﻿Dr. 
  M. 
  Burr 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Forficularia. 
  75 
  

  

  2 
  S 
  ; 
  Cape 
  Otway 
  Ranges, 
  Feb. 
  1913, 
  2 
  c? 
  , 
  2 
  ? 
  {Spry). 
  Type 
  

   ill 
  c. 
  m. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  P. 
  Spry, 
  o£ 
  Victoria, 
  for 
  this 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  species 
  ; 
  its 
  appearance 
  and 
  tiie 
  recurved 
  abdominal 
  

   books, 
  recalling 
  those 
  of 
  Ancistrogaster^ 
  render 
  it 
  easily 
  

   recognizable. 
  

  

  Two 
  of 
  the 
  males 
  are 
  ill-developed 
  specimens; 
  the 
  dilata- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  pronounced 
  and 
  the 
  forceps 
  

   are 
  only 
  gently 
  arcuate 
  apically 
  ; 
  consequently 
  the 
  whole 
  

   appearance 
  is 
  very 
  different 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  type, 
  and 
  at 
  first 
  

   1 
  considered 
  it 
  a 
  distinct 
  species. 
  But 
  for 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  there 
  

   are 
  nine 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  I 
  should 
  have 
  regarded 
  them 
  

   as 
  females. 
  

  

  But 
  the 
  differences 
  are 
  merely 
  of 
  degree, 
  and 
  not 
  of 
  kind 
  ; 
  

   as 
  they 
  were 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  as 
  the 
  ty|)ical 
  

   examples, 
  I 
  am 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  only 
  ill-nourished 
  

   and 
  feebly-developed 
  specimens. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  genital 
  armature, 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  

   metaparameres 
  are 
  narrow, 
  almost 
  parallel-sided, 
  gently 
  con- 
  

   cave, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  proparameres 
  ; 
  the 
  virga 
  is 
  short 
  

   and 
  rather 
  broad, 
  somewhat 
  inflated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Subfamily 
  Sfongipeosinjs. 
  

   Marava 
  doddi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Eufo-castanea 
  ; 
  elytra 
  indistincte 
  vittata 
  ; 
  pj-gidium 
  S 
  valde 
  pro- 
  

   ductum, 
  basi 
  lateribus 
  triangulariter 
  lobatum, 
  apice 
  fissum 
  ; 
  

   forcipis 
  bracchia 
  S 
  remota, 
  subrecta, 
  apice 
  incurva. 
  

  

  6. 
  

  

  Long, 
  corporis 
  6-8*5 
  mm, 
  

  

  „ 
  forcipis 
  2*5 
  „ 
  

  

  Small; 
  reddish 
  chestnut; 
  antennse 
  with 
  thirteen 
  to 
  four- 
  

   teen 
  segments, 
  brown, 
  feebly 
  obconical, 
  fourth 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  third 
  ; 
  head 
  bruad, 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  black 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  

   broadened 
  posteriorly, 
  yellowish 
  anteriorly, 
  darker 
  posteriorly; 
  

   elytra 
  smooth, 
  deep 
  brown, 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct 
  yellowish 
  

   band 
  ; 
  wings 
  brown 
  ; 
  legs 
  yellow, 
  femora 
  banded 
  with 
  

   fuscous, 
  the 
  anterior 
  pair 
  decidedly 
  thickened 
  ; 
  second 
  tarsal 
  

   segment 
  long, 
  nearly 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  deep 
  

   reddish 
  chestnut, 
  darker 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  pliciforui 
  tubercles 
  

   distinct 
  ; 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  smooth, 
  black, 
  transverse 
  ; 
  

   ninth 
  sternite 
  ample, 
  quadrate; 
  pygidium 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  

   prominent, 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  long 
  lobe, 
  with 
  a 
  triangular 
  dila- 
  

   tation 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  then 
  nearly 
  parallel-sided, 
  

  

  