Mr. M. Burr— Notes on the Forficularia. 85 



Opisthocosmia oannes, sp. n. 



Statura majore ; colore nigro, elytris alisque rufescentibus ; antenna? 

 13-segmentata?, rnfescentes ; pronotum capite angustius, nigrum, 

 pallide marginatum, rotundatum ; pedes nigri, tarsis pallidioribus : 

 abdomen nigrum, medio subdilatatum ; segmentum ultimum 

 dorsale angustius, quadratum, margine postico subbituberculatum, 

 angulis a cutis : forcipis bracbia <3 basi remota, rotundata, recta, 

 gracilia, apicem versus incurva, mucronibus decussatis, ante 

 medium dente magno obtuso supra sursum spectanti armata, 

 paullo ante apicem margine interno dente parvo acuto armata ; 

 pygidium haud prominulum. <5 • 



Long, corporis 14 mm. 



,, forcipis , . 6 „ 



Head black ; antennas 13-segmentate, the first segment 

 black, the remainder reddish. 



Pronotum slightly narrower than the head, the anterior 

 border straight, the hinder border rounded, all angles rounded ; 

 black in the middle, the sides pale. 



Elytra smooth, considerably broader than the pronotum at 

 the shoulders, black, shaded with dark red. 



Wings prominent, black, with a red spot in the middle. 



Feet black, the tibia? towards the apex and the tarsi paler. 



Abdomen black, very slightly dilated about the middle, the 

 lateral tubercles very distinct, the sides of segments 5-6 

 slightly produced backwards ; last dorsal segment narrower, 

 square, reddish, the hinder border straight, with two faint 

 obtuse tubercles above the insertion of the forceps. 



Pygidium not apparent. 



Forceps $ with the branches remote at the base, straight, 

 black, cylindrical, incurved at the apex and strongly de- 

 cussating there ; armed near the base above with a strong 

 blunt conical tooth, pointing upwards, and a smaller acute 

 tooth on the inner margin near the apex. 



Patria. Assam {Linden, 1894, ex coll. Seeldrayers). 



Type in my collection. 



For this fine novelty I am indebted to my friend M. Seel- 

 drayers. 



It is not closely allied to any known species, but approaches 

 rather to an as yet undescribed species brought from Siam 

 by Mr. Annandale; it differs, however, very markedly in 

 colour. 



Ancistrogaster inopinata, sp. n. 



Statura parva ; colore nigro, abdomine a?ueo-nitenti, pedibus testa- 

 ceis; antenna? 13-segmentata?, fusca?, apice pallescentes ; pro- 



