Mr. M. Burr on new Species o/" Forficularia. 313 



Head flat, black ; antcnnaj 12 -segmentate, dark reddish, the 

 joints conical. Pronotum narrower than tiie head, rounded 



f)08teriorly, bhick, anterior inari^in oblique on each side of the 

 >ead. Elytra tinely )Minctuh\ted, bhick, nearly twice as long 

 as the pronotum. Win/a about | the length of the elytra, 

 black, punctulated. Feet : femora fuscous ; tibite and tarsi 

 testaceous. Abdomen punctulated above, slightly narrower pos- 

 teriorly, black, except the last segment ; no lateral tubercles ; 

 last segment reddish, twice as broad as long, posterior 

 margin straight. Forceps reddish, ^ the branches distant 

 at the base, stout, straight, incurved towards the apex, where 

 they meet ; ? branches contiguous for their whole length, 

 parallel, sometimes decussating at the apex. (^ 9 . 



Patrici. Sajjit in Lombuk, in April, 2000' (//. Friihstorfer) . 

 Type in coll. m. 



This little species is allied to Labia minor^ L., and 

 also, ]\r. de Bormans tells me, to Luhia pillcornis, Motsch., 

 which 1 have never seen. It may be distinguished from 

 L. minor by its darker colour and the absence of the spine 

 on the pygidium of the male, which is a characteristic of 

 the latter species. 



Spongophora Bormansi, sp. n. 



Magna, nitida, j^labra ; capite, pronoto, elytris, abdomineque fusco- 

 nigris, alis sulphureis ; aiitennis pedibusque testaceis, dense fusoo- 

 marmoreis ; pygidium d' breve, latum, anguHs acutis ; forcipis 

 crura c? basi distantia, gracilia, leviter sinuata, apice attingeatia, 

 margine interno minute serrulato per totam longitudinem, J $ . 



Long, corp 21 14 mm. 



„ fore lO'o 5 „ 



Head black, shining, rounded; mouth-parts black; 

 antennae (?). Pronotum black, shining, as broad as the 

 head, slightly broader than long, square, with rounded angles. 

 Elytra black, shining, more than twice as long as the pro- 

 notum, considerably broader anteriorly than posteriorly, the 

 anterior margin being rounded at the angles; obliquely trun- 

 cated at the apex. Wings projecting far beyond the elytra, 

 bright shining yellow. Feet testaceous, thickly marbled with 

 fuscous. Abdomen black, shining, the sides parallel, rugu- 

 lose on the dorsal surface ; segments 3 and -4 with very 

 faint lateral tubercles, the hinder margins of the segments 

 serrulate. Ultimate dorsal segment large, square, shining 

 black, smooth, serrulated on the posterior margin above ; 

 posterior margin straight, with a slight impression in the 

 centre above the serrulations. Pygidium ^ short, broad, 



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