42J: Dr. M. BuiT — Notes on the ForficuUiria. 



last tergite ample, smooth ; ninth sternite i^ broadly 

 roLincled, entire ; forceps stout and depressed, trigonal, stout 

 and broad at the base, and subcontiguous at the base itself, 

 arcuate to enclose a lozenge-shaped area, the points meeting 

 and bimucronate ; iuner margin crenulate near the base. 



S. India : Madura District ; Shembaganur, 1 c? {Father 

 Astruc, c. m.). 



The forceps readily distinguish this species from other 

 Oriental species ; in appearance it recalls the African 

 D. frontalis and D. separata. 



CranopTjgia philipinnica, sp. n. 



Statura minore ; colore fulvo, fusco-notato ; segmentum ultiraum 

 dorsale S iutegnm ; forcipis bracchia S contigua, recta, intus 

 crenulata. 



6. $. 



Long, corporis 15 mm. 16 mm. 



„ forcipis <^ ,j 3 „ 



Relatively small ; general colour buff, with dark brown 

 markings ; antennae buff; head red-brown, with a black 

 transverse frontal band throwing off three short lines 

 posteriorly ; occiput with five short longitudinal black 

 stripes ; pronotum suboval, rather longer than broad, almost 

 as broad as the head, buff, with a pair of irregular black 

 lines ; scutellum small, buff; elytra dark brown, with a 

 large discoidal long buff spot, and a narrow costal buff band ; 

 wings prominent, buff, banded with dark brown exteriorly; 

 legs buff, with short dark brown lines ; abdomen light red- 

 brown, entirely covered with dense pale pubescence, gently 

 dilated apically in the S '■> last dorsal segment c? ? sub- 

 quadrate, broader than the abdomen ; penultimate ventral 

 segment ^ ? narrowly rounded ; forceps with branches 

 depressed, red-brown, stout, contiguous, and straight in both 

 sexes, ci'enate at the base. 



Philippine Islands : Mindoro, La Butas, 28th February, 

 1911 ; and Laguna de Nauzan, November 1909 ( J & $, 

 Mounsey, c. m.). Ti/pe in c. m. 



This elegant little species is smaller and qiiite differently 

 coloured from the two Singalese species. 



The pattern is the same in detail in both the specimens, 

 and probably relatively constant. 



Euborellia sisera, sp. n. 



Caput rufum, occiput profunda excavernato ; prouotum rufum, sub- 

 quadratum ; elytra ad suturam attingentia, scutello brevi et 



