Mr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forficularia. 95 



Wings prominent, coloured and pubescent like the elytra, 

 the margins very narrowly paler. 



Feet dark testaceous, pubescent. 



Abdomen reddish brown, very finely granulated, very 

 faintly broader towards the apex ; lateral tubercles barely, it' 

 at all, distinct. Last segment smooth, deep red ; hinder 

 border unarmed, straight in the £ , sinuate in the ? . Penul- 

 timate ventral segment large, rounded, almost entirely 

 covering the ultimate segment. 



Pygidium prominent, attenuated towards the apex, conical, 

 emaiginate at the apex in the $ , in the ? shorter and 

 thicker or barely distinguishable. 



Forceps : the branches are remote at the base, tricarinate, 

 with a strong triangular depressed tooth on the inner margin 

 at the base itself in both sexes ; upper keel on the inner 

 margin before the middle with a strong tooth ( $ <j> ) ; lower 

 margin with two teeth in the apical half, and then denticu- 

 lated ( (J ? ) j the whole of the inner margin, lower keel, is 

 more or less denticulated in both sexes, this armature 

 varying in individuals. The branches S ai "e nearly straight, 

 very gradually incurved, with the points meeting and barely 

 decussating at the apex ; in the $ the branches are less 

 curved, straighter, but pointing more inwards, meet sooner, 

 and decussate more strongly at the apex ; in both sexes they 

 are clothed with fine pale hairs ; they are testaceous in the 

 cf , darker at the apex, much darker throughout their length 

 in the ? . 



The ? is smaller and generally darker in colour than 

 the c?, 



Patria. Sarawak, Penrissen, May 1899, 2^,2 ? . 



This is the largest species of the genus. It stands 

 nearest to Gh. inomata, Karsch, from Madagascar, but is 

 larger, and the forceps are different. 



14. Chelisoches Rttsemce, Bonn. 



Kuching, Sept. loth, 1899, 1 $ ; Dec. 15th 1898, 4 $ , 



1 ?• 



This species has been taken in Sumatra and in Burtnah. 



15. Chelisoches Dorice, Borm. 



Kuching, Oct. 28th, 1898, 1 rf; Dec. 29th, 1898,4 <J; 

 May 20th, 1899, 1 <J; Dec. 1898, 2 ? ; August 11th, 1899, 



1 ?'. 



This splendid species has been recorded from Sumatra 



and Sarawak, where it does not appear to be rare. 



