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FORFlCULIDvK. 



of the second and third segments very small, the last dorsal 

 segment fairly large, with a central line, the penultimate ventral 

 segment entirely covering the ultimate. Branches of the forceps 

 slightly separated, nearly straight at the base, incurved at the 

 apex, with a blunt tooth on the inside beyond the middle. 

 Abdomen and forceps reddish brown, pubescent. Sternum yellow. 

 Legs like the head, fairly long, the femora and tibi» slightly, the 

 tarsi strongly pubescent ; the first and third tarsal segment of the 

 same length, the second very short, barely lobed." 



Ceylon (Metner ; Berlin Mus.). 



The type is recorded as being in the Berlin Museum, but 

 the author was unable to find it on the occasion of a visit in 

 1907, and so Dohru's description is quoted in detail. Dohrn 

 includes it in his section of Forjtcula which corresponds to 

 Apterygida, but until the male is discovered it is impossible to 

 locate its position with accuracy ; the most noticeable points in 

 the description are the form of the forceps ( $ ), the pronotum 

 and elytra more or less dilated posteriorly, the absence of wings, 

 and the small size of the glandular folds. 



