Mr. M. Burr— Notes on the Forficularia. 97 



from the side, the forceps are sinuate, curving slightly 

 upwards. 



The legs and forceps are covered with a thick yellowish 

 pubescence. 



Patria. Sarawak, Pankalan Ainpat, May 1899, 1 $ . 



I have very great pleasure in dedicating this very fine 

 species to Mr. Shelford, to whom I am indebted for the 

 opportunity to work out this interesting collection. 



It is a very distinct species and not closely allied to any 

 known form. It comes closest perhaps to Ch. superbus. It 

 has somewhat the appearance of a large Anechura, but the 

 lobe of the second tarsal segment is very distinct. 



18. Chelisoches Hercules, sp. n. (PI. IV. figs. 2, 'la.) 



Statura robusta ; colore nigro, elytris alisque caeruleis, metallescenfci- 

 bus ; pronotum ovatum, cum elytris alisque granulatum : abdomen 

 cylindricum, nitidum, nigrum, testaceo-pubescens, tuberculis 

 lateralibus distinctis ; segmentum ultimum dorsale magnum, 

 margine postico utrinque tuberculo obtuso magno, apice trun- 

 cate, valido obliquo armatum : forcipis brachia S valida, basi 

 depressa et deplanata, hac parte margine interno valde denticu- 

 lata, dehinc valde semicirculariter incurva, intus denticulata, 

 apice haud attingentia ; forceps et pedes valde pubesceutes. $ . 

 $ ignota. 



Long, corporis 15'5-20 mm. 



„ forcipis 4'5 „ 



Latit. max. forcipis 5 „ 



Head and eyes black ; antenna? with 15 segments, typical, 

 black, the eleventh whitish ; sometimes the apical half of the 

 antenna? dirty whitish. 



Pronotum as broad as the head or very slightly narrower, 

 round, black, granulated ; with a very faint median cannula, 

 on each side of which anteriorly there is a round elevation, 

 with a slight depression in the middle ; the margins are 

 turned slightly upwards. 



Elytra considerably broader than the pronotum at the 

 shoulders, granulated, deep blue, with a metallic sheen ; 

 they are truncated at the apex. 



Wings of the same colour as the elytra, granulated, very 

 narrowly edged with pale. The elytra and wings are clothed 

 with a short thick pubescence. 



Feet stout, fuscous, the tibia? clothed with a thick testa- 

 ceous pubescence, the tarsi with a reddish pubescence. 



Abdomen cylindrical, finely punctulated, shining black, the 

 lateral tubercles very distinct and prominent ; the last dorsal 



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