252 Mr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forficiilaria. 



XXV. — Notes on the Forficularia. 

 By Malcolm Burr, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



T. — Forficulana collected by ^Ir- W, F. H. Rosenberg iu Ecuador. 



11. — Apteryyida or Sphinyolabis ? 

 III. — A new Species of Anisolabis from Ceyloa. 

 IV. — Forjicularia collected by Mr. Doherty in Macassar and N^ew 

 Guinea. 



I. — Forficularia collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg 

 IN Ecuador. 



Among a fine collection of Ortlioptera which I have received 

 from Mr. W. F. H. llosenberg, there were twelve species of 

 Forjicularia, of which no less than seven were new to science ; 

 three I have already described in the pages of this Magazine, 

 the remainder work out as follows * : — 



Pyragra Saussurei, Dohrn. 



Cachabd, 500', XL '96, 2 (^, 2 ? ; Chimbo, V. '97, 1 ? . 

 This species has been recorded from Mexico, British Hon- 

 duras, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. 



Sparatta nigrina^ Stal. 



Camp above Chimbo, 3000', VIII. '97, 2 J, 1 ? . 

 Recorded from Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Rio de Janeiro. 



Sparatta armata, sp. n. 



S. nigrince vicina ; statura minore ; antennae lO-segmentatae ; py- 

 gidium parvum, quadratum, inerme, apice subsinuatum, angulis 

 acutis ; forcipis crura gracilia, subrecta, apice valdo deoussata, 

 margine interno dente valido medio armata. J . 



Long, corporis 6 mm. 



„ forcipis 2 „ 



IJead black ; antennae with segments 1-7 black, 8-10 white. 



Pronotnm : anterior border rounded, narrower than the 

 head ; posterior border rounded ; the two anterior thirds are 

 red, the posterior third black. 



Flytra black, truncate at the apex. 



Wings projecting well beyond the elytra, black. 



F^eet testaceous, the tarsi fuscous. 



• All the typos are in my collection. 



