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



Forceps : <5 with the branches remote at the base, slender, 

 almost straight, slightly depressed, the apices meeting, and 

 strongly nmcronate ; at two thirds their length on the inner 

 margin there is a small tooth ; from the base to this tooth the 

 inner margin is very finely denticulated. In the $ the 

 branches are straight, remote at the base, less depressed, the 

 apices meeting, the inner margin finely denticulated to about 

 two thirds the length, where there is an obsolete tooth barely 

 distinguishable. The forceps are clear red in the male, 

 reddish black in the female. 



Pairia. Sarawak, Kuching, August 1897 (" £."), 1 <J ; 

 Oct. 12th, 1899, 1 $ . 



This curious species is very close to Labidura'? decipiens, 

 Kirb., which must almost certainly be moved, at least pro- 

 visionally, to this genus. It differs in the form and armature 

 of the forceps. It has the appearance of certain species of 

 Apteryyida, as A. erythrocephala, Oliv., A. suturalis, Serv., 

 and A. bipartita, Kirb. It may be easily mistaken for the 

 latter at first glance ; but an examination of the second tarsal 

 segment shows that it is simple and cylindrical ; the distinct 

 lateral tubercles prevent its being placed in Labidura. The 

 form of the penultimate ventral segment of the male distin- 

 guishes it from typical Sponyiphora, and, as Mr. W. F. 

 Kirby suggests, a new genus must be erected for his Labidura ? 

 decipiens and for this species when better known. 



9. Sponyiphora nitidipennis, Bonn. 



Kuching, July 1899, 1 ? . 



Hitherto recorded from Burmah and Sumatra. 



10. Sparatta setulosa, sp. n. 



Colore sordide testaceo ; pronotum valde elongatum, parallelum ; 

 pygidium baud perspicuum ; forcipis brachia J basi remota, 

 b'asi ipso intus laminata, dehinc recta, sensim incurva, tertia 

 parte apicali dente inermo annata,mucronibus attingentibus, valde 

 pubescentia. 6 • 



c7. 



Long, corporis 11 mm. 



„ forcipis 3*5 „ 



Head dirty yellow ; eyes small, black ; antennas with 

 13 segments remaining, fuscous, the segments elongated and 

 slender, numbers 2-4 enlarged at the apex. 



Pronotum twice as long as the head, very narrow, the sides 



