Tltc Bcrmatoiitera. 301 



3. Autenna? unicolores. Forcejis 



(^ margine interne dentibus 



3 parvis armatus. (Pygidium 



$ $ parvum, quadratuni, 



apice triincatum ; corpus imi- 



color fusco-testaceum) ... 4. jupjnter, Burr. 



3.3. Antenna3 segmentis nonnullis 



pallidis. Forceps ^ margine 



interne unidentatus. 



4. Pygidium (^ conicum, acutuin ; 



5 quadratum, postice leviter 



emarginatum. (Unicolor 



nigra, tarsis pallidis) ... 5. volcana, sp. n. 



4.4. Pygidium ^ oblongum vel 



quadratum. Color parti m 



niger, partim rufo-testaceus. 



5. Py^dium ^ oblongum, 



apice excisum. Species 



orientalis 6. feee., Borm. 



5.5. Pygidium ^ parvum, quad- 

 ratum, integrum. Species 

 madagassfB 7. inornata, Karsch. 



Ghxtospania volcana, sp. n. 



Atra, segmentis ultimis antennarum tarsisque pallidis. Antennae 

 ll-segnientata3, atrte, segmentis 2 ultimis pallidis; Pronotum quad- 

 ratum, postice truncatum, antice subangustatum, capite hand angustius. 

 Elytra minutissime punctulata, atra, postice oblique truncata ; ake 

 atree, valde prorainentes. Pedes atri, tarsis pallidis. Abdomen 

 minutissime punctulatum, atrum, lateribus sparsim pilosis; seg- 

 mentum ultimum dorsale atrum, simplex, quadratum, medio sub- 

 impressum. Pygidium : ^ parvum, conicum, acutum ; 9 q^iad- 

 ratum, prominulum, margine postico leviter emarginalum. Forcipis 

 bracchia ^ 5 "^^^i distantia, valida, subrecta, depressa, apice in- 

 curva, nigra vel nigro-rufa, margina intern o medio utroque sexu 

 laminato-depresso, in i^ in dentem validum producto. ^ 9- 



^ ? 



Long, corporis . . . 7"5 mm. 9 mm. 



,, forciins ... 3 ,, 2"5 ,, 



Eah. Diego Suarez, iv, '96 {AUuaud, 13 $$, 12 $$, 

 Mus. Paris). 



Easy to distinguish by its plain black colour and the 



