 obliquely truncate at the angles ; depressed in the middle, but 

 tumid over the roots of the forceps. Penultimate ventral 

 segment broadly widened. Pygidium indistinguishable. Forceps 

 with branches gently bowed in the basal third, then nearly 

 straight to the points which are hooked ; two pairs of sharp, 

 upward-pointing teeth on the inner margin divide the length of 

 the forceps into three equal parts ; the branches are slender, 

 cylindrical, black and hairy. $ unknown. 



