rouFicuLA ? 205 



femora and basal third o£ the tibise black. Abdomen chestnut, 

 rather dull, punctulate, elongate, attaining the greatest width at 

 the base of the last dorsal segment. Last dorsal segment trape- 

 zoidal, about twice as broad at the base as at the apex, strongly 

 sloping to the apex, with a median depression near the posterior 

 margin which is rugose and sinuous. Pygidium globular, not 

 prominent. Forceps with the branches clear chestnut, not quite 

 contiguous at the base, nearly straight, slightly diverging as far as 

 the apex where they are arched inward, the points meeting. 



2 



Length of body 1 1 mm. 



,, forceps 8"5 ,, 



Burma : Karen-ni, Keba District, 3000-3700 ft., v~\i\.(Gmoa 



Tt/pe in the Genoa Museum. 



This is a good instance of the disadvantage of describing new 

 species from females alone. De Bormans remarks : — " This species 

 seems to me so well characterized by its coloration that I describe 

 it here, though a solitary female, hoping that it will be easy to 

 associate its male with it, if discovered later, and then its genus 

 can be determined." 



It is to be hoped that collectors in Burma will keep a sharp 

 look-out for the male and note the characteristic coloration given 

 in the above description, translated from de Bormans. 



The pattern seems suggestive of the genus Adiathetus, somewhat 

 approaching A. nigrocastaneus and A. dravkUus, but de Bormans 

 makes no reference to Chelisochine tarsi, which he would hardly 

 have overlooked. 



Forficula? cingalensis, Dohrn. 



Forficula ciugalensis, Dohrn, (65) p. 89; Bonn. (00-) p. 128. 

 Apterygida cingalensis. Burr, (01) p. 332. 

 Sphingolabis cingalensis, Kirhy, (04) p. 46. 



Golden yellow, the abdomen less brilliantly coloured ; the 

 prothorax and elytra posteriorly dilated, with the sides not 

 deflexed; forceps almost straight, the branches remote at the 

 base, with an obsolete tooth on the inner margin beyond the 

 middle. ? . 



Long. S|, lat. 2.4, fore. long. ?>h mill. 



Head arched without impressed lines, shining ; the antennce with 

 15 segments, yellow. Hinder margin of the head slightly emarginate 

 in the middle. Pronotum narrower anteriorly, as broad as the 

 head, posteriorly broadened, the sides not retlexed, transparent 

 horn colour ; hinder border round, shining, smooth. Elytra 

 scarcely longer than the prothorax, slightly broadened posteriorly, 

 the hinder border rounded, smooth and shining like the head and 

 prothorax. Abdomen slightly narrowed posteriorly, the tubercles 



