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



Elytra black, rounded at the apex. 



Wings absent. 



Feet clear testaceous. 



Abdomen slightly broadest in the middle, shining black, 

 except segments 8-9, which are red, and the last segment, 

 which is red, quadrate, slightly narrower posteriorly than 

 anteriorly; the hinder border straight, smooth, black. 



Pygidium not visible. 



Forceps <$ with the branches stout, three-keeled at the 

 base, straight, then gradually incurved towards the apex, 

 where the points decussate ; at the base itself, on the inner 

 margin there is a fine oblique tooth, and the inner margin is 

 denticulated for the first two thirds of the length; the forceps 

 are black near the base, red at the apex. 



The abdomen is clothed with a few fine pale hairs. 



Patria. Sarawak, Kuching, Dec. 15th, 1898, 1 $ . 



This species is nearest to Gh. few, Borm., from which it 

 differs entirely in the shape of the forceps. 



13. Chcetosponia Jupiter, sp. n. 



Statura majore ; colore fusco-testaceo ; antennae 15-segrnentatae, seg- 

 mento 2° parvo,ceteriselongatis,cylindricis ; pronotum quadratum, 

 marginibus anteriori et posteriori rotundatis, lateribus parallelis, 

 angulis posticis rotundatis ; elytra setulosa. apice truncata ; alae 

 setulosa3 ; abdomen paullo dilatatum, tuberculis vix prominulis, 

 segmento ultimo margine postico recto, integro : pygidium elon- 

 gatum, apice attenuatum, emarginatum ; $ brevius : forcipis 

 brachia J elongata, basi distantia, triquetra, depressa, basi ipso 

 dente valido armata, carina superiori margine interno ante 

 medium dentata, carina inferiori in parte apicali bidentata, dehinc 

 crenulata, mucronibus attingentibus, decussatis ; brachia 5 illis 

 maris similia, rectiora, apice fortius decussata. S 2 • 



6. ?• 



Long, corporis .... 12 mm. 10-10-75 mm. 



„ forcipis 6-6-5 „ 5-25-6 „ 



Head reddish fuscous, sutures well marked ; eyes not 

 prominent ; antennae fuscous, with 15 segments, the second 

 small, the remainder long. 



Pronotum longer than broad, reddish fuscous, as broad as 

 the head, hinder border and anterior border rounded, the 

 angles rounded, the sides parallel ; posterior part of the disk 

 clothed with fine yellow hairs, directed backwards. 



Elytra fuscous, truncated at the apex, pubescent like the 

 pronotum. 



