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rugulose. Lerifrth of body, 11.75 mm.; of .intennsp, 8 5 mm.; 

 tegmina, 2.75 mm.; of hind femora, 3.25 mm., of forceps, 4 mm. 



2 ?. , Brazil. 



47. Forficula luteipes. Dark castaneous, smooth, slightly 

 tumid; palpi luteo-fuseous, the tips dusky; antennae (broken) very 

 dark fuscous brown at base, paler brown beyond, sparsely pilosfe. 

 Pronotum quadrate, scarcely longer than broad, dark castaneous, 

 slightly tumid, the sides straight, flattened, scarcely margined, 

 much lighter colored than the mid'dle, a very faintly impressed 

 median line ; the posterior border gently convex. Tegmina fully 

 half as long again as pronotum, dull luteous, broadly margined 

 interiorly with fuscous, the tip squarely docked; wings projecting 

 but little beyond the tegmina, the projecting portion about half 

 as long as the pronotum, colored like the tegmina. Legs uni- 

 form luteous. Abdomen very dark castaneous, not punctate, but 

 transversely wrinkled with exceedingly fine short wavy lines, occa- 

 sionally reduced to punctae. Pygidium small, trifid, the middle tooth 

 larger than the others. Forceps simple, scarcely more than half as 

 long as the abdomen, slightly depressed, cylindrico-conical, attingent, 

 nearly straight, but scarcely upcurved ; the pointed tips incurved, 

 the inner edge minutely denticulate. Length of body, 10.25 mm.; of 

 tegmina and wings, 3.25 mm.; of hind femora, 2.5 mm.; of forceps, 



3 mm. 2 ?. Brazil. 



This species is closely allied to F. veUicans Scudd., ditJering from 

 it principally in the presence of wings, the non-punctate abdomen 

 and the shorter forceps. 



48. Forficula variicornis. Head black, with a reddish 

 tinge, with a pair of puckered impressions dividing pretty equally 

 the space between the upper bases of the antennas; palpi brownish 

 luteous; antennae 10-11 jointed, the basal three or four joints 

 brownish luteous, the penultimate joint pale luteous, all the others 

 dark brown, verging toward black, all sparsely pilose. Pronotum 

 quadrate, scarcely longer than broad, equal, the sides straight, the 

 hind border gently convex; the middle of the anterior half a little 

 tumid, with an impressed median line, which beyond the intumescence 

 changes to a slight carina ; blackish brown, the sides broadly, and the 

 hind border narrowly dull luteous. Tegmina about twice as long as 

 the pronotum, of a rich dark brown, the tip squarely docked. Pro- 

 jecting part of Avings of same color, tipped interiorly and minutely 

 with luteous, extending beyond the tegmina to a distance nearly 



