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



2 c^ ; Cape Otway Ranges, Feb. 1913, 2 (5^ , 2 ? (Spnj). Type 

 ill c. m. 



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

 esting species; its appearance and the recurved abdominal 

 liooks, recalling those of Ancistrogaster, render it easily 

 recognizable. 



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

 tion of the abdomen is mucli less pronounced and the forceps 

 are only gently arcuate apically ; consequently the whole 

 appearance is very difterent 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 typical 

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

 and feebl^^-deveioped specimens. 



As to the genital armature, the apical segments of the 

 metaparameres are narrow, almost j)arallel-sided, gently con- 

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

 and rather broad, somewhat intiated towards the apex. 



Subfamily Spo^'giphoeinm. 



Marava doddi, sp. n. 



Rufo-castanea ; elytra indistincte vittata ; pygidium J valde pro- 

 ductum, basi lateribus triangulariter lobatum, apice fissum ; 

 forcipis bracchia <S remota, subrecta, apice incurva. 



c?. 



Long, corporis 6-8*5 mm. 



„ forcipis 2-5 „ 



Small; reddish chestnut; antennaj with thirteen to four- 

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

 than third; head br.-ad, dark brown or black; ))ronotum 

 broadened posteriorly, yellowish anteriorly, darker [)osteriorly ; 

 elytra smooth, deep brown, with au 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, pliciform tubercles 

 distinct ; last dorsal segment smooth, black, tran.sverse ; 

 ninth sternite ample, quadrate; j)ygidium very large and 

 ]>rominent, produced into a long lobe, with a triangular dila- 

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



