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



Mr. Shelford's specimens from Sarawak all have the 

 branches of the forceps £ strongly toothed and crenulate 

 near the base, and then smooth and unarmed almost to the 

 apex, just short of which on the inner margin is a strong- 

 tooth. The specimens vary considerably in size, from 

 15-23 millim. in length of body, excluding the forceps, which 

 are of a more uniform length. 



16. Chelisoclies iiulchripennisj Bonn. 



Kuching, Oct. 17, 1898, 3 J; Oct. 28th, 1898, 2 <£ ; 

 Oct. 17-18, 1898, 2 ? . 



Recorded from Burmah and " Indes orientales." 



17. Chelisoch.es Shelfordi, sp. n. (PI. IV. fig. 4.) 



Statura maxima. Habitus generis Ojnsthocosmue. Fusco-castanea, 

 metallescens ; pronotum ovale, capite paullo angustius ; elytra 

 granulata, latiora, apice truucata ; alse granulata3 : abdomen 

 cylindricum, tuberculis pliciformibus distmetis ; segmentum 

 ultimum transversum : forcipis brachia basi remota, recta, elon- 

 gata, ainuata, margine interno utrinque dentibus duobus validis 

 armata, apice muci'onata, attingentia. J . § ignota 



Long, corporis 15*5 mm. 



„ forcipis 11 ,, 



Head and eyes reddish castaneous ; antennge with 18 

 segments, fuscous, the last four dirty white. 



Pronotum slightly narrower than the head, oval, all the 

 margins rounded. 



Elytra ample, broad reddish castaneous, with a metallic 

 sheen, finely granulated, truncated at the apex. 



Wings of the same colour as the elytra, granulated. 



Feet fuscous, the tarsi and apices of the tibiae dirty testa- 

 ceous ; the lobe of the second tarsal segment very conspicuous. 



Abdomen cylindrical, reddish castaneous, granulated; the 

 last segment is transverse, slightly narrower than the pre- 

 ceding, with a row of tubercles on the hinder border. Penulti- 

 mate ventral segment large, rounded, entirely covering the 

 ultimate segment. 



Forceps <^ with the branches widely remote and tri- 

 carinate at the base, curved at first slightly outwards, the 

 inner keels on this part denticulated ; the branches are then 

 nearly straight, subsinuate, each faint sinuation marked 

 on the inner margin with a long oblique sharp tooth ; these 

 teeth are two in number on each side ; after the second tooth 

 the branches curve in, the apices hooked and meeting. Seen 



