﻿72 
  Dr. 
  AI. 
  Burr 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Forficularia. 
  

  

  X. 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Forficularia. 
  — 
  XX. 
  A 
  neiv 
  Genus 
  and 
  

   Five 
  neio 
  Species 
  from 
  Australia. 
  By 
  MALCOLM 
  BuER, 
  

   D.Sc, 
  F.E.S., 
  (fee." 
  

  

  [Plate 
  IV.] 
  

  

  The 
  Dermaptera 
  of 
  Australia 
  have 
  been 
  neglected 
  by 
  

   collectors, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  quite 
  recently 
  tiiat 
  1 
  have 
  seen 
  any 
  

   tVesh 
  material. 
  I 
  have 
  now, 
  however, 
  enlisted 
  the 
  co-opera- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Hamlyn 
  Harris, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Queensland 
  

   Museum, 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  P. 
  Spry, 
  of 
  Melbourne, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  P. 
  Dodd, 
  

   ot' 
  Kuranda, 
  Queensland, 
  from 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  interesting 
  species. 
  The 
  hitherto 
  unknown 
  ones 
  

   are 
  now 
  described 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time. 
  In 
  two 
  instances 
  the 
  

   genital 
  armature 
  is 
  figured 
  and 
  briefly 
  described 
  in 
  a 
  

   provisional 
  manner. 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  Pygidicranin^. 
  

  

  Dicrana 
  hackeri, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Parva, 
  gracilis, 
  pallida, 
  fusco-ornata 
  ; 
  forcipis 
  bracchia 
  S 
  confcigua 
  ; 
  

   segmentum 
  penultimum 
  ventrale 
  quadratum, 
  roargine 
  postico 
  

   utrinque 
  emarginato, 
  lobulo 
  medio 
  acuto. 
  

  

  6. 
  

  

  Long, 
  corporis 
  16 
  mm. 
  

  

  ,, 
  forcipis 
  2 
  ,, 
  

  

  Small 
  and 
  slender 
  ; 
  colour 
  pale 
  tawny 
  or 
  buff, 
  with 
  blackish 
  

   markings 
  ; 
  head 
  flat, 
  buff 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  

   broad, 
  and 
  slightly 
  narrower 
  posteriorly 
  than 
  anteriorly, 
  

   anterior 
  margin 
  rounded, 
  posterior 
  truncate, 
  sides 
  sub- 
  

   parallel 
  ; 
  elytra 
  long, 
  blacdvish, 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  long 
  buff 
  band 
  ; 
  

   wings 
  perfect, 
  banded 
  with 
  buff 
  and 
  blackish 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   ample, 
  buff, 
  nearly 
  equilateral 
  ; 
  legs 
  buff 
  and 
  hairy 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

   buff 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  passing 
  to 
  deep 
  red 
  apically, 
  scarcely 
  

   dilated 
  ; 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  nearly 
  square, 
  deep 
  red, 
  smooth, 
  

   unarmed; 
  penultimate 
  ventral 
  segment 
  J 
  quadrate, 
  poste- 
  

   rior 
  margin 
  emarginate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  with 
  a 
  feeble 
  lobe 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  Forceps 
  with 
  branches 
  contiguous, 
  depressed, 
  deep 
  

   red, 
  rather 
  broad, 
  straight, 
  the 
  tips 
  gently 
  curved. 
  

  

  Queensland: 
  Brisbane, 
  1 
  ^ 
  , 
  2Q. 
  vi. 
  11 
  {flacker, 
  in 
  Mus. 
  

   Brisbane) 
  ; 
  Kuranda 
  [Dodd, 
  in 
  c. 
  m.). 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  will 
  be 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  delicate 
  little 
  species, 
  well 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  penultimate 
  ventral 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  