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appearance of the insect from the mere descriptions, but they appear 

 to be very distinct forms, characterised by the form of the antennal 

 segments, and the thickened tibire, especially of the anterior legs ; the 

 second subfamily is the Ancistroi/astrinoe, for the one genus Anristro- 

 gaster : the third subfamily is Spongiphorinac, for the one genus 

 Sponf/iphom : Labia is undoubtedly closely allied to Sponi/iphnra, 

 its position, however, is not examined, but postponed for a further notice. 

 The fourth subfamily is a new one, the Allodahliinac, for the one new 

 genus Alhidahlia, erected for Anechura hii(/eli, Dohrn, and brachynota, 

 Haan ; These two names are regarded by de Bormans, who in this 

 is without question followed by authors, as synonyms of A. macropyga, 

 Westwood, and scabniisoda, Serville ; Anechura ronacea, Bormans, 

 which is close to A. scabrii(sciila, Serville, will probably fall in this new 

 genus. The fifth subfamily is the Opisthocosviiinae ; here we have a 

 new genus Cnsniiella, erected for the species of Opist/iocosuiia, with 

 rudimentary wings, i.e., dubia, Bormans, rebus, Burr, and aptera, n. 

 The sixth subfamily is the ForjicuUnae, which again is subdivided into 

 four " tribes," C/wlisochini, Anechnri^n, Aptenjifidini and ForfieuUni, 

 The first includes the familiar ('helisoches and the new C/wlisor/iella, 

 (why a diminutive termination for the largest species ?) erected for 

 the large species with metallic lustre. The Anechurini include the 

 remaining species of the old genus Anecluira, after the elimination of 

 A. inacroptpia and A. scabrittscula, and also the new genus I'seiido- 

 chelidura, in which he removes the remaining species of the old genus 

 Chelidura, which do not fall into the new arrangement ; so we have 

 Pseudochelidura siniiata, Germ., analis, Eamb., edeutiila, Wollaston, 

 nrsinii, Gene, and vara, Scudder. In the Apteripiidim, he restores de 

 Bormans suppressed genus Spliiitiialabis for " corticina, Dohrn" (a 

 species entirely unknown to me), and sanaibarica, Karsch ; if this is 

 restored for the large elongated African forms, it will include 

 mackinderi, Burr and huseinae, Rehn, but the type of de Bormans 

 genus is furcifera, Bormans, from which we cannot generically 

 distinguish borneends, Bormans, and hairaiiensis, Bormans ; either 

 these Asiatic species must fall into Verhoeff's Sphim/olabis, or else his 

 arrangement must be altered. Aucltenouuis falls here also, and 

 Apterip/ida, for taeniata, Dohrn, and liiteipennis, Serville, but A. media 

 Hagenb { = albi]iennis, Charp.), and arachidis, Versin, must be included 

 in this genus, as the former is the type ; the last genus of this tribe is 

 the new one Pter>/;/ida, iov jai/nri, Dohrn, and circtdata, Dohrn. The 

 tribe Fort'iculiui has but one genus, Forjinda, L. The last subfamily 

 is the Sparattinac, which are moved up to a position near to Forjicida 

 in spite of the strongly flattened body, narrowed pronotum, and 

 simple second tarsal segment, all of which would seem more naturally 

 to remove it to a considerable distance. It includes also CJiaetosjtania 

 and a new genus Sparattina, ion jiavicoUis, and probably .sT<»Zo.s'rt, Burr, 

 and arniata, Burr, though he considers a new genus may be required 

 for these. Platijlabia, which can be hardly discriminated from Sparatta, 

 is not referred to. 



We now come to the more primitive IHandria, in which the 

 genital organs are fully developed in pairs, and not abortive on one 

 side. Here he includes six families, namely, Ani^tdabidae, (iotwlabidar, 

 holabidae, J>iplatj/idae, Fi/gidirraxidae and Labiduridac. The first 

 three of these families are entirely apterous and are dealt with in further 



