Dr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forficularia. 47 



forcipis bracchia J remota, valida, basi subdilatata, apice ipso 

 miicronata. 



Long, corporis 7'5 mm. Q-o mm. 



„ forcipis 1*5 „ 1 „ 



Build rather stout : general colour pale brown. 



AntenncB with 14 segments, yellowish brown, the ante- 

 apical segments paler. 



Head brown, smooth, broad, sutures obsolete. 



Pronotura brown, the sides and metazoiia much paler, 

 broadened posteriorly, sides straight, hinder angles rounded. 



Elytra ample, smooth, dull brown. 



Wings prominent, very pale yellow, with a large brown 

 spot. 



Femora brown ; tibiai and tarsi pale yellowish. 



Abdomen brown, rather broad, parallel-sided in the (J 5 

 narrowed apically in the ? . 



Last dorsal segment (^ rectangular, transverse ; in the ? 

 narrowed. 



Penultimate ventral segment ^ broadly rounded, sinuate 

 in middle of posterior margin. 



Pygidium c? short, broad, parallel-sided in basal half, then 

 narrowed, the apex bifid, with short sharp lobes ; in the ? 

 short, parallel-sided, apically truncate. 



Forceps with the branches in the cJ remote, rather stout, 

 depressed, subdilated in basal half, the portion ending in a 

 minute sharp tooth ; somewhat constricted beyond this, and 

 then subdilated again to the apex, which is abruptly attenuate 

 and sharply hooked : in the ? simple. 



Togo: Bismarkburg, 11. vi.-18. x. 93, c? and ? [Conradt, 

 in Mus. Berlin). 



This species in size, build, and coloration approaches 

 S. assiniensis) it differ^j in the form of the pygidium and 

 forceps of the male. 



Spongovoslox kristensent, sp. n. 



Statura mediocri vel minora ; colore fusco-castaneo, fulvo-variegato ; 

 prouotum latius quam longius ; elytra fusca, fulvo-maculata ; 

 alas uigTiK, vel Ionga3, vel abbreviatae ; segmentum ultimum dorsale 

 (S trausversura, utrinque tumidum ; pj'gidium (S brevissimum ; 

 latum, margine postico sinuate ; forcipis bracchia J valde 

 remota, basi ipso triquetra, valida, at dilatata, abrupte attenuata 

 ac deorsum curvata, dehiuc attenuata, arcuata, ante apicem deute 

 parve armata. 



d. ?. 



Long, corporis 7"5-8 mm. G"o-7 mm. 



„ forcipis 3-3'75 „ 2 „ 



