Mr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forficularia. 99 



19. Anechura conacea, Borm. 



Penrissen, May 1899, 1 <?, 1 ? ; Matang, Dec. 1898, 

 1 <$. 



Recorded from Burmah. 



20. Anechura scabrtuscula, Serv. 



Matang, Dec. 1898, 1 S ■ 

 Common in the Oriental Region. 



21. Anechura Hermes, sp. n. (PI. IV. figs. 1, la.) 



Colore atro ; pronotum antice rectum, postice rotundatum ; elytra 

 pronoto latiora, pubescentia ; alas prominentes : abdomen con- 

 vexum, medio valde dilatatum, apice attenuatum ; segmentum 

 ultimum dorsale angustum, margine postico medio bicarinatum : 

 forcipis brachia c? valida, triquetra, basi subcontigua, dehinc 

 valde divergentia, subito fortiter incurva, mucronibus haud 

 attingentibus, prope basin supra dente maximo obtuso perpen- 

 diculari armata. £ . § ignota. 



Long, corporis 11-5 mm. 



„ forcipis 4 „ 



Latit. max. forcipis 4 „ 



Altitudo max. forcipis (tuberculo basali 



incluso) 2 „ 



Head jet-black; antennae ?-segmentate (eleven segments 

 remain, all black, except the eleventh, which is whitish), 

 second segment small, the rest longer, conical. 



Pronotum very slightly narrower than the head, straight in 

 front, rounded behind, all black. 



Elytra jet-black, very finely punctulated, truncated at the 

 apex. 



Wings the same colour as the elytra. 

 Feet black, with a few fine short bristles. 

 Abdomen dark reddish brown, strongly dilated in the 

 middle, attenuated towards the apex ; lateral tubercles very 

 distinct ; edges of the fifth to seventh segments slightly 

 produced; last dorsal segment narrow and small, hinder 

 border straight, with a small tubercle on each side above the 

 insertion of the forceps, produced backwards into a faint 

 carina ; penultimate ventral segment large, rounded. 

 Pygidium not visible. 



Forceps with the branches <? short, stout, almost con- 

 tiguous at the base, cylindrical, not keeled, strongly diverging 

 at first, then the points suddenly and sharply turned inwards 



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