Mr. M. Burr— Notes on the Forficularia. 87 



For this interesting species I am also indebted to my friend 

 M. E. Seeldrayers, of Brussels. 



It is a distinct species, coming next, perhaps, to A. varie- 

 gatus, Dohrn. It has the appearance of an Opisthocosmia. 



And strig aster intermedia , sp. n. 



Castanea ; antennae fusco-rubrescentes, segmentis elongatis, 2° parvo, 

 duobus ultimis pallidis ; pronotum antice rectum, postice rotunda- 

 turn ; elyrra perfecte explicata, latiora, loevia ; alae perfecte expli- 

 catae, ■valde prominentes : abdomen medio dilatatum, segmentis 

 2° et 3° valde tuberculatis, segmentis 4° et 5° obsolete, vix, vel 

 haud tuberculatis ; scgmentum ultimum dorsale <5 quadratum, 

 rectangulum, inerme, supra insertionem foreipis subtuberculatum ; 

 $ angustum, attenuatum, declive, inerme : pedes graciles : for- 

 eipis brachia S basi distantia, iutus basi ipso dente conico 

 armata, debiuc paullo divergentia, medio unidentata, apicem 

 versus valde incurva, mucronibus decussatis ; $ simplicia, recta, 

 gracilia, inermia, apice mucronata. J 5 . 



d. ?. 



Long, corporis 8 mm. 8 mm. 



j, foreipis 4 „ 2-75 „ 



Head flattened, clear red ; antenna? reddish, the last two 

 segments paler, all elongate, except the second, which is 

 short ; eyes jet-black. 



Pronotum about as broad as the head, straight on the fore 

 border, rounded posteriorly, dark testaceous or dark red, the 

 margins clear luteous. 



Elytra ample, broad, smooth, shining, fusco-testaceous, 

 the hinder border truncate. 



Wings ample, projecting well beyond the elytra, fuscous, 

 sometimes with a large pale spot in the middle at the base 

 and a smaller one at the apex. 



Feet long and slender, pale testaceous. 



Abdomen dilated in the middle, fusco-testaceous or dark 

 brown. Segments 2 and 3 with lateral tubercles dark or 

 black, very distinct ; in the male segments 4 and 5 have very 

 faint, barely visible, obsolete tubercles. In the <$ the last 

 segment narrow, quadrate, rectangular, the hinder border 

 straight, with a small tubercle above the base of each branch 

 of the forceps; in the $ the last dorsal segment is narrowed, 

 square at the hinder border, and unarmed. 

 Pygidium not visible. 



Forceps : J with the branches distant at the base, armed 

 there on the inner margin with a strong conical tooth, flat- 

 tened, slightly diverging, with a sharp tooth in the middle of* 



