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



This striking little black and orange species I first con- 

 fused with L. marginalis ; but, apart from the distribution of 

 colours, the form of the forceps and penultimate ventral 

 sejrment of the male are distinctive. 



I have pleasure in dedicating it to my friend Mr, S. Gr. 

 Owen, A.R.S.M., who took it in Liberia. 



Platylahia styligera^ sp. n. 



Statura minora ; caput, pronotum, elytra, alse nitida, atra ; abdo- 

 men, pedes, forceps Ifete rufa; pygidium S longum, valde acu- 

 minatum ; forcipis bracchia S leviter arcuata, medio dente forti 

 acuto armata. 



Long, corporis 4'5-5'5 mm. 



„ forcipis 1'75 „ 



Size small ; build moderately slender. 



Antennse yellowish brown, with about 10 segments, all 

 cylindrical, fourtli about as long as the third. 



Head shining black, smooth, and broad ; eyes small ; poste- 

 rior margin feebly sinuate. 



Pronotum shining black, slightly longer than broad, sides 

 parallel, truncate posteriorly ; anterior margin rather strongly 

 convex, ending in a small but distinct neck. 



Elytra and wings well developed, smootii, shining black. 



Legs orange-yellow, not very long; femora thick, tirsi 

 slender. 



Abdomen bright orange-red, parallel, with long thin 

 •biistles at the sides ; lateral tubercles obsolete. 



Last dorsal segment ample, smooth, quadrate ; posterior 

 margin gently tumid over roots of forceps. 



Pygidium long and narrow, thick at the base, produced to 

 a slender, long, sharp spine. 



Forceps witli the branches remote, straight at first ; elon- 

 gate, depressed, feebly arcuate apically, with long fine 

 bristles ; armed in the middle of the inner margin with a 

 depressed, long, sharp tooth directed apically. 



Annam : Phuc Son, November and December (ZT. Fruh- 

 storfer, 2 (J in c. m.). 



The armature of the forceps and pygidium of this little 

 species is very distinctive. 



Type in my collection. 



