﻿74 
  Dr. 
  M. 
  Burr 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Forficularia. 
  

  

  sed 
  sat 
  elongatis, 
  baud 
  globularibus, 
  ceteris 
  elongatis, 
  pyri- 
  

   formibus, 
  basi 
  valde 
  gracilibus, 
  apice 
  clavatis 
  ; 
  prosternum 
  paral- 
  

   lelum 
  ; 
  meso- 
  ac 
  metasterna 
  rectaugulaiia, 
  postice 
  truncata 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  S 
  medio 
  dilatatum, 
  segmentis 
  lateribus 
  acutis 
  ; 
  seg- 
  

   mentum 
  ultimum 
  J 
  transversum, 
  rectangulare 
  ; 
  forcipis 
  bracchia 
  

   (S 
  remota. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  dilated 
  abdomen 
  approaches 
  Parisolahis, 
  Verb., 
  but 
  

   differs 
  in 
  tlie 
  rectangular 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  and 
  acute 
  sides 
  

   of 
  abdominal 
  segments. 
  In 
  the 
  long 
  pyriform 
  antennal 
  

   segments 
  it 
  differs 
  both 
  from 
  Parisolabis, 
  Verb., 
  Fseudisolabis, 
  

   Burr, 
  and 
  Idolopsalis, 
  Bor. 
  

  

  Parisopsalis 
  spriji, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Glabra, 
  nigro-rufescens 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  J 
  medio 
  fortiter 
  dilatatum, 
  

   segmentis 
  2-9 
  lateralibus 
  fortiter 
  recurvis, 
  acutis, 
  segmentis 
  

   singulis 
  postice 
  rufesceiitibus 
  ; 
  segmentum 
  ultimum 
  dorsale 
  

   transversum, 
  inerme 
  ; 
  forcipis 
  braccbia 
  basi 
  remota 
  et 
  conica, 
  

   recta, 
  apice 
  valde 
  attenuata 
  ac 
  fortiter 
  arcuata. 
  

  

  6. 
  

  

  Long, 
  corporis 
  14 
  mm. 
  

  

  „ 
  forcipis 
  2*5 
  ,, 
  

  

  Reddish 
  black, 
  glabrous; 
  head 
  broad, 
  smooth, 
  depressed, 
  

   black 
  ; 
  antenna 
  blackish 
  brown. 
  

  

  Pronotum 
  almost 
  rectangular, 
  very 
  gently 
  widened 
  poste- 
  

   riorly, 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  sides 
  all 
  straight 
  ; 
  meso- 
  

   notum 
  densely 
  punctulate; 
  metanotum 
  densely 
  punctulate, 
  

   very 
  short 
  ; 
  legs 
  slender, 
  femora 
  fuscous, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  dirty 
  

   yellowish. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  depressed, 
  strongly 
  dilated 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   narrowed 
  apically, 
  both 
  ventral 
  and 
  dorsal 
  surfaces 
  deep 
  

   reddish 
  black, 
  the 
  posterior 
  portion 
  of 
  each 
  segment 
  in 
  tlie 
  

   hinder 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  clear 
  brick-red, 
  the 
  black 
  part 
  

   finely 
  and 
  densely 
  punctulate, 
  the 
  red 
  part 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  each 
  segment 
  except 
  the 
  first 
  produced 
  into 
  an 
  acute 
  

   strongly 
  recurved 
  hook, 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  keeled, 
  

   and 
  rugulose 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  keel 
  ; 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  

   transverse, 
  rectangular, 
  unarmed, 
  smooth, 
  the 
  posterior 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  gently 
  concave, 
  and 
  feebly 
  swollen 
  into 
  an 
  incipient 
  

   tubercle 
  over 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  forceps. 
  

  

  Penultimate 
  ventral 
  segment 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Forceps 
  with 
  the 
  branches 
  remote 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  stout, 
  

   trigonal, 
  conical, 
  straight 
  in 
  basal 
  third, 
  tapering 
  apically, 
  

   and 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  strongly 
  and 
  abruptly 
  arcuate. 
  

  

  AuSTKALlA 
  : 
  Victoria, 
  Warburton 
  District, 
  Christmas 
  1902, 
  

  

  